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Tag Archives: Chess
Al Duncan – Great Ears and a Good Memory (Circa 1981)
SKF NOTE: (April 11, 2022) – Today I added the audio for Al Duncan’s interview with me around 1981. Mr. Duncan’s nephew, Michael Haggins, is a musician too. He has three smooth jazz CD’s of his own available, and he … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Duncan, Berry Gordy, Chess, Chicago Blues, Motown, Scott K Fish, SKFBlog, Vee-Jay, Willie Dixon
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Fred Below: Playing with Dynamics
SKF NOTE: This is another excerpt from my July 9, 1982 phone interview with Fred Below. I am a great admirer of dynamics in music – rather than music played loud only. The Chicago blues artists recording for Chess were … Continue reading
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Tagged Chess, Chicago Blues, Drummer, Fred Below, SKF Blog
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Fred Below: Backgrounder on Childhood, DuSable High, Roy C. Knapp School, US Army, and the Meyers Brothers
SKF NOTE: This is the first 20 minutes of my July 9, 1982 interview with pioneer drummer Fred Below. The interview starts with Mr. Below telling us about his childhood experiences with drumming. Then we talk about Below’s studies at … Continue reading
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Tagged Chess, Chicago Blues, Drummer, Fred Below, Modern Drummer, Scott K Fish, SKF Blog
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Fred Below: The Beatles Wouldn’t Have Been The Beatles
SKF NOTE: This interview with Fred Below took place in 1982. I dated the typed transcript March 17, 1982 — so this interview happened on or near that date. My feature interview with Fred Below was published in Modern Drummer September … Continue reading
Fred Below: They Didn’t Teach Blues Music in School
SKF NOTE: This is another in my series of Modern Drummer backgrounder interviews. I wrote on the transcript that I edited this interview on June 11, 1981 for use in the Blues Drummers segment of my History of Rock Drumming. … Continue reading
Posted in Backgrounder Interviews, SKF Blog
Tagged Chess, David Myers, Fred Below, History of Rock Drumming, Little Walter, Louis Myers, Modern Drummer, The Aces
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