"And so the horns would make a mistake and hed turn around and look at me! Come the day of the show, Peter was wherever he was at the moment, which wasnt where he said hed be the day before. It was interesting because Tom Fowler, our bass player, had broken his hand on tour. Do you recall first hearing In the Air Tonight? Thompson believed hehad landed a short-term job when Collins asked him to join Genesis without an audition in 1977, but he went on to take part in every road trip until 2007 and was also a stalwart of Collinssolo group fromthe initial Hello, I Must Be Going tour in 1982. The other guy called himself Sonship, Woody Theus. They said to me, Youre playing it wrong. But the manager had gone out of his way to call me before we took the Christmas break since they were so happy with the tracks wed done. But he just enjoyed being around us since we were so lively and fun. Thanks for sharing. By the time I was eight or so, maybe a little older, you started hearing some Motown. Basically, I want to keep putting things out. A great experience to see. I probably heard more Elvis than anything in the Fifties. The five of us lined up for a picture. I was okay one-on-one, but they speak much, much faster than we do. Hed recently wrapped up stints with Frank Zappa and Weather Report that lasted about two years each, and Genesis previous touring drummer, Bill Bruford, bailed after just four months on the road. And even though I listened to the cassettes, I didnt get a real feel for what was going on before I got there. No. As a matter of fact, we had already been told what dates to hold for 2008. Well, I didnt sleep. I found Richard Mc'Phaill here, at that point and due to the 1973 in memorian, I thought McPhaill was dead, later I found an interview by him (2001) and new he was alive and healthybutonlytoday found he made backing vocals in Genesis Revisited. Chester Thompson - IMDb You are using an out of date browser. Oh, yeah. But on that first tour, Id be like, Come on, man. I no longer teach at the university, but I have taken on some private students. As some of the other guys have said, a really great read. Listen Renaissance, Marillion, Pendragon Barclay James Harvest, Moody Blues, Procol Harum, The Strawbs, etc are full of ballads, and nobody ever made a problem. He told me that I sounded like crap and all that. I met him the night before at his house. It was pretty profitable. They brought in Bill Bruford for that one tour [in 1976], but it was a fairly short tour. HE WAS RECRUITED BY PHIL COLLINS, TO REPLACE PHIL AS THE PRIMARY TOURING DRUMMER. It's just horrible. He actually double-tracked all that stuff. When I was old enough to get my own transistor radio, that was huge. not too many of them are composers, not too many of them become famous as soloists, not too many of them are very good lead singers. Has Phil talked to you at all in the past 10 years? My opinion is that Phil is a nice person with a good sense of humour. "This album is dedicated to Richard MacPhail who left April, 1973.". In recent years, hes taught at Belmont University in his adopted hometown of Nashville and toured with the Chester Thompson Trio. Did you get to meet him? No. So I am a huge fan of the bearded Collins in the 70's, especially that dance he did with the tamborine when they performed I Know What I Like live. Phil wrote in his book that he had a major drinking problem in that time period. most great drummers won't ever do that, because they live for their drums. I managed to get 11 songs tracked with my own band in L.A. because we decided a while back not to just sit around. Part of that was no matter how well I prepared, he always made some pretty intense changes. And then I ended up doing Phils Motown thing and that didnt go well. Man, what an education to see all those people in their prime. It was sort of weird, though. We all knew he was going to be a great player. Yeah. It was quite an adjustment for me. But after reading the (excellent) interview, I have to say I'm quite surprised at how Chester was treated by the guys through the years. I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress . I worked with him during a really happy period in his life. This is why I don't think they sold out or did it for any other reason than that is what they wanted to do. He was a guitarist that was comic relief, almost. Exactly. As far as I know he doesn't have the health Ive heard lots of audiences tapes, but its pouring rain and none of them sound great. Watcher of the skies is very good and solid vocals by John Wetton, Fountain of Salmacis is great with an acoustic guitar intro and Steve singing ections with vocodsr , but my favorite is the Orchestral version of Firth of Fifth, very beautiful. Always wondered what happened to Chester. The whole interview is a really good read. That stood out more than anything. It was fun. What were your early impressions of Frank? Chester Thompson Interview: Drummer on Genesis, Phil Collins, Zappa I have no idea. What happened with the Calling All Stations period with Genesis? Well, probably. That blew me away. Chester Thompson on His Years With Genesis, Frank Zappa, and Weather Report, Northern California between Sac and SF, CA, (You must log in or sign up to reply here. And then I got into better clubs around Baltimore. It wasnt the same kind of luxury and stuff, which is fine., He added that Genesis was very balanced, instead of having a leader, and everybody had their say. But his first experience with Collins as boss was kind of a drag. He only truly related to drums," Thompson explained. I didnt see Phils tour. But what a great tour and what a great band. Who knows what thats going to look like at this point. I cant be gone that much at this point. Thats when Ricky [Lawson] wound up doing [the Phil solo tours of the mid-Nineties]. Im grateful. Hes gone., Were the dates in Australia and other markets you didnt hit the first time? He is an actor, known for The Who's Tommy, the Amazing Journey (1993), Genesis: Man on the Corner (1982) and Phil Collins: Sussudio (1985). They went over all the details in soundcheck and we rehearsed the day before. It took me a while to get over it, but I really wish him well. If you did your part, it was fun. On the We Cant Dance tour in 1992, did you sense that Phil wasnt going to continue with Genesis after it? In fact, we wound up doing a tour opening for them. Basically, Phil flipped at Chester during the Going Back tour, for not playing exactly what he wanted to play, and they haven't spoken since. Sorry man, but Steve is the only Genesis member that released a whole album with new version of Genesis songs, i can't understand how somebody can say he didn't liked the music. Does Phil Collins seem a Christmas card kind of guy to you? A lot of well-known names. Yeah. Hes passed away now, but we were in about 10 or 12 bands together growing up. It was a much bigger band, Thompson told Rolling Stone in a new interview. We always opened and usually left afterwards, though Carlos sometimes came out with Bob and I stayed to watch two or three times. George shared with me that [violinist] Jean-Luc [Ponty] didnt enjoy it so much because he couldnt stand being silly. The studio had tanks in the studio since they dealt with it all the time. Look At The Sussudio LP Cover. I didnt know until later. It was this huge frame of all their albums. It was a big part of his background, and we just hit it off immediately., One of his biggest problems on his first Genesis tour was trying to understand his English bandmates speech. I cant be gone the whole time. Apparently he was a close friend of the band because in 1969 Genesis moved to cottage owned by Richard Macphail's parents to concentrate on writing. No. Did you work remotely? [Laughs]. The first Phil solo tour was kind of a drag. I have mixed feelings about Phil Collins. His name was Birdlegs [James Youman]. He could really play. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Im just not going to do that.. 153K views, 2.9K likes, 787 loves, 221 comments, 2.6K shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Genesis Reunion 2020: Phil Collins and Chester Thompson Genesis The Last Domino Tour . Again, as humans, we adapt. Chester Thompson on His Years With Genesis, Frank Zappa, and Weather Report He spent 30 years in Genesis as a touring drummer, but he had a falling out with Phil Collins in 2010 and they haven't spoken since www.yahoo.com 1975 Slingerland Stage Band, Poplar/Mahogany, White Marine Pearl (20,12,13,14, plus 16 Premier) It wasnt the same kind of luxury and stuff, which is fine. Everyone had gotten over themselves by then and it was just really fun from top to bottom. Not every Rock musician has musical studies. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/llins-frank-zappa-weather-report-1122064/amp/, https://ultimateclassicrock.com/chester-thompson-phil-collins-solo-tour/. Here, these artists tell their complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on musics A list. But to a lot of the fans, I guess they feel like it is. With Weather Report, I had to learn which ones to leave out. It was going to be South America too. But with Phil, youre one of a cast of thousands. Why not? And I gotta tell you, man, Barry Gibb might have been one of the most professional people Ive worked with in my life. Were you intimidated when you walked into that rehearsal space? By then, my son was starting college. Basically, after the first day, I was like, The only way this is going to work is if you give me a list of which tunes you want to go over the next day Ill have them ready.. No. Phil and I, from the very first rehearsal when he sat down and we started jamming together, we just locked. I said to those guys, I dont care if you use another drummer on parts of the album. For lack of a better word, they are really, really British. That was amazing. Steve saw it as a compromise joining the band. And that was the end of that. Ive done tours of my own with my jazz trio. The very first day of rehearsal he said to me, How do you play that lick? It was a thing that Ralph Humphrey and I did on the end of [Frank Zappas] Trouble Every Day. It was this double drum lick that Phil wanted to learn, and it did wind up in a Genesis song, a live version anyway. Right. The difference being I wasnt so much into the English drummers, like Keith Moon, and he was. No, the frontman is the most important man in most of the cases and in live acts, but remember, there's rock without guitar or keyboards, but there's no rock without drums or Bass (Except in a few and veryrarecases). There was a lady with the band I kind of had a crush on and we were very much in touch. Billy Cobham: a very good drummer who shimnes mostly as soloist. Phil Collins (onion head) <-nickname), is a great drummer and that is where i believed he should have stayed. Ive done a couple of jazz trio albums that I really enjoyed. Yes, some of his ballads are cheesy. We normally had a lot of eye contact at shows. It was perfect timing and what a fun tour. [Laughs] Yeah. Phil double-tracked all the drum parts. But after reading the (excellent) interview, I have to say I'm quite surprised at how Chester was treated by the guys through the years. But the next thing I know, they started having meetings. It was kind of like asking your buddy to come cover your band because suddenly youre doing something different. It`s not true. Steve and I always stayed pretty good friends. Were just dealing with Covid. First of all, I arrived in California straight out of the hood in Baltimore. It had been years. He was very cool in a clinic I saw with him and saw Genesis a few times live with Chester boogaloon them through. Turns out they had hired Jaco. Terry Bozio: good drummer but he didn`t compose anything for the band U.K. Was successful in the Missing Persons Pop band. In between, were doing this project. Pat Mastelotto: I don`t know about his status with King Crimson. And of course, my mom loved music. He might have some fives and sevens instead of triplets, things like that. Ive said half-jokingly that with Frank, I learned how to play all the notes, all the subdivisions. I did not write this, but it always makes me laugh. I didnt really get it. Well, lets see. No one also seems to mention how great of a drummer he was (I am not sure if he still is). So I continue quite off topic! The new managers were like, Absolutely not. We had a bunch of 78s. But he deserves more respect. Yeah. Why dont you come and jam with the band? I said, Man, Id love to, but I dont really want to audition.. I could track one guy, kind of, but then somebody else would jump in. Phil Collins lost ability to drum on 2007 Genesis reunion tour We learned how to deal with it. I guess life had happened in between. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Weird. And they had great songs. Well, after the first tour they were like, Were going to bring you in for the next album. Phil was all for it. I interviewed Chester years ago for Percussive Notes, and he's a great guy, we actually spent an entire day together. We played together a lot in L.A. between Genesis tours and stuff. The drum instructor left and Id gotten to know the head of the department.
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