SKF NOTE: Thank you, John DeChristopher, for hosting a long overdue podcast tribute to Freddie Gruber. This two-part Zoom session with some of the world’s great drummers is a must see, especially for Gruber skeptics. The conversation, the sharing of stories about hanging with Gruber, taking drum lessons from Gruber, in Part 1 includes Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Weckl, Jim Keltner, Steve Smith, Bruce Becker, Don Lombardi, Mark Schulman, and others.

I’d probably be remiss if I didn’t also mention there are a number of Gruber posts, audio and text, on this blog. These Gruber excerpts are taken from my interview with Gruber for Modern Drummer.