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Tony Williams Launches MD’s Second Year

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This is an old favorite of mine Modern Drummer cover shot of Tony Williams. There are a couple of details worth mentioning. This is “Vol. 2 No. 1” cover means this is the first issue of MD‘s second … Continue reading →

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Remembering Mentor Ed Mathews

Posted on December 6, 2022 by Scott K Fish

Around 1967, when I was in high school, age 16 or so, Ed Mathews and his family moved into their Huntington, NY home, directly across the street from our family home. My memory may be off, but I remember Mr. … Continue reading →

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Peart – If You Don’t Run Away and Hide

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Yesterday, within a box of papers, I found a typed 1985 letter from Neil Peart. He had just finished two-and-a-half weeks on his “little computer,” typing up 40 pages from his recent China bicycle trip journal. The next … Continue reading →

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Studio vs Live – Truth Be Told

Posted on November 18, 2022 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Product endorsements sometimes made it unwise for an interviewer to be fully honest with Modern Drummer readers. I’m talking about times when a well-known drummer endorsed certain drums and cymbals, but played other brand cymbals and drums in … Continue reading →

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Drums: Pass It On

Posted on November 10, 2022 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: During the Moses Brown School’s “Creative Conversation” with Chick Corea and Steve Gadd, an audience member asks about their early influences. Chick asks the questioner if she plays an instrument. She tells him she is primarily a drummer. … Continue reading →

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