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Bob Wills’s Drummer Smoky Dacus – Tape A Side 1

SKF NOTE: This unpublished phone interview with William Smokey Dacus (pronounced Day-Cuss) has been on my mind for 35 years. In my view, it deserves publishing. It should be available to music historians and drum historians — especially, but not … Continue reading

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Movies: Drummers as Obsessives, Non-Conformists, Psychos

Drumatic: a history of drummers in film As Whiplash picks up five Oscar nominations, Anne Billson marvels at the range of drummers on-screen over the years By Anne Billson 8:00AM GMT 17 Jan 2015 Whiplash is about a jazz drummer who … Continue reading

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