Tag Archives: Drummer

Matt Frenette Complete 1984 MD Interview Pt 2 of 4

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I’ve posted a couple of excerpts from my 1984 Modern Drummer feature interview with Matt Frenette. Recently I was asked by a visitor to my YouTube channel if the entire interview was available. Well, as a matter of … Continue reading →

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Barry Keane: Origin of The Lightfoot Band

Posted on August 19, 2024 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: With the passing of the great songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, his longstanding band members wondered, “Now what?” Friend and drummer Barry Keane, in this interview, shares the story of Lightfoot’s band picking up the pieces and becoming The Lightfoot … Continue reading →

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Louie Bellson Drum Solo 1967

Posted on August 11, 2024 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Thank you to the “erwigfilms” YouTube channel for preserving, and making publicly available, this extended Louie Bellson drum solo. “erwigfilms” writes, “Bellson Blues part 1 Bellson Louie 1967 Jazz at the Philharmonic, London 1967. “In a concert like … Continue reading →

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Neil Peart ’84 Japanese SKF MD Interview

Posted on August 4, 2024 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE – This 1984 Japanese translation of one of my Neil Peart Modern Drummer stories has been with me since 1984. I vaguely remember MD publisher Ron Spagnardi telling me he had received this reprint request. Just as I … Continue reading →

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Donald Bailey Sr – Interview with Donald Bailey Jr by Scott K Fish

Posted on July 29, 2024 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE – November 15, 2021, in my blog post, “With Regrets to Donald Bailey,” I praised the wonderfully creative drummer Donald Bailey, Sr, and I told the story of how, back in the early 1980s, I dismissed a suggestion … Continue reading →

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