Would it meet your exacting standards had his mother said...
"He was actually quite famous"? From what little I've bothered to read, (some Wikipedia pages, that the OP is unlikely to have edited himself this morning) I reckon that's arguable. Played at Woodstock and Isle of Wight festivals, the best known years. 8 top 40 albums. More than I've got, anyway.

Edit - I see someone else got to Wikipedia before me.
(sabre-tooth monkey, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 12:52, 2 replies)

Anyway, the OP is probably paraphrasing.
I'd take talent and respect of my peers over fame, any day. I have none of them, of course.
(sabre-tooth monkey, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 12:54, closed)

If his mum had said "He's pretty shit hot."
Or even "He once had me in the back of an old bedford van" then fair dos.

Perhaps I'm being drearily pedantic, but there have only been about half a dozen "quite famous" drummers in the whole of musical history. Being notable on Wikipedia or allmusic.com isn't quite the same.

No offence to drummers or owt. Not that they'd be able to read this anyway.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 13:09, closed)

I agree.
You're being drearily pedantic.

I thought it was a nice story. And this is unlikely to have ever happened with John Bonham, Charlie Watts, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, Art Blakey, Dave Grohl, Phil Collins, Stewart Copeland, Jimmy Cobb (will that do? It's 6 even without the two jazz drummers), as they are either American or too rich and famous to be hanging out teaching drums at schools in Derbyshire or wherever.

Cheer up! Even some of the stories with spelling mistakes are quite enjoyable, if you can tell yourself it doesn't matter.
(sabre-tooth monkey, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 13:53, closed)

I'm awful and I must be stopped.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 19:41, closed)

Yup.
Drearily (maybe a bit predictably) pedantic.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Wed 23 Mar 2011, 21:34, closed)