It was very new to the scene. I can recall when I first joined Chic. Camera: Mark Bennett. Tony Williams had the ability to play behind or on top of the beat at will. Tony: I’ve been working with the former guitarist from Kiss, Bruce Kulick, on tribute records he’s producing – bands like Metallica and Aerosmith. Not many drummers dictated the sound of the 80’s like Tony Thompson. So the day of Live Aid, I got to Philadelphia and Jimmy, Robert, and Jonsey rented out a rehearsal room and we rehearsed. MD: Was this the same recording process for Robert Palmer’s “Addicted To Love”? Camera: Mark Bennett. It was this weird thing he hooked up. It was unbelievable – I locked into that with everyone else swinging, and it brought the walls down. SecondsOut . He would analyze my playing, my feel, from that aspect. He joined the US Army as a military police officer in 1988. The groove in the house was so thick, and what am I playing? This was the first time I had met Bernard, and that was the beginning of Chic. Tony Evers and his administration. National League Statement | Winter Survival Package Update. I always liked and listened to funk music, but I really got into it when I met Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers. [laughs] So I would show up with all these drums and cymbals, showing my chops. You come up with all these different things. The lead singer, Robert Hart, was the singer for Bad Company. He would always throw you a curve. 11th February 2021 • Alty TV | Match Highlights. Recent Posts. Tony: All these years, people wanted to sample me. Tony shares NAMMBA's mis SecondsOut. (Tony Thompson, pictured 2nd from left / Photo credit: YouTube video) Tony Thompson, Roderick “Pooh” Clark, Marcus Sanders, Russell Neal and Toriano Easley were just a group of boys from Waco, Texas when the 90’s R&B group Hi-Five was formed. It was an invaluable experience. Tony: Nile produced that. You’d think “Rock & Roll” is just a big 2 & 4, but it’s not like that. MD: Speaking of John Bonham, how did you feel about playing with Led Zeppelin at Live Aid? This evening’s game was a different challenge to Saturday's against Weymouth, how was it playing against a team of this calibre? It is extremely difficult to leave it before concluding, once you begin to read the book. To mark the occasion, Caroline Sanderson talked to milestone Member number 100,000: Tony Thompson, a leading practitioner in the field of mental health nursing. But it turned out the Power Station tour was ending, so I went back to New York, then to New Orleans, and started to work with them. To have that command and power – plus his chops were just super-human. Some drummers you can hear where they’re gonna go. I would see Chick Corea with Steve Gadd. Only Tony Thompson's third shirt remains to be sponsored for the season. Tony: No. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. It was a different way to learn. I was glad we had that rehearsal. This article needs additional citations for verification. Share Tweet Email. It normally does not expense excessive. Twitter: @HogManInLA . Nile didn’t like what I was playing. Dan Connor's Vanarama National League round-up . John Bonham and Led Zeppelin blew me away. It’s more like a Texas shuffle. I was living in England for a while, I lived in Spain. I also did a record called Under The One Sky with a band called Distance. The band was looking for a guitar player, and Nile came down. He would pick me up at my house in Queens, New York every morning and we would go over his house, also in Queens, and we would meditate and then play drums. SecondsOut. But at the time, no one would hear of it – “Yeah, right, three brothers playing rock ‘n’ roll. Photo: Mike Ripley. MD: So growing up, you were mostly listening to rock records? Prior to meeting them I was really into fusion. Drummer Blog: Mark Zonder on New While Heaven Wept Album, Composing, and his Studio. I did the Power Station record Living In Fear with Bernard Edwards before he passed away. We recently caught up with Tony for an exclusive MD Online interview. Back then you could go over to a hot club, ask the DJ to play it, and see the results – which is what we did. Tony Thompson, Roderick “Pooh” Clark, Marcus Sanders, Russell Neal and Toriano Easley were just a group of boys from Waco, Texas when Hi-Five was formed. Speaking of Bad Company, I toured with Paul Rodgers about two years ago. Some of them you unfortunately couldn’t get to, but you made yourself big for one of the efforts in the second-half, preventing Wootton again from getting his hat-trick. When they broke into “The Inner Mounting Flame,” it was the most awesome performance I’ve ever seen in my life. Next to your player in the Robins Review match day programme. By submitting, you agree to receive communications (emails & texts) from Modern Drummer. I saw Billy Cobham for the first time – and saw God. It would have been very easy for Hi-Five to call it quits as a group and cease to exist following all of the ups and downs they've had in their career. The record came out in Europe, but the label in the States ran into some problems so it was never released here. When you master that, then maybe I’ll add another cymbal or drum.” So I was spoon-fed my kit. MD: “Le Freak,” one of Chic’s many hits, became Atlantic Records? I noticed American drummers were more on top. Or did you time the dive in advance? Click here to read more. Tony: I met Narada shortly after. And it worked. We made a couple of changes in the second-half, Dan Mooney came on and made a difference in the 20 plus minutes he played. A personalised, signed picture from your chosen player. He retired from the Iowa Army National Guard in 2009, with 21 years of service. If you sponsor on behalf of a child under the age of 10, the child will be entitled to a match day mascot experience which includes ‘walking out’ with a player of their choice. It’s a few years old now, but was shared into my social feed today from the great Boxing Matters Facebook page. I met him at his hotel one warm afternoon, and we sat down to rap a little on a bench on the road island at Marble Arch. He later became a successful record producer with his company, N'Depth. Tony Thompson Interview. [laughs] But It worked. That big, huge drum sound was everywhere: on classic recordings like Power Station’s “Some Like It Hot,” David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance,” Madonna’s “Like A Virgin,” Robert Palmer’s “Addicted To Love,” the list goes on. So Bernard Edwards, one of my favorite guitarists, Eddie Martinez, keyboardist Jeff Bova, Andy Taylor, who also played guitar on that track and me went down to do Robert’s record and I remember my drums were set up in the room, and there was a door that led to a hallway. UW President Tommy Thompson during an interview with WisEye on 9-22-20. In 2006, Thompson re-formed Hi-Five but with a new line up which included his younger brother. I dig playing with sequences and loops. 17:42. Tony Thompson: Well, I mean, you know, I got a great strength conditioning coach, (Tony Burton). MD: How about David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance”? They helped me immensely in learning to groove. It's safe to say that if it wasn't for Alty's numero uno, it would have been quite a different scoreline yesterday evening. Tony Thompson (drummer) Jump to navigation Jump to search. He would slip them the key so we could practice after school hours. And people just freaked. Read the … … That big, huge drum sound was everywhere: on classic recordings like Power Station's "Some Like It Hot," "David Bowie's "Let's Dance," Madonna's "Like A Virgin," Robert Palmer's "Addicted To Love"­ the list goes on. Reflecting on a tough game that included an exquisite penalty save in the first half, and a sublime one-on-one stop in the second, Aiden Beswick spoke to Tony Thompson following the 3-1 defeat at Meadow Lane. Initially, it was thought to be of an apparent drug overdose. The reason I play drums is people like Ringo and The Beatles, Mitch Mitchell and Jimi Hendrix, Ginger Baker and Cream. We have another good test on Saturday against Eastleigh, are you looking forward to it? Dan Connor's Vanarama National League round-up. That song was a masterpiece. Tony Kaye on His Years With Yes, David Bowie, and Badfinger The keyboardist is a founding member of Yes and backed Bowie on the legendary ‘Station to Station’ tour [laughs] Meanwhile, it had nothing to do with what they wanted to do. You can’t blame anyone but yourself. They said they also asked Phil Collins, but he was on the Concord flying back and forth. So, bottom line, the sound came from a good kit, hit hard, in a nice live room. From there we signed to Atlantic. It’s a lot of fun. I’m basically a screener. We cut some tracks in LA, some in NY, but most of it was done on the island of Capri in Italy. Tony Thompson spoke to Brian Flynn after the final training session before Sunday's Emirates FA Cup 1st Round tie at York City. That’s not gonna happen.” [laughs] So Bernard and Nile came up with the whole disco thing. Nile was like, “Why you need all those cymbals and stuff?” He would tell Bernard – the brother plays way too much. David Price v Tony Thompson Press Conference Jan 8th 2012 Part 1. They were my bible when I was a kid. They released their debut song … You can’t copy him. Everyone always assumed that there was some kind of special knobs turned when we did that first Power Station record. I played rock in neighborhood bands. More. MD: Any other projects you’re working on? Original interview from 2002. Tony Thompson post fight press conference after beating David Price. Out of all the recordings I’ve ever done, that was the first time anyone ever spent time to get a drum sound like that. Tony: I had no one else to play along with – no human beings in the room, just drums and computers. Report. Madonna was great to work with. Before that, I’d never seen anyone like Billy Cobham. The time is there, so all you have to do is lock in and groove. Another thing I dug about Tony, which I also dug about a lot of British drummers, was that they played more behind the beat. This is "Tony Ray Thompson Interview 2" by Mark Schultz on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. 11:03. I didn’t even know what disco was. I did about eight tracks. I’ve really been blessed; I’ve played with just about everybody. We were to go on at around six, and then I would go out with Zeppelin around eight. In this video, Kristin Messerli chats with Tony Thompson, the founder and CEO of NAMMBA, the National Association of Minority Mortgage Bankers of America. All Rights Reserved. This is "Tony-Ray Thompson Interview" by Mark Schultz on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. It was very interesting.

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