Tag Archives: Scott K Fish

The Outfit of Famous Drummers 1964

Posted on January 23, 2022 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I never owned a Ludwig drumset, but in 1964 this full-page magazine ad was a dream builder or me. I wouldn’t own a drumset for another five years, and my first set was a mutt kit of Gretsch … Continue reading →

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Calling Jimmy Davis of Centerport, NY

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Jimmy Davis was a grade or two behind me at Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, NY. He was a quiet kid, shy, with a good sense of humor. He was also an outstanding drummer with deep jazz roots … Continue reading →

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Barry Keane – Recording Lightfoot’s ‘Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Excerpt from our January 13, 2022 interview. Barry Keane has been drumming with Gordon Lightfoot on record and onstage for 46 years. Here he shares the story of how the classic song, Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, was … Continue reading →

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Salute to Howie Wyeth’s Drumming with Dylan

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: I haven’t thought of it in awhile, but when I was managing editor at Modern Drummer magazine I wanted to write a feature story on The Drummers of Bob Dylan. At the time, the early 1980s, Jim Keltner … Continue reading →

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Postcard from Neil (1984)

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Yesterday I emptied the third shelf of a red corner hutch in our guest room. My eight year-old grandson, Grafton, needed more space for the LEGO models he is so adept at building. Shelves one and two held … Continue reading →

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