ABWH Roundabout ( Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 1989)

Thats one hellish big drum kit, but it was all used in the bands music somewhere. The overhead shots of the band from my viewpoint again prove that the drummer has the best seat in the house. Somewhere around the second verse at 127, Jons shoulders roll and sway, showing me hes into the groove bassist Jeff Berlin and I have cooked up. If you take a leisurely scroll through the videos on this channel, you cant fail to notice the variety of drum kits I seem to have used over the years. It even astonishes me. What was I thinking The kits tell their own story, of reaction to changing technology, of the advent of electronics and samples, of changing music styles, of shipping costs. If you re interested in nuts and bolts, check out Rodrigo Delaveau Swett s rundown on my kits at From a beginners Olympic kit in the late 60s, to a secondhand Ludwig kit (whose metal snare drum rang out through the original Yes Roundabout), passing through Ivor Ar