Billy Cobham live in 1974 holding what is in essence a drum clinic on using double kick bass drums during his solo in a performance in Kongsberg. This was the band he wanted Tommy Bolin to be in, but Tommy had bigger fish to fry as his father had hammered into him “You’re going to be a star like Elvis” so being in Billy’s band wasn’t that. This was recommended by my good friend Sandy, who I met a number of years back at a weekend workshop where I had on my Billy Cobham sweatshirt, and he came up

Happy Throwback Thursday with Billy Cobham! Here's a solo from 1976! Chime in if you saw Billy live as far back in the 70s! You can see more videos spanning Billy's career and of his influences at www.facebook.com/officialbillycobham/videos | Billy Cobham