[Yesspaz]

Well, I guess I don't need elaborate on Alan White's drum section of "Ritual," but I will. It's not a "drum solo" in the classical sense as much as it is an "orchestrated drum moment" that definitely fits the music (with actually four drummer live). I alos like Alan's short solo moment in "Release Release," as well as the whole RELAYER and TALK albums. Bill Bruford's solo in the YESSONGS version of "Perpetual Change" is good. AN EVENING OF YES MUSIC PLUS has an electronic solo by Bruford, the first half of which I think is not very good, but then he sits down at the kit and it's much much better. And correct me if I'm wrong, but there's pretty good drum solos in "Think as a Brick" and "The Fountains of Lamneth." Not really a solo, but there is some incredible drumming by Ansley Dunbar (Bowie, Zappa, Journey) on Journey's "Kahoutek," which is on AM - check it out. There is some stuff on there where you think "man that guys' working that double kick pedal hard," but as it turns out, he was only using ONE KICK PEDAL! That is some dexterous footwork!

But my all time favorite solo is by Steve Smith of Journey. On the live album CAPTURED, at the end of the song "La Do Da." It's not super flashy, but it's technically great and fits the music of the song. If you don't own that albu, (which I'm sure most of you don't), find an mp3 of it just to hear that solo. It'll be tough though because 98% of the "La Do Da" mp3's will probably be the studio version.

BTW, I'm not a drummer, so what do I know?

Yesspaz out.