This is a game changer – the most obvious advancement being the drastically reduced weight.
Read moreJust a Small Town Doc
So you pack your bags, load up the drums and head for the big city -- just as countless other aspiring players have done. And you’re immediately faced with the more established players, the ones who really are the big fish in this bigger pond.
Read moreEdward Tucker’s Catalog Corner 1909 Leedy Insert: “Some More Good Things”
The insert highlighted in my column this month is one of the earliest known examples. It was actually in the 1909 Leedy edition as well as their 1910.
Read morePristine 1970 Ludwig "Hollywood" Drum Set - No Serial Number WMP
This set was born together and still with the one and only original owner whose parents purchased it for him brand spanking new in 1970. He played it for about a year with his cousin in a little band in his basement and never again after that. The set NEVER left his house and was NEVER played out. He also immaculately cared for it keeping it under cover.
Read more1938-40- SLINGERLAND 5x14 SEA GREEN PEARL RADIO KING MODEL
I got this *Clamshell Sea Green Pearl Radio King a few Chicago Shows ago from my good friend and fellow collector Joe Luoma.
Read moreLawrence Drums/Famous Drums
My second George’s Drum Shop was located in Copley Ohio starting in 2002 then moved to Cuyahoga Falls Ohio in 2006. I made and sold a lot of drum sets and snare drums during those years.
Read moreWhite Pearls of Japan
In the MIJ world there is a tendency to lump all the drums together. Some of it is from the old myths of them being made in the same factory or a shared factory, but in reality the connections between companies was very small, even the smallest common screw seem to be a little different. This even extends to the wraps, where similar, but not the same, seems to be the rule.
Read moreRick Drumm: Remembering Tony Williams
Between 1969 and 1971 my teacher Ed Shaughnessy introduced me to the music of drummer Tony Williams.
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