Thanks Bermuda that's a wonderfully informative and very cool website.Also, I am perplexed at the massively big drum kit of Jeremy Esposito's used on Judy Collins' "Judith" tour around 1976. Judy Collins the folkie needed that kind of kit? She may have went 'electric' like Dylan at that point, but really? Anyway, great site!
I saw Judy Collins perform at UConn when I was there in 1976, and her drummer had a small, modest set; not the monster concert tom set pictured on the site. As various studio musicians toured with her, they probably brought whatever equipment they personally wanted on the tour.
Jon: Absolutely wonderful site!! For those of us who performed on melodic concert toms in orchestral and brass band settings, it was a very small leap to remove the reso heads on our sets in the late sixties, as was the trend at that time. And anyone who has ever played orchestral concert toms, temple blocks, or timpani knows that the lower pitches are always positioned on the left, progressing to the higher pitches on the right. This is only logical as melodic mallet instruments and keyboards are set up this way. I find it more curious as to why standard, right-handed drum sets have come to be set up the opposite way (with the exception of Trixon who correctly maintained the orchestral standard).
Please keep building on your great site!
Mike C.
