Little Richard
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Bronx/New York Session Drummer Tony Lewis
Talking About Gear, Records, and The Soundtrack To The Innermost Galaxy. Greetings MD people! My name is Tony Lewis and I am a drummer/songwriter from the Bronx, New York, and have been playing now for fifty years. I’ve been fortunate…
Alvin Taylor
Classic Tracks With George Harrison, Elton John, and Beyond by Billy Amendola We continue our conversation with the drummer, who’s featured in the April 2014 issue of Modern Drummer magazine, on sale now. MD: Do you remember the…
Adolfo “Fofi??? Lancha of Sabado Gigante/Don Francisco Presents
I was born in Cuba, and at an early age I was mesmerized by the rhythms of the comparsa on the streets. After seeing the movie Don’t Knock The Rock, featuring Little Richard and Bill Haley & the Comets, I…
Earl Palmer: An Original, By Any Measure
If you said that Earl Palmer is famous for being the most recorded drummer in history, you wouldn’t get too many arguments. But you’d also only be telling half the story. As house drummer at Cosimo Matassa’s J&M Studio in…