Are you now teaching
yourself to play the drums?
First of all,
why the drums?
Uh,
number one,
because let's face it,
it's a lot sexier to be the guitar player.
No question.
Uh,
you know,
those are the ones that get the accolades,
you know?
Well,
I gave up sexy a few years ago.
I find you sexy.
That's
kind of you,
my friend,
very kind of you.
Why the drums what's
going on inside of you?
What is this calling?
Have you ever tried this before?
Or is this a completely new thing?
When I left the show,
I knew like my brain is not
the type of brain that should
be left alone for very long,
because it very quickly goes from,
um,
you know,
Hey,
you've had a really nice career to you
failed everyone who ever loved you.
Like,
it'll do that,
you know,
left alone.
That'll happen.
It'll,
it'll take that term.
I wanted to interact with music,
but I'm not musical.
I don't know how to play an instrument.
Guitar,
it
looked like if you wanted to learn
guitar until you were able to
interact with real music,
it's going to be a long slog.
Like to be able to pluck Blackbird.
Maybe I could have done
that in six to eight months,
but like to play,
it's like learning a language.
Right.
But I thought,
well,
I know definitely how to bang on shit.
Who is the best drummer in,
in your estimation?
Was it Ginger Baker of Cream?
Was it?
Um.
I like Stubblefield,
Clyde Stubblefield,
the James Brown's drummer.
I just love the syncopation of it.
I could watch him forever.
Just watch it.
It's just so effortless and beautiful.
I love really good,
like soul funk drumming
and things like that.
Yeah.
I'll tell you how bad I am with the drums.
Uh,
uh,
the other day,
a woman,
one of our neighbors came by and she
was talking to my wife and she said,
you know,
uh,
I hear your son practicing.
And I do think he's getting better.
