Category Archives: SKF Blog

Carl Palmer Gretsch Identity Crisis Ad (1979)

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: World class drums (Gretsch) and a world class drummer (Carl Palmer). The first time I saw this magazine ad (1979) I was puzzled. Gretsch set the advertising photo bar very, very high with the company’s 1960s black-and-white ads … Continue reading →

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Joe Morello: It’s a Combination of Everything (1978)

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This morning, while reading through the transcript of my March 7, 1978 talk with Joe Morello, I came across this exchange with Joe about teaching drum students. (Or, as Joe calls them, “kids.”) He was very open to … Continue reading →

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Dave Weckl – Learning Different Styles as a Kid (1983)

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This excerpt is from my August 5, 1983 interview with Dave Weckl. Dave talks about learning different styles of drumming, starting when he was a kid, through St. Louis drum teachers, and by playing along with records. His … Continue reading →

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How Gadd’s Riff Became Part of ‘Fifty Ways’

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Steve Gadd was inducted into the Rochester (New York) Hall of Fame on April 22, 2018. Steve was joined as a new inductee by longtime friend and band mate bassist Tony Levin, and by one of Steve’s great … Continue reading →

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Neil Peart: The Fundamental Relationship of Music and Listener (1984)

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This is from the transcript of one of my 1984 Neil Peart interviews. The back story is here. I remembered this exchange about drum clinics after I saw Jeff Wald’s YouTube video of a Peart clinic given eight … Continue reading →

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