Monthly Archives: May 2020

Neil Peart – Go Ahead and Destroy Those Letters (2015)

SKF NOTE: My reaction to Neil’s reply in this email exchange (January 1-3, 2015) was surprise and sadness. Surprise because the Neil I knew was interested in history, collecting — or at least chronicling. He kept notebooks while traveling. He … Continue reading

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Fred Below – Full Interview – Tape A Side A (1982)

SKF NOTE: Among my interviews with drummers, a few are the only known interviews – at least full length interviews – with a few drummers. Jim Gordon is one. Frankie Dunlop is another. And Fred Below is a third. Fred … Continue reading

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Scott K Fish – Time Flies

SKF NOTE: My friend of many years, Candice Baranello, mailed this photo of me taken right around the time I started freelance writing for Modern Drummer magazine. In good times and bad — time flies.

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Zutty Singleton – We Just Kept the Rhythm Going

SKF NOTE: Growing up, I was aware of Zutty Singleton among the drum pioneers, but records on which he played were either not on my music priority list, or they weren’t available. The New Orleans-Chicago early jazz drumming was a … Continue reading

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