Author Archives: Scott K Fish

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Maine Musicians Memorialize Lewiston Shooting in Song

Posted on October 25, 2024 by Scott K Fish

TURNER, ME — “Private Person,” a song by Maine musicians Jason J. Carey and Scott K Fish, tells the story of the October 2023 Lewiston, ME mass shootings by Robert Card; imagining how history might have changed if just one … Continue reading →

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Remembering Keith Copeland: Jazz Drummer and Educator

Posted on October 23, 2024 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Download the original Keith Copeland interview manuscript I prepared for publication in the May 1984 Modern Drummer. Keith Copeland, jazz drummer and music educator, died in February 14, 2015. During his career Copeland played and/or recorded with Sam … Continue reading →

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Hal Blaine – If I Can Help a Kid

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE – This letter from the great drummer Hal Blaine needs some explaining. First, the letter is in mostly in reference to Blaine’s monthly “Staying In Tune” column for Modern Drummer. The column concept was Blaine’s. MD readers could … Continue reading →

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Ed Blackwell – Pure Swing

Posted on October 14, 2024 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I often find reading articles and interviews in old music magazines pleasurable and instructive. This 44-year old piece by Conrad Silvert on the Old and New Dreams band, and its individual members, is a case in point. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Gadd – ‘Luck and Strange’

Posted on September 23, 2024 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Steve Gadd’s uncomplicated drumming on Joe Cocker’s recording of the song, “Catfish,” has remained one of my favorite Gadd tracks for almost 50 years. Gadd’s accompaniment for “Catfish” is absolutely perfect. He plays exactly what needs to be … Continue reading →

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