Liberty DeVitto Hears Deftones For The First Time

Amazing performance, Liberty! You are a legend! You can play along with this and many other Deftones songs inside Drumeo - Click on the link to get started: www.drumeo.com/trial.

"Anyway, I started blasting"

This young man has a bright future

That third take was incredible. It's wild how a man who is in his 70s still has the kind of power and vigor to play a song as agressive as My Summer.

Liberty DeVitto is easily the most badass name I've ever heard.

It proves the greatest drummers are the ones who can adapt to a song no matter what style of song is thrown at them

2:38 "BRIDGE - SMASH SHIT" hahaha 🤣

That third take was fucking mental. Those fills were so crisp and that tom bridge was absolutely sublime. It's not often you get a drummer going harder than the original on a metal song haha

i love how he matched the crashes perfectly cuz it just feels right

Did not expect my man to go so hard. The energy the intensity.... Absolute respect.

This series does more than anything else possibly could to show how drums are critical to the mood and feel of a song. Every interpretation is interesting and creates a whole new song almost.

I got to meet and hang with Liberty DeVitto once when he visited a clothing shop I managed nearly twenty years ago in Soho, NYC. He was super cool and couldn’t believe I recognized him. Being a drummer myself and a bit of a fan it was obvious to me immediately and when he introduced himself by his first name confirming such we got into a conversation about some of our favorite drummers whilst I made and served him an espresso from the store’s coffee bar. We both talked about our admiration of Nigel Olsson and he gifted me a pair of his signature Pro Mark Millennium 2 412 sticks from his bag before he left which I still have and cherish.

Bass player here, this is absolutely best "first time hearing" I have heard ever. He is so on point on everything and the accents work all the time to the songs favor. He makes that song feel like it should.

He somehow managed to dress for the occasion perfectly!

What a performance holy hell I wasn’t expecting this from a 70yr old drummer from Billy Joel’s band. Absolutely nailed it, what a legend.

One of the most impressive performances I've heard on Drumeo. Nothing but respect for this man. before today I had never heard of him, but now I am convinced he's one of the best. You don't see many people his age playing like that, and especially not with only given one chance to listen to it and then getting thrown into the deep end. He has the energy of a 20 year old and the knowledge of a 70 year old, that's a master at work.

That third take. Incredible.

73 years old, and he still hits just as hard as he did in his prime. Liberty has been a hero since my early childhood. To see him playing along to a song off of a very important and personal record from my youth is truly a full circle moment. It genuinely brought a tear to my eye. Edit: I can't believe the number of likes and responses this has gotten. Thank you!!!

Now get Abe on here!!! He deserves his flowers

I think this is my favorite take on a song out of all of these. He understood the energy of the song and made it more technical, but didn't take up all the space as if the whole song was a drum solo like some drummers do when they get the spotlight. And even so he was so humble. Can't believe he lost sleep over this and then just nailed it like he had played this style of music his whole life!