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Freddie Gruber: Finding Out How a Drum Student Hears

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Scott K Fish

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

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Alan Dawson: My Best Drum Set

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This exchange is from my interview with Alan Dawson for Modern Drummer’s January 1986 10th Anniversary Issue. Our interview covered much more ground than I could use in the MD piece. It’s fun to be able to share … Continue reading →

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Paul Wilson: 15-Year Old Drummer for the 33rd U.S. Colored Troops Regiment

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Scott K Fish

I just returned from a week’s vacation in St. Augustine, Florida. It is the United States’s oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement and port in the continental United States. Scattered among the peaceful grounds of the Nombre De Dios grounds in … Continue reading →

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Remembering a Wonderful Drummer: J.C. Heard

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Scott K Fish

The cement basement (a.k.a. practice room) in my Connecticut rental cottage was just big enough for a 3-piece drumset. To my right, was the old wooden staircase leading upstairs to the kitchen. In front of me, an oil burning furnace. … Continue reading →

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Remembering Joe Morello

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Remembering Joe Morello tonight. A bittersweet memory. Joe was a drumming giant. Levon Helm said one afternoon in a restaurant that Joe brought Jascha Heifitz’s violin sensitivity to the drumset. Great analogy. One evening in New Jersey Joe and … Continue reading →

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