I have been thinking about bringing this up for a while. Every day I pass a home about two miles from my house. When I was a kid my parents always told me that this is where Louie Bellson and wife Pear Baily lived.
Last night at my local bar ther was a man palying an electronic drum set along with recorded jazz music. I am freinds with the bar owner and told her how I liked his gig and that I play drums also. During the mans break he came to me and asked if I was the drummer that Lori (bar owner) was referring too. Yes! I said, and the conversation started. I had asked him if he was aware that Louie Bellson used to live right down the street from the bar. He did know about that and told me that he dated his sister. I told him that I had always wanted to stop at the house and ask if they had any old drums in the attick or basement that they would like to get rid of. In my surprize he said that he owns one of Bellsons kits. It is a double bass Remo kit. I asked if he would ever part with it. He said his kids would kill him if he sold it! Well I am not giving up, It will be easy to contact him because the bar owner hired him and I am freinds with her. I just want to see the drums and if I do I will take a picture. If I am lucky, he will sell them to me and be killed! just kidding.
Thank you,
Jeff C
