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Tag Archives: Willie Dixon
Al Duncan – Great Ears and a Good Memory (Circa 1981)
SKF NOTE: (April 11, 2022) – Today I added the audio for Al Duncan’s interview with me around 1981. Mr. Duncan’s nephew, Michael Haggins, is a musician too. He has three smooth jazz CD’s of his own available, and he … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Duncan, Berry Gordy, Chess, Chicago Blues, Motown, Scott K Fish, SKFBlog, Vee-Jay, Willie Dixon
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The Beat Changes the Entire Style
SKF: Researching for my History of Rock Drumming series, Robert Palmer’s book, Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta, was quite helpful. This morning, leafing through a few pages from Deep Blues I had photocopied in … Continue reading
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Tagged beat, Blues, Deep Blues, Max Roach, Muddy Waters, Robert Palmer, SKFBlog, Willie Dixon
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Al Duncan: Big Ears and a Good Memory
SKF NOTE: This backgrounder phone interview with drummer Al Duncan is among several I did for a multi-part Modern Drummer feature series, The History of Rock Drumming. The entire interview is published here for the first time. And you can … Continue reading
Posted in Backgrounder Interviews, SKF Blog
Tagged Al Duncan, Chess, Drummer, History of Rock Drumming, Modern Drummer, Motown, Scott K Fish, Vee-Jay, Willie Dixon
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Willie Dixon: The Drummer Have a Lot to Do With Everything
SKF NOTE: This interview with blues legend Willie Dixon is a backgrounder interview for a five-part feature series, The History of Rock Drumming, I wrote for Modern Drummer in the early 1980s. None of my backgrounder interviews were meant to … Continue reading
Posted in Backgrounder Interviews, SKF Blog, Uncategorized
Tagged Chess, Clifton James, Drummer, Fred Below, Modern Drummer, Odie Payne, Scott K Fish, Willie Dixon
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Clifton James: I Wanted My Own Style of Playing
SKF NOTE: If you have read any of my Modern Drummer History of Rock Drumming backgrounder interviews on this blog, you need only know that this interview with drummer Clifton James is another backgrounder interview. It, as with all the … Continue reading
Posted in Backgrounder Interviews, SKF Blog
Tagged Bo Diddley, Chess, Chuck Berry, Clifton James, Fred Below, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon
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Scott K Fish 