Tag Archives: Benny Benjamin

Benny Benjamin’s Unbeatable Timing

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Piecing together for my History of Rock Drumming series the mystery that was Motown‘s drummers, I called Motown’s offices for help, and Brian Holland spoke with me! I didn’t ask to speak with Mr. Holland. I imagine the … Continue reading →

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Drummers Played a Major Part Creating Motown Music

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This is part of a phone interview on May 12, 1982 with Motown’s Brian Holland. It’s important readers understand how little information existed at this time on Motown’s drummers. Their identities were not well-known. Once the principal drummers … Continue reading →

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Michael Carvin: Motown is the Bebop of Rock

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I hate sounding like a broken record (no pun intended), but for the sake of readers visiting Life Beyond the Cymbals for the first time: I conducted a series of backgrounder interviews in the early 1980s for a … Continue reading →