Tag Archives: History of Rock Drumming

Michael Carvin: Motown is the Bebop of Rock

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I hate sounding like a broken record (no pun intended), but for the sake of readers visiting Life Beyond the Cymbals for the first time: I conducted a series of backgrounder interviews in the early 1980s for a … Continue reading →

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Al Duncan: Big Ears and a Good Memory

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This backgrounder phone interview with drummer Al Duncan is among several I did for a multi-part Modern Drummer feature series, The History of Rock Drumming. The entire interview is published here for the first time. And you can … Continue reading →

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Earl Palmer on Motown, New Orleans, Los Angeles

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I recently found, and started posting here, transcripts of short phone interviews I did in the early 1980’s while gathering data for my five-part Modern Drummer series, The History of Rock Drumming. As I’ve said before, it may … Continue reading →

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Lee Young: The Reason Motown Got Away with Something Like That

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I recently found, and started posting here, transcripts of short phone interviews I did in the early 1980’s while gathering data for my five-part Modern Drummer series, The History of Rock Drumming. It may be hard to believe … Continue reading →

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