This is a brilliant interview of Keith

His philosophy is clear. Great art is not something you create in a vacuum nor can you ever claim art as your own. You learn from your idols or “cats” and then learn who are the cats that these cats learned from and so on. Back to Robert Johnson in Keith’s case.

Then you take your ideas to your artistic buddies (the band) who bring their own influences and ideas and you all let the creativity flow. Something smart or a clever idea always goes into the start of the process but what can come out is absolutely magical and transcendent.

And That folks is the magic of Rock - a very different artistic process from Classical composition. Imagine throwing an entire philharmonic together and just jamming!!!

Love In Vain has Ry written all over it. Superb cover!

Lol. Nobody realizes it and nobody will acknowledge it but the drummer and bass player are almost always the two most important players in every rock band.

Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman feel is indeed the key to the Rolling Stones. I think Charlie mostly lets Bill stay ahead of him. It creates a cool laid back weighty sound.

Contrast to the Police where Stewart is ahead of Sting creating a feel of strife and urgency. Another band where the rhythm section defined their sound.

Contrast two Rush drummers and how it changes the feel of a song. One sounds like Led Zeppelin while the other doesn’t at all.

https://youtu.be/SZYr_J9H54I


https://youtu.be/_-4YOOMqKgk

Peart can delay the pocket when he really concentrates and puts his mind to it like in the chorus or intro but he always slips back to playing on the beat. It changes the feel of everything including the guitar solo.

No surprise Keith likes to work with Steve Jordan - possibly the greatest Blues feel drummer on the planet.