BNS: Steve Gadd Revisited

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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We're closing out the year by revisiting a pensive conversation with one of the greatest drummers of all time, Steve Gadd. (This episode was recorded in 2015 and originally released in early 2016.) Thanks to all of you for making Trap Set a big success in 2018; here's to 2019!

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0:00.0	Happy holidays, everyone.
0:01.4	We're closing out the year by revisiting one of our favorite episodes with Steve Gadd,
0:05.9	which originally aired in February 2016.
0:09.3	We'll see you in January with our eagerly anticipated Budgie episode.
0:13.8	Thanks to all of you for making the Trap Set a huge success in 2018, and here's to 2019.
0:32.0	Wow! in 2018, and here's to 2019. This is Joe Wong.
0:34.0	Welcome to the Trap Set, where each week we explore the lives of drummers i want to play something for you you're hearing O. Marion by Paul Simon, featuring my guest Steve Gadd on drums.
1:03.9	A native of Rochester, New York, Gadd possesses a perfect command of rhythm, supernatural technical
1:09.9	abilities, unparalleled stylistic versatility,
1:13.6	and a unique, decade-defining sound. He emerged as one of New York's most in-demand
1:19.3	session drummers during the 1970s. Throughout his 40-plus-year career, Gat has co-led incredible bands such as Stuff and LaMage.
1:33.4	But he really made his name playing on thousands of iconic recordings, backing a varied list of legendary artists, including Paul Simon, Sergio Mendez, Ron Carter, Frank Sinatra, Steely Dan, James Taylor, Peter Gabriel,
1:49.0	B.B. King, Paul McCartney, and Eric Clapton. Gadd has the rare ability to creatively elevate the band,
1:56.9	with brilliantly composed grooves that become just as essential to the song as the lyric or the melody.
2:05.6	Perhaps the most admired drummer of his generation, Gad won the respect not only of his peers and fans,
2:11.6	but also of many of his rhythmic forebearers. Even the notoriously tough Buddy Rich once cited Gad as one of the only young
2:19.1	drummers he liked. But through it all, Gat has remained humble and generous of spirit. The night after
2:24.6	this interview, I had the chance to see him perform live with his own band. He gave an astounding
2:30.0	performance that radiated intensity and pure joy.
2:41.8	And now our interview with one of the all-time greats, Steve Gad.
2:48.6	Yes, the boys got a voice, but his words don't connect to it. Well, I think that when I was growing up, Rochester was booming.
2:54.0	It had Kodak, Xerox, right?
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