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Cymbals concerns (again)
Perhaps it depends on what kind of music that your are playing? Should it be a clear ping without much sustain…..or much more full with a hearty reso...
13 years agoThe magic of the B-3 Hammond. Dr. Lonnie Smith
Back in the mid 60s I worked in an R&B /funk band. Black male vocalist with two tenor saxe’s guitar bass and drums. In retrospect my ideal grou...
13 years agoThe magic of the B-3 Hammond. Dr. Lonnie Smith
Dr. Lonnie Smith (born July 3, 1942 in Lackawanna, New York[1]) is a jazz Hammond B3 organist and pianist, who converted to Sikhism in the mid-1970s....
13 years agoDoes the playing history of a drum set affect value?
Thanks for your response tubwompus and jaghog. Interesting story tubwompus. We played the same club twice with the King Curtis band- two drum sets o...
13 years agoDoes the playing history of a drum set affect value?
Good answer....thanks. David
13 years agoDoes the playing history of a drum set affect value?
This may be a very naive question. This 1960s Ludwig blue oyster pearl set was on stage with some pretty famous bands back in the King Curtis, J.C. D...
13 years agoBill Withers-Use Me
Those drums look familiar. The drums shown below are early 60s Blue Oyster Pearl Ludwig’s...with a "later tweak" (Added years later... a second...
14 years agoSome big band and some latin--good players.
You are right....I guess it was more that vintage drums....just stuff that was well played. David
14 years agoBill Withers-Use Me
Great tune. Sometimes all you need is simple stuff as a drummer. Simple is best...sometimes! David
14 years agoSome big band and some latin--good players.
This guy punches with his cymbals very effectively in my opinion in a big band format. (Nice choice of cymbals with very distinctive effects.) [ame]h...
14 years agoA drummer and a bass player working well together.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY6Fgda55NQ&feature=related[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K3c34Zyyic&feature=related[/ame] Uzeb w...
14 years agoI always thought this group played decent funky stuff.
I kind of liked Lee Oskar’s contribution on harmonica. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJrp6NBin7g&a=GxdCwVVULXcs1pTtDjFw93t-lu22Ynbu&list=...
14 years agoKaren Carpenter 1976 first TV Special
Geez... she was rather good...I had no idea? Not my chosen style of music at that time. But she plays! 1976..... David
14 years agoB-3 Hammond –a newer player and an old master.
A British B-3 Hammond player. Brian Auger. I was living in London in late 1966 and only learned about Brian Auger after I returned to Canada in late 1...
14 years agoB-3 Hammond –a newer player and an old master.
Jimmy McGriff and other B-3 players. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THK5FVuptp0&feature=related[/ame] -----------------------------------------...
14 years ago