My first drum set was a three piece no-name Japanese stencil kit made by Pearl: 22x14, 9x13, 5.5x14 with one ride cymbal on the bass drum and a hihat. It seems I have come full circle now.
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I was overwhelmed with the generosity of you subscribers who donated to NSMD during the first annual fund drive this past month.
Read moreRIP Dino Danelli July 23, 1944 – December 15, 2022
Mr. Danelli, a protégé of the great jazz drummers Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa, merged percussive virtuosity with a rock sensibility. Like Ringo Starr of the Beatles, he set the template for the rock drummer archetype: disciplined and precise, but with a flair that drew the crowd’s eye. He would twirl his sticks — a trick he learned from his sister, a cheerleader — and throw them in the air, before catching them without dropping the beat.
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DrummingNewsNetwork, Fund Drive, Archived articles
Read moreOdd Slingerland: Need Help Identifying
George,
New to me, parallel action strainer with rollers on this drum? Have you ever seen one before?
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Happy New Year! Tootin’ my own horn and letters to the editor.
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My editorial this month is about two episodes of Matt Crouse’s WorkingDrummer.Net Podcast that I was involved with. Enjoy.
Read moreTreat yourself to a great Christmas present; a pair of Gus Moeller's Perfect Drum Sticks
Christmas Special - Moeller Sticks - $60 including shipping
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All my items I have listed on DrumSellers.com have been repriced with “or best offer”. This includes all snare drums, drum sets, cymbals of mine and of those consigned to me by Steve Johnson, Tom Boyle, John Dittrich, and Jason Cooper. Well over 300 cymbals, 50 snare drums and several drum sets. This
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Prices lowered on my listings at DrumSellers.com, and letters to the editor.
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George Lawrence with FreeWorld band at Memphis Italian Festival
At DrumSellers.com: Please look at the very desirable vintage cymbals on consignment from Steve Johnson and John Dittrich click here. To see Tom Boyle’s snare collection on consignment click here, and to see John Dittrich’s snares on consignment click here.
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Drum Shows: The Music City Drum Show is coming up next weekend. July 9 in Nashville TN. The St. Louis Drum Show has moved into a much nicer venue In conjunction with the UMSL Music Dept. This year will be at the beautiful Touhill theater. The date is October 8. AND.. There is quite a drum show going on lately at DrumSellers.com. Check out all the latest gear for sale that has been consigned to us by collectors.
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*The death of 50 year old Taylor Hawkins last week stunned the world of drummers. Why was he so immensely popular and admired by drummers the world over?
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There are some major changes in the works for Not So Modern Drummer and DrumSellers.com. Long range plans are to combine certain aspects and functions of both sites to add new features that will be very useful to our subscribers and readers.
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A few announcements…
Read moreNoble & Cooley - Still Standing - How America's Oldest Drum Factory Stayed in Business For Over 160 years
This is a great video that shows the processes Noble & Cooley Drums uses to produce their one ply drum shells, hardware and finishes. Though I now mostly sell my own Famous Drum Company brand of one ply drums, I consider N&C to be the bench mark. Contact me if you are interested in a Famous or an N&C.
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There are a couple of new features here at Not So Modern Drummer magazine.
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That’s me, sans cataracts, playing at Rum Boogie Cafe on Beale Street in Memphis with the FreeWorld band. I am back playing four nights a week on Beale as of the last week in September 2021. I’m not unhappy, that’s just my “drum face”. :-)
This heart felt note from JD in Australia reminds me of what an emotional and spiritual attachment we drummers have to our instrument and profession. Thanks, JD. “I'm crippled with damaged arthritic hips & end stage emphysema but I still tap along despite puffing after one song!…
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“Always the students” Charlie Watts, Don McAulay, Jim Keltner
I have written a short piece in this issue about Charlie Watts and how he inspired and influenced me. A friend of mine, Jim Basile, said “Charlie Watts was the Mel Lewis of Rock. I can give no higher compliment. For those of you familiar with Mel Lewis, you'll understand completely. For those of you unfamiliar with Mel, you NEED to be.”
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George Lawrence, Jim Pettit, Greg Morrow - three VERY not so modern drummers! (at Memphis Drum Shop)
-Arnie Lang passes
-New England Drum Show postponed
-Summer of Soul a must see
-We are selling back issues of Classic Drummer/Vintage Drummer magazine