May 1985 – Volume 9 • Number 5
On 01st May 1985
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Articles in May 1985
The Five-Note Fill/Solo Concept
Here is an idea for use in either fills or soloing. The study is based on the following five-note pattern: The five-note pattern, when played as consecutive triplets or 16th notes in 4/4 time, comes back to where it began…
Drumming And Sitting In
A young friend of mine from Massachusetts recently told me the following story. He was working in a club with the group he usually plays with. A man came up to him and asked if he could sit in. My…
Garry Peterson — Canadian Beat
What is it about Winnipeg, the lonely western Canada birthplace of two of the country's biggest rock bands, a city that musicians leave for success? Maybe it has to do with the deep chill of the prairie winters and the…
Reminiscing with D. J. Fontana
I knew Elvis was different by his clothes and his actions on stage. I said, 'The boy's got something. What it is, I don't know.' The first show at the Louisiana Hayride was kind of lukewarm. It was a country-oriented…
David Robinson — Driving The Cars
There are a lot of things I want to accomplish as a drummer. There are a lot of things I want to work out and put down on tape where my ideas can take some real form," says David Robinson…
Steve Ferrone - Not Your Average Drummer
It is a bit ironic that Steve Ferrone is still recognized most as being the Average White Band's drummer (and only non-white), after the banner year he had for himself in 1984, He crashed the R&B charts in a big…
Alan Dawson
In the basement studio where Alan Dawson teaches, a concert poster shows Alan dressed in a tuxedo, looking stately on his throne, drumming with Dave Brubeck. Scrawled across the top is a note from Brubeck: "Alan—thanks for the great job…
