I was reading a top ten list of the greatest drummers of all time, and I saw in the comment section someone joke that Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees was the worst drummer ever.
I found this funny not because Dolenz is a great drummer (although I think he did get good eventually), but because the drumming on all of the early Monkees songs was done by Hal Blaine – who should have been on that top ten list and doesn’t have to bow to anyone either in skill or impact. So while it wasn’t Dolenz, the drumming on all of those songs was superb.
Hal Blaine if you don’t know is responsible for the greatest drum lick ever – the unreal “Be My Baby”, which aside from that killer opening riff is just a drum nuclear attack the whole way through.
Back to the Monkees – first person to explain why the Monkees aren’t in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but the Temptations are – well, it’s impossible and stupid.
