Monthly Archives: January 2015

Mississippi Welcomes Home Legendary Drummer Jaimoe

SKF NOTE: Jaimoe is wonderful guy and a unique, all-around drummer. For those who don’t know Jaimoe’s straight-ahead jazz playing, I’ve included the clip below. Jaimoe stretches out with a fun solo starting at 11:59 in the video. Mississippi welcomes … Continue reading

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John Bonham: There Goes Another Rubber Tree Plant

SKF Note: Excerpt from a 1988 interview with 21-year old Jason Bonham. Jason Bonham: There’s a great story. You must print this. It’s fantastic. They had this huge, huge rubber plant in the Abba Studios in Stockholm. And they set … Continue reading

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Gary Chester: Calfskin Heads, Vintage Drums, Studio Sounds

SKF NOTE: I found the full transcript from my interview with Gary Chester, published in the April 1983 Modern Drummer. The transcript is 64 typed pages, using one-and-a-half spaces between sentences. On a manual typewriter! It is about twice as … Continue reading

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Neil Peart – No Keith Moon Without Krupa

Mystic Rhythms: Rush’s Neil Peart On The First Rock DrummerJANUARY 06, 2015 2:03 AM ET At 62, Peart has lived through and listened to a substantial slice of the history of modern drumming. He says he first wanted to become … Continue reading

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The Original Funky Drummers On Life With James Brown

The Original Funky Drummers On Life With James Brown By NPR STAFF Originally published on Mon January 5, 2015 9:42 am All this week, Morning Edition is talking about drums and drummers. For the first installment in “Beat Week,” David … Continue reading

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