Tag Archives: History of Rock Drumming

Innovators of Jazz Drumset – Part 2

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: “This material is excerpted from Scott K Fish’s forthcoming book, The History of Rock Drumming.” That’s what it says in the lead paragraph to this Percussive Notes piece from December 1994. Lacking a publisher for my “History,” I … Continue reading →

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Missed Opportunity with Charles ‘Keep A-Knockin’ Connor

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Regret comes at solitary times; driving a car long distance, or at my computer searching for a blog post topic. Sometimes, like now, I remember opportunities to interview drummers, to capture their stories, lost. When I was at … Continue reading →

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Jerry Allison: Simplicity Was Part of the Plan

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Jerry Allison’s description of his “keeping everything relatively simple” approach to playing drums with Buddy Holly & the Crickets is from a longer interview with Mr. Allison in 1982. It’s still good advice. Jerry Allison: We always tried … Continue reading →

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Living with Great Sounds of Unknown Drummers

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: There was a moment, after deciding in 1982, to write a History of Rock Drumming, I realized how huge a task was ahead of me. Much later, there was a moment I knew there probably would always be … Continue reading →

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Sandy Nelson: Introductory Phone Conversation with Scott K Fish (1982) 

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Finding snippets of unrelated phone conversations within my Modern Drummer interview cassettes is affecting how I digitize my cassettes. These unrelated snippets are also reminders of my work habits — and my work-around tricks — pre-internet, pre-digital sound. … Continue reading →

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