Monthly Archives: December 2015

Neil Peart on Tony Williams’s ‘Fred’

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: My friend and music writer par excellence, Chip Stern, had a very good, albeit short-lived, idea for a drummer’s magazine. I did some writing for Chip’s magazine, but I don’t know that any of it saw the light … Continue reading →

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Music and Kindness from Strangers

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Yesterday I came across my monthly column written for the December 2011 Bangor Metro magazine. The column topic was, Who Got You Into Politics? I wrote, “Kindness from strangers 25 years ago was exactly the encouragement I needed … Continue reading →

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Clifton James: I Wanted My Own Style of Playing

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: If you have read any of my Modern Drummer History of Rock Drumming backgrounder interviews on this blog, you need only know that this interview with drummer Clifton James is another backgrounder interview. It, as with all the … Continue reading →

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Billy Cobham ‘Simplicity of Expression’ Ad 1978

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I’m not a Billy Cobham album expert, but I don’t recall this album at all. The ad is from 1978.

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John Coltrane: How to Listen to Albums

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Somewhere — among my magazines, I think — there is a John Coltrane interview in which Coltrane’s how-to-listen-to-albums idea helps my ear training and gives me great joy. Maybe it will do the same for you. John Coltrane told … Continue reading →

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