Category Archives: Audio

James Black on Playing Brushes

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: The full back story on this interview is posted on my blog here. In brief, my James Black interview appeared in the December 1982 Modern Drummer. The first person to get me excited about James Black’s drumming was … Continue reading →

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Joe English: McCartney Gave Me a Fantastic Break

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Joe English was tough to interview. Here’s what I wrote as part of the feature interview introduction in the June 1986 Modern Drummer: Joe English agreed to to this interview in 1980. Then he disappeared. In 1983, I … Continue reading →

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A Lost Opportunity – The Rich/Gruber Drumming Videos

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Here’s the back story on this tape from my Freddie Gruber interview circa 1982. This excerpt is, for me, a great life lesson: Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today. When Freddie first mentioned a … Continue reading →

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Ringo Starr – How Ringo’s Band Members Got the Gig

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: A brief exchange between Mitch Albom and Ringo Starr from WVOM-FM 103.9 on June 27, 1998. Ringo was promoting his new album, Vertical Man. Mitch asked how the musicians in Ringo’s band got the gig. That’s followed by … Continue reading →

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Roy Burns Drum Clinic – Circa 1974

Posted on July 14, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: In August 2014, a few months after starting my blog, I posted my recollection about a Roy Burns drum clinic I had attended around 1974. I was newly living in Davenport, Iowa — the Quad Cities area of … Continue reading →

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