There’s an old saying that goes, “Rock and Roll is a young man’s game.” Not true today. I’m perhaps stating the obvious, considering that there are dozens of drummers with extremely successful rock and pop acts that fit the “old-guy” category. However, Phil Selway belongs on a short-list of studs that have developed a great body of work and gigs with one of the world’s coolest bands. Outside of Radiohead and all the cool stuff they’ve been involved in over the past year, Selway has worked in numerous other projects ranging from gigs with Dive Dive to a part in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Technically, Selway is tastefully subdued. Could he someday reach that Ringo Starr status where we couldn’t imagine anyone else playing for Radiohead? I’m unsure, but as a latecomer fan of Radiohead, I find his work to be perfect in its simplicity.
There’s interesting coverage of Radiohead’s appearance just last week at the All Points West Music and Arts Festival, but little mention of Selway. He’ll be making his way to San Francisco later this month, as Radiohead joins the lineup at the Outside Lands Music & Art Festival. Hopefully we’ll see decent mention of his performance. I hope that we might also see more of Phil in the likes of Modern Drummer and DrummerWorld.
~r
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