Category Archives: SKF Blog

Jerry Allison: Keep Everything Relatively Simple

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Another backgrounder interview for my History of Rock Drumming series for Modern Drummer. This, too, was a phone interview — the only backgrounder transcript so far with a date on it: March 21, 1982. I describe the full … Continue reading →

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Scott K Fish Inquiry re Sound Files and Online Drum Lessons

Posted on December 26, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Digital technology is an amazing tool for drummers. Having spent many career years prior to digital technology for research relying on books, vinyl albums, audio cassettes, magazines, FM radio, and the occasional live event — I very much … Continue reading →

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Alan Dawson on Drum Endorsements

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This interview circa 1985 is from my sit down with Alan Dawson in his Massachusetts home for Modern Drummer‘s 10th Anniversary issue. I was freelance writing again for MD. Some of what Alan says about drums he endorsed was … Continue reading →

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Beatles Songs Will Start Streaming on Christmas Eve 

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Scott K Fish

Starting Christmas Eve, all of the Beatles’ music, from 1963’s “Please Please Me” to 1970’s “Let It Be,” will be available on nine different streaming services. The streaming services that will carry the Beatles’ tunes are as follows: Apple Music, … Continue reading →

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Willie Dixon: The Drummer Have a Lot to Do With Everything

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This interview with blues legend Willie Dixon is a backgrounder interview for a five-part feature series, The History of Rock Drumming, I wrote for Modern Drummer in the early 1980s. None of my backgrounder interviews were meant to … Continue reading →

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