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Alan Dawson on Drum Endorsements

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This interview circa 1985 is from my sit down with Alan Dawson in his Massachusetts home for Modern Drummer‘s 10th Anniversary issue. I was freelance writing again for MD. Some of what Alan says about drums he endorsed was … Continue reading →

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Willie Dixon: The Drummer Have a Lot to Do With Everything

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This interview with blues legend Willie Dixon is a backgrounder interview for a five-part feature series, The History of Rock Drumming, I wrote for Modern Drummer in the early 1980s. None of my backgrounder interviews were meant to … Continue reading →

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Mel Lewis on Frankie Dunlop

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Just now I was reading through my typed transcript of my 1977 interview with Mel Lewis. It is long! Forty single-spaced typewritten pages, which, of course, was heavily edited by about half for publication as my first or … Continue reading →

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SKF Correction on Barry Keane

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF CORRECTION 12/18/2015: There is good news and bad news. The good news is, this week I had an email and then a phone call from Barry Keane. It was great to reconnect. Just like old times. The bad news … Continue reading →

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Neil Peart on Louie Bellson’s ‘Skin Deep’

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: My friend and music writer par excellence, Chip Stern, had a very good, albeit short-lived, idea for a drummer’s magazine. I did some writing for Chip’s magazine, but I don’t know that any of my writing was published. … Continue reading →

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