Tag: dead drummers
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Sound meters, Duffy the Tramp-eyed slayer and positive forts.
Well it seems the guys at Custom Skins ‘towers’ have taken to calling me Dr. Death for my penchant for talking about dead drummers…..( This is hardly my fault, they just keep kicking the bucket). So in light of this I thought I had better inject some positive thought and good news into this here…
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1 bass drum, 2 bass drum, 3 bass drum, floor….R.I.P. Louie B.
Okay, I didn’t want to bring yet another death into this here blog but I’m afraid the passing of the last of the ‘big 3’ cannot go unacknowledged. Legendary drummer and all round great chap Louis Bellson passed away last week aged 84. Along with Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa, Bellson was considered one of…
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Mitch, Michael & Me
By now most of you will have heard of the death of Mitch Mitchell in November 2008. The legendary British drummer who shot to fame as one third of the Jimi Hendrix experience was just 61. There have been lots of suitable tributes by far more knowledgeable folk than I but I wanted to share…
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