Tag Archives: Scott K Fish

Robert Plant: ‘Black Dog’ Was a Trick, a Game

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Scott K Fish

J.D. Considine: …I’ve always found it funny that the heaviest Zeppelin song, Black Dog, was also, and perhaps by no small coincidence, the one that always screwed up the garage bands, that they couldn’t get. Robert Plant: That’s right, because … Continue reading →

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Jeff Porcaro: Pearl Drum Ad 1982

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Nice ad photo of Jeff Porcaro and his Pearl Drums from Modern Drummer‘s December 1982 issue.

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DeJohnette: I Never Studied with a Teacher

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: One night in February 1980 I went to J.B. Scott’s nightclub in Albany, NY to hear Jack DeJohnette‘s New Directions quartet with John Abercrombie (guitar), Eddie Gomez (bass) and Lester Bowie (trumpet). I had a few published Modern Drummer interviews to … Continue reading →

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Fred Below: The Beatles Wouldn’t Have Been The Beatles

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This interview with Fred Below took place in 1982. I dated the typed transcript March 17, 1982 — so this interview happened on or near that date. My feature interview with Fred Below was published in Modern Drummer September … Continue reading →

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Jimmy Madison: Tony Williams – Jazz vs Rock

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: My interview with Jimmy Madison appears in the October 1982 Modern Drummer. What some MD readers perceived as Jimmy’s put down of Tony Williams‘s playing is, perhaps, the most remembered part of this interview. I wonder if Jimmy’s … Continue reading →

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