Well I'm twelve years late on this post and I only found this because I was trying to get in touch with Trevor Morrell. Ok, I used to go and listen to Trevor back in 1981. Yep! I'm that old. Trevor is a pocket player as a life long fan of Jeff (still
remover exactly what I was doing when I heard of his passing) back to Trevor. He played on all of the Wham tracks and some of GM's solo stuff.
Your'l find him on rod stuarts stuff and the B Gees. You can't compare Jeff and Trevor but they have both layed down excellent work.
Jeff did come to London to record with Pink Floyd and Mcartney back in the 80's but not wham. Plus the fact that wham's manager (simon Napier bell) didn't want to pay decent rates to the muso's.

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Ian Bell <mrding1963@gmail.com>
22:35 (2 hours ago)

to sameersu...
May I enquire, Sam...

Why do you wish to find the, 'Stickmeister Generale?'
A few details would be, appreciated.

;0)

Mr Ding.

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On Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at 6:40:27 PM UTC, Nate F wrote:

I just listened to Careless Whisper by Wham! and it has so many
signature Porcaroisms in it--his classic 16th note groove with that
silky hi-hat, his distinct pocket, the spacey fills, and the
alternating snare, snare-tom backbeat during the sax solo that it's
gotta be him. No discographies on the internet can confirm it's him,
and allmusic lists some guy named Trever Morell. I've heard he did a
lot of sessions that he wasn't credited with and this song came out in
'84 during his reign in the studio. Do you guys think this could be
one of those uncredited ones?

Nate

It's Trevor Morell!

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On Wednesday, 3 December 2003 18:40:27 UTC, Nate F wrote:

I just listened to Careless Whisper by Wham! and it has so many
signature Porcaroisms in it--his classic 16th note groove with that
silky hi-hat, his distinct pocket, the spacey fills, and the
alternating snare, snare-tom backbeat during the sax solo that it's
gotta be him. No discographies on the internet can confirm it's him,
and allmusic lists some guy named Trever Morell. I've heard he did a
lot of sessions that he wasn't credited with and this song came out in
'84 during his reign in the studio. Do you guys think this could be
one of those uncredited ones?

Nate

I'm with you. Listenting to it - although it has all the porcaroisms, I can help feeling it does have the clarity of his groove (especially from 4.20 onwards) and sound. Also the fill at 2.15 - I don't think he would have done that fill at that point.
Weird to think someone was drumming that close to him all the way back then though.

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On Friday, April 5, 2019 at 1:42:39 PM UTC+1, cia...@gmail.com wrote:

On Wednesday, 3 December 2003 18:40:27 UTC, Nate F wrote:

I just listened to Careless Whisper by Wham! and it has so many
signature Porcaroisms in it--his classic 16th note groove with that
silky hi-hat, his distinct pocket, the spacey fills, and the
alternating snare, snare-tom backbeat during the sax solo that it's
gotta be him. No discographies on the internet can confirm it's him,
and allmusic lists some guy named Trever Morell. I've heard he did a
lot of sessions that he wasn't credited with and this song came out in
'84 during his reign in the studio. Do you guys think this could be
one of those uncredited ones?

Nate

I'm with you. Listenting to it - although it has all the porcaroisms, I can help feeling it does have the clarity of his groove (especially from 4.20 onwards) and sound. Also the fill at 2.15 - I don't think he would have done that fill at that point.

Weird to think someone was drumming that close to him all the way back then though.

Definitely Trevor Morrell. I gigged with him the night after Wham's farewell concert at Wembley.

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