1972 Billy Cobham/Mahavishnu orchestra

**AL LOY** · 04-13-2009, 07:29 PM

Billy is getting busy at Syracuse:

[ame="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=425099801869161388"]Mahavishnu Orchestra - 1972 Archive Syracuse library footage GREAT!![/ame]

**peach_tx** · 04-13-2009, 10:20 PM

This is great! Thanks for posting. I don't have an hour to watch the whole thing right now, but I WILL come back to check out the whole thing when I have time.
BTW I saw John McLaughlin last week with Chick Corea; Brian Blade was on drums, that cat is unreal!

**drummer** · 04-13-2009, 10:40 PM

Memories!

Quick Oberservations:

They're all so damn young!
Billy's beating the livin' crap out of those drums!
He used to play a massive kit. I was shocked to see only a 5 piece.
Fusion has changed dramatically!
They didn't waste anytime taking things to a technical climax. I love the 4 to 6 interplay and all the various accent patterns overtop.

Great post. I'll also be back to listen to more. Good stuff!

**AL LOY** · 04-14-2009, 04:35 AM

Here is a 10:32 video of Billy slamming his fibes acrylic kit:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J2N7SriLak"]YouTube - Mahavishnu Orchestra[/ame]