-Ok Virgil, next gig is in The Baked Potato, you know the deal; small place, tiny stage. Simple set up, ok? Virgil: *F l y i ng T o m s*

It must have been around that time when I first discovered Virgil. It was revolutionary and drumming has never been the same since. Thank you Mr Donati.

Terrific. This is the Virgil era I miss - telepathically interactive, bombastic but not metal, before he went off completely into the realm of pure mathematics. There's a groove and a playfulness and a humanity in this stuff that I can't find in the new music. Mind you, every artist has to walk his own path and follow his own inspiration.

Always amazing! Keyboard player is sick

Great playing and soloing. I love the older clips of virgil. The stick twirling days were great. I think i first saw him in the 90's sometime back in Sydney. I noticed Virgil had to pull his hi hat stand back twice in the video. I remember on the pearl kit at church that I used to play i could never get the hi hat stand to stay put. Had to put a sand bag in front of it. My single braced Yamaha would never move an inch. Just an observation.

Mestre Virgil Donati. Sou fã. Além de ser um músico excepcional é um grande ser humano, tive o prazer de conhecer aqui na Bahia, Brasil.

7:43 “yeeeaa!”

yehhhhhh... fusion

Wooooow que Belleza Virgil!! Te amooo😂😂😂

Oh man, great to look back in time!

DRUM GOD!! Mr Donati came from another solar system!!

I remember this video. I watched it on your website. Exactly in 2005. Nostalgic!

Love.

Incredibile Virgil...becchi tutto in tempo reale, AMAZING. Solo assurdo...wow

You've taken me back to the late 80's in Melbourne with one. Miss sitting in your drum booth at Allan Eatons.

Amazing, beautiful.....

Incredible! You and Weingart literally ate your instruments! Amazing!

Ohhh!!!! September 16, 2004, it was my birthday! I was 30!!!!!

Freakin incredible!

Awesome video Virgil. Great music.

Amazing

Great máster

A living legend.

Awesome!

Wowww this IS terrrrrrrrific

Virgil compares to no one!!

insanely gorgeous band.

grandeeeeeee sempre top.

A M A Z I N G !!!!!!!!!!

Steve Weingart, you made me ROTFPIMPLOL at 3:13, bless your heart.

Nice playing

ULTRA AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS!!!! Virgil, please, PX REUION 2020!!!

Señoras y señores...con Uds Virgil Donati...!!!

🔥🔥

Absolutely insane

Man ... This coda🔥🔥🔥

Virgil Your the best!

come to Brazil again, Virgil!

Steve Weigngart played with Victor Wooten on Octavision Progressive Metal band. Virgil Donati also plays Progressive Metal and he auditioned for Dream Theater.

thx

👏👏🥁🥁🙏🙏

I believe Virgil's Dad was a milk man who delivered milk back in the day to Alan Holdsworths mother ! They are two peas in a pod ! Thank you for changing drumming in the exact same way Alan Holdsworth changed Guitar. THANK YOU VIRGIL ! Peace from Detroit MI. That was my attempt at humor.

МОЩЬ !!!!!!!!!!!!)))))))

💙🙏🏻🥁💪🏻

Damn

Grande vieja!

holy.... what was that drum solo

Where is the super crazy button? wow, phenomenal, crazy, super!!!!!!

I really missed those flying toms as part of virgil’s set, do you have any plan to using them again in your playing?

The fill at 6:57 slays me every time.

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess this photographer plays drums.

Virgil you remind me of Buddy Rich with your high energy soloing. Also that left hand you got going just like Buddy. Doing shit that can barely be seen with the naked eye. Always busy doing something. Hell you could smoke most drummers with just your left hand.

NAMM.?

Too cool and creative for Dream Theater 😊 Hey Virgil, if youre reading this, what was your mindset heading in the audition? Did you genuinely wanted it 100% like Mangini or was it like "meh whatever" like Roddy, Minnemann, and the rest?

Truly amazing playing. He is so damn fluid and fast. Gracefully kicks the drum set's ass. Just amazing . That soloing he does at the end is so awesome. I always wonder how the rest of the band keeps time while goes off into polyrhythm la la land. They must be good because the drummer is doing some serious off beat shit. Where the hell is 1?

4:38 sickness

I enjoyed V's playing much better back in the day, the funk fusion days. Its was musical and it felt good. His work when he first started to play with Allen was outstanding as well. Really fantastic. ...bring it back...

Why I never dig Steve's key solos, even though he is excellent player?

Toca Beto Barbosa

Omg ! 1bad mother!

I think it's really odd when majority of drummers each time increase detalization, double-triple tempo while the soloist starts playing fast passages and sequences! It only diminishes the solo's awe, ruines the foundation, on which cute solo accents are built and takes attention and appreciation from soloist to a drummer. I'd rather hear a solid, maybe a bit differently arranged accents or the hole rearranged drum loop during the spinnind solo notes, but still not looking like drum extension. Even it feels not ethically correct, but not musical either! Sorry, Virgil! You are still the best, but sometimes it is too shallow.

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