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What I Learned From Roy Burns 40-Years Ago

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: When I went to Roy Burns’s early 1970’s drum clinic in Moline, Illinois, I don’t think I had ever heard him play – not even on record. I knew of Roy from Rogers drum ads in Down Beat … Continue reading →

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Regrets? I’ve Had a Few #2 Levon Helm

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Scott K Fish

I first heard Levon Helm singing and drumming in 1968. I was a sophomore in my high school cafeteria. A student with a record player was playing The Weight from The Band’s first album, Music from Big Pink. The song … Continue reading →

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Regrets? I’ve Had a Few #1: Bill Bruford

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I never met Bill Bruford in person. Our 1983 Modern Drummer interview was by phone. It was one of my rare MD interviews for which I wish I had been better prepared. Not that I was careless in setting … Continue reading →

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Drum Inspiration from Jazz Piano Trios

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Scott K Fish

As a new pro drummer in my twenties, I spent countless hours listening to, and studying, jazz piano trios: drummer, acoustic bass, acoustic piano. In part, because I was playing in the Millard Cowan piano trio – my first full-time … Continue reading →

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The Joy of Discovering New Drummers

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Three times I helped compile Modern Drummer Annual Readers Polls. That is, I opened reader envelopes, removed the official MD Readers Poll ballots, and kept score on large sheets of paper taped to my MD Managing Editor’s office wall. One … Continue reading →

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