Tag Archives: Joe Morello

A Shared Moment Can Last a Lifetime

Posted on July 22, 2017 by

SKF NOTE: I write a weekly column for the Piscataquis Observer newspaper, usually on ideas, policies, to make rural Maine a more viable place to live and work. My July 14th column, however, was about Joe Morello. ===== A Shared Moment … Continue reading →

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Ed Shaugnessy: Non-Stop Believer in Teaching Drumming Traditions

Posted on July 12, 2017 by

SKF NOTE: The Who Reads Modern Drummer? ad campaign is still one of my favorite ideas. I’m glad founder/publisher Ron Spagnardi agreed. And I’m glad well-known drummers agreed. Here’s the ad campaign back story. Along with Ed Shaughnessy’s letter I’ve posted … Continue reading →

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Cherishing Morello’s Three-Star Album

Posted on June 29, 2017 by

SKF NOTE: Having once owned — and listened many times — to Joe Morello‘s Another Step Forward album, I think Jim Szantor’s 1970 review is fair. What is impossible to write about with accuracy is how Joe Morello sounds on … Continue reading →

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Audio: Asking Joe Morello: Have You Lost Your Chops? (1978)

Posted on April 2, 2017 by

SKF NOTE: The story behind this excerpt is posted here. In short, by 1978, from a few sources I was under the impression Joe Morello had stopped playing, had lost his chops, and was very much a recluse. So, when … Continue reading →

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Christmas Card From the Morello’s 1981

Posted on September 22, 2016 by

SKF NOTE: Jean Morello, Joe’s wife, was a gracious person. I imagine Joe Morello‘s life would have been much different without her. I don’t know for sure, but I am willing to bet the handwritten Christmas signature is Jean’s. The … Continue reading →

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The Making of a Joe Morello Ad

Posted on August 16, 2016 by

SKF NOTE: The making of an in-house ad for Modern Drummer. Here’s a nice letter from Joe Morello written to me after I had been MD‘s managing editor for one month. Joe was among the drummers I interviewed MD when … Continue reading →

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Morello: ‘You’re Everywhere. Like Tapeworm’

Posted on May 26, 2016 by

SKF NOTE: “Scott Fish?” Joe Morello said, shaking my hand. “You’re everywhere. Like tapeworm.” It was 1979-1980. As a freelance writer I interviewed Joe Morello in 1979 for a Modern Drummer feature interview, later moving to Saratoga Springs, NY. It was … Continue reading →

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