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Tony Williams Launches MD’s Second Year

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This is an old favorite of mine Modern Drummer cover shot of Tony Williams. There are a couple of details worth mentioning. This is “Vol. 2 No. 1” cover means this is the first issue of MD‘s second … Continue reading →

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Peart – If You Don’t Run Away and Hide

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Yesterday, within a box of papers, I found a typed 1985 letter from Neil Peart. He had just finished two-and-a-half weeks on his “little computer,” typing up 40 pages from his recent China bicycle trip journal. The next … Continue reading →

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Drums: Pass It On

Posted on November 10, 2022 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: During the Moses Brown School’s “Creative Conversation” with Chick Corea and Steve Gadd, an audience member asks about their early influences. Chick asks the questioner if she plays an instrument. She tells him she is primarily a drummer. … Continue reading →

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Corea, Gadd ‘Creative Conversation’

Posted on November 6, 2022 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This morning I spotted this “Creative Conversation” with Steve Gadd, Chick Corea, and the audience at Moses Brown School in Providence, RI. I surprised myself by listening and watching the entire 50-minute video. A very relaxed, informative Q&A … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Gary Chester

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Katrina Chester let me know this morning that Modern Drummer is making available online Gary Chester’s April 1983 feature interview. Today, October 27, is Gary’s birthday. Thinking back to first meeting Gary, to MD Founder Ron Spagnardi’s approving … Continue reading →

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