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Best Drummer Of All Time! Carl Palmer Drum Solo Live

Carl Palmer
2020s2022Liveyoutube

Here you are watching possibly the best drum solo of all time by 71-year-old drummer Carl Palmer on January 30, 2022, at the Ft. Lauderdale, FL Broward Theater of Performing Arts, Carl Palmer is still kicking butt and taking names. He opened as Palmer's ELP Legacy for Alan Parsons Live Project, replacing Yes, as the show had been delayed nearly 2 years due to the C-O-V-I=D. His drum solo here is the ending for the song Fanfare For The Common Man. Carl Palmer is world-renowned as one of the best drummers of our time, heavily influenced by Buddy Rich, who was considered by many as the best drummer of all time. Carl Palmer rose to fame as the drummer for Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and later for ASIA. Carl Palmer rose up in a generation of drumming greats such as Neil Peart from Rush, and Bill Bruford, from Yes, and Alan White, also of Yes.

About Carl Palmer

Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer (born 20 March 1950) is an English drummer. He was a founding member of the supergroups Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Asia, a touring drummer for The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and a founding member of Atomic Rooster. He has toured with his own bands since 2001, including Palmer, the Carl Palmer Band, and currently, Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy. Palmer was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1989, and was awarded the Prog God Award at the 2017 Progressive Mus...

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Added 18 Sept 2026



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