In 1975, after Peter Gabriel left, Phil Collins became the lead singer of Genesis.
Phil, as he had already demonstrated, had no problem singing while playing the instrument, but the audience needed to be given a frontman, especially after a cumbersome frontman like Gabriel.
But Collins wanted to continue playing live, so they reached a compromise: Phil had to be in front of the audience for the singing parts and he could return to his beloved drums for the instrumentals, but while he was singing they needed a valid replacement.
So they contacted former King Crimson Bill Bruford, but Bill was only available for one tour, so the choice fell on the American Chester Thompson, who also had a style closer to Collins.
Chester, except for a short period, accompanied Genesis on tour for 30 years as a second drummer.
His live baptism was in the 1977 tour, the drumming duets with Phil have made history and remain imprinted in the grooves of, in my opinion, the most beautiful Genesis live album, and not only, “Seconds Out”, a perfect and majestic album in which Phil and Chester’s performances have taught more than one generation of drummers.
Happy birthday Mr Thompson!
And listen to “Seconds Out”!
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