Tag Archives: Drummer

John Bonham: There Goes Another Rubber Tree Plant

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF Note: Excerpt from a 1988 interview with 21-year old Jason Bonham. Jason Bonham: There’s a great story. You must print this. It’s fantastic. They had this huge, huge rubber plant in the Abba Studios in Stockholm. And they set … Continue reading →

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Gary Chester: Calfskin Heads, Vintage Drums, Studio Sounds

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I found the full transcript from my interview with Gary Chester, published in the April 1983 Modern Drummer. The transcript is 64 typed pages, using one-and-a-half spaces between sentences. On a manual typewriter! It is about twice as … Continue reading →

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Neil Peart – No Keith Moon Without Krupa

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Scott K Fish

Mystic Rhythms: Rush’s Neil Peart On The First Rock DrummerJANUARY 06, 2015 2:03 AM ET At 62, Peart has lived through and listened to a substantial slice of the history of modern drumming. He says he first wanted to become … Continue reading →

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The Original Funky Drummers On Life With James Brown

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Scott K Fish

The Original Funky Drummers On Life With James Brown By NPR STAFF Originally published on Mon January 5, 2015 9:42 am All this week, Morning Edition is talking about drums and drummers. For the first installment in “Beat Week,” David … Continue reading →

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Art Blakey on Chick Webb and Big Sid Catlett

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Scott K Fish

Leslie Gourse: Blakey had learned to play the drums by listening to recordings of [Chick] Webb and Big Sid Catlett, which prepared him to play with several big swing bands in the 1940s. Eventually.., Blakey met those drummers and got … Continue reading →

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