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Interviewing Jim Gordon

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Scott K Fish

Interviewing Jim GordonScott K. Fish, Special to the Piscataquis Observer • March 31, 2020 Thirty-eight years ago, Monday, January 11, 1982, I was alone in a single room at a New Jersey boarding house. “Bitter Arctic Winds Blow In and … Continue reading →

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Bill Bruford – Drummers Will Have to Think Quick

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Scott K Fish

SKFNOTE: Forty-two years up the road it is perhaps hard for a large segment of the drumming world to truly understand the initial 1980s impact of the LinnDrum on that world. Suddenly one compact machine could keep perfect metronomic time, … Continue reading →

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Drums & Demons – The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon

Posted on January 29, 2024 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Author Joel Selvin’s biography, “Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon,” is scheduled for release on February 27, 2024. As stated in the “Drums & Demons” press release, Selvin wrote the book, “With full cooperation from … Continue reading →

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Audio Samples: Peart’s 1989 Freewheeling Conversation

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Sometime this week I will post Part 1 of a conversation I had with Neil Peart on August 21, 1989. It may actually have been a two-day conversation. And to be as precise as possible, ours were several … Continue reading →

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Andy Newmark’s Lesson from Jim Gordon

Posted on December 3, 2023 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This morning I started re-listening to an Andy Newmark interview drummer Max Weinberg and I did in NYC the early 1980s. My goal is to see what, if any part of that interview can be made available here. … Continue reading →

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