Tag Archives: Dave Tough

Dave Tough Drumming Advice

Posted on February 22, 2025 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: My friend and former Modern Drummer Features Editor, Rick Mattingly, long ago mailed me these photocopies of drummer Dave Tough advice columns. Tough briefly wrote columns for Metronome magazine. Tough’s columns are fun and instructive reading. Here’s my … Continue reading →

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Tough – A Better General of Rhythm

Posted on September 28, 2023 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Here’s an insightful telling, by Woody Herman and Chubby Jackson, of Dave Tough’s impact on Herman’s big band when Tough first joined. ===== Woody Herman: When our drummer, Cliff Lehman, decided to leave, I decided to bring in … Continue reading →

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Tough Made Everybody Play

Posted on September 3, 2023 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I sent this story, these pages, to Modern Drummer. It was published in MD‘s January/February 1979 issue as a “From The Past” column profile. (Looking at these pages now I am appalled at the number of typos. I’m … Continue reading →

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RIP Zutty Singleton (1975)

Posted on December 25, 2020 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: My self-study of drummers started in the 1960s. By age 14 I started my lifelong study of the history of drummers, drums, and drumming. Liner notes, magazines, local jazz radio stations, and books were my prime information sources. … Continue reading →

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Three ‘Down Beat’ Quotes on Dave Tough

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I used several written sources — as many as I could find — for my Modern Drummer Dave Tough profile. Last week I came across some of my resource notes, including these three quotes from different Down Beat … Continue reading →

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