Tag Archives: Modern Drummer

Selling My Record Albums, Except One

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Scott K Fish

As I write, a record dealer I’ve never met is combing through boxes of my lifelong collection of Long Playing (LP) records. About 2000 LP’s total. This morning I remembered one LP I want to keep. It is Mel Lewis’s … Continue reading →

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My First Interviews Were Written on this Typewriter

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Scott K Fish

I bought this typewriter used for $35.00 at a Goodwill store in Huntington, NY. I sold $1,000 worth of freelance articles written on it, including several of my first feature Modern Drummer interviews. — end —

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Innovator: Country Music’s First Drummer: Smokey Dacus

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Scott K Fish

Smokey Dacus, original drummer with Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys, is credited as the first to play drumset in a country band. Modern Drummer founder/publisher Ron Spagnardi chose to not publish my interview with Smokey Dacus as a feature. … Continue reading →

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Freddie Gruber’s Drum Lesson on Buddy Rich’s Table Top

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Yesterday, driving, my drum lesson with Freddie Gruber came to mind. He was in NYC for a limited time and seemingly impossible to get to do the Modern Drummer interview he said he would do. Our last chance took … Continue reading →

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Ringo Starr and The Rooming House Pay Phone

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: During my three years as Managing Editor for Modern Drummer I was the go-between among MD, our writers and photographers. When we scheduled a feature interview, I had to make sure writer and drummer were meeting, and that we … Continue reading →

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