Category Archives: Audio

Freddie Gruber: Learning, Teaching Awareness of Rhythm, Melody, Harmony in Drumming

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Excerpted from my late 1983 or early 1984 interview with Freddie Gruber. I don’t know how much, if any, of this excerpt is in Modern Drummer’s Focus on Teachers interview, but this excerpt differs in one respect. These … Continue reading →

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WVXU Podcast: A Celebration of John Von Ohlen

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Scott K Fish

A Celebration of John Von Ohlen By LEE HAY • JUN 30, 2014 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/wvxu/audio/2017/01/JVO_Special.mp3 Full Story

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Smokey Dacus: When I Started Playing Professionally

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This is the first audio excerpt of my phone interview with William “Smokey” Dacus over 35 years ago. Smokey Dacus was the first drummer to play in a country band. Legendary bandleader Bob Wills had the idea, in … Continue reading →

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Joe Henderson: A Song Intro that Tricks Your Ears

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF: Joe Henderson’s A Shade of Jade is a track to add to the growing list of songs that trick the ears. DrumForum.org has popular, periodic threads on songs from many styles of music that trick our ears. The Doobie … Continue reading →

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Why a Snare Drum & Sticks, Little Drummer Boy?

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: From a drummer’s perspective: Why do most recordings and performances of The Little Drummer Boy (aka A Carol of the Drum) assume that 2,000 years ago, the little boy who played drums for Jesus in the manger, used … Continue reading →

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