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A Vintage Drummer
I'm really glad I started this thread...didn't realize the interesting insight you all have given...a few thoughts......single, traveling the world, g...
14 years agoA Vintage Drummer
My dad joined the Army at the end of WWI....ended up in the West Point Band....traveled the world after his discharge playing on ocean liners like The...
14 years agoA Vintage Drummer
Both photos were taken at Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas around 1922.
14 years agoA Vintage Drummer
I tried to upload the pictures but it states the file size is too large...can I e-mail them to you?
14 years agoA Vintage Drummer
I have downloaded many pictures of my father, a drummer who played from 1915 to 1970. These photos show U.S. Army bands from the 1920's to The Queen M...
14 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
Here's some oral history that is based on an opinion from my father who was a jazz drummer with U.S. Army bands from 1918 to 1924, including The West...
15 years agoGuess the Instrument?
I think it is a "slap stick".....from the days of trap drumming for sound effects.
16 years agoTraditional Grip vs. Matched Grip.. OPINIONS??
This doesn't answer the question but might provide some general information...My father, who played in the West Point Band in 1923, which was then THE...
16 years ago1920's Ludwig Black Beauty "scroll" snare...
From Mike Curotto...
16 years ago