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Kenney Jones: Premier Drumset with The Who (1982)

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Photos copied from the official program of The Who‘s 1982 tour. I saw The Who in concert three times. Twice with Keith Moon on drums and once, on this 1982 tour, with Kenney Jones on drums. Moon was … Continue reading →

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Joe Morello: It’s a Combination of Everything (1978)

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This morning, while reading through the transcript of my March 7, 1978 talk with Joe Morello, I came across this exchange with Joe about teaching drum students. (Or, as Joe calls them, “kids.”) He was very open to … Continue reading →

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Dave Weckl – Learning Different Styles as a Kid (1983)

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This excerpt is from my August 5, 1983 interview with Dave Weckl. Dave talks about learning different styles of drumming, starting when he was a kid, through St. Louis drum teachers, and by playing along with records. His … Continue reading →

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Neil Peart: The Fundamental Relationship of Music and Listener (1984)

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: This is from the transcript of one of my 1984 Neil Peart interviews. The back story is here. I remembered this exchange about drum clinics after I saw Jeff Wald’s YouTube video of a Peart clinic given eight … Continue reading →

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Shelly Manne: A Bluish Bag

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Going through my old cassettes, looking for keeper material and discarding the rest, I found a 90-minute tape of one of my Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon radio programs on WMHB at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. That … Continue reading →

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