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February 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 101 – Ant Donaldson
Welcome to episode 101 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Here’s a chat with legendary Wellington drummer Ant Donaldson. I met Ant a few years back – having been an admirer of his playing across so many bands. The Razorblade, The Mantarays, The Six Volts/Front Lawn, The Labcoats, The […]Archive
January 19, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: 22 – Giving The Drummer Some…
Drum Solos! – wait, come back! You don’t often hear people crying out for more drum solos, or any drum solos. Even a lot of drummers hate drum solos. But sometimes you see and hear something special. And sometimes the drum solo – or an extended break – is, I dunno, “musical”, and exciting. Well, […]Archive
October 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 489
Shelly Manne, Plays Richard Rodgers: REX (1977) If I have a weakness – in a guilty-pleasure/Achilles heel sense – it is solo albums by drummers. I don’t just mean when the drummer is a bandleader (as Shelly Manne was) or when they’re a singer/songwriter too or multi-instrumentalist. Though bring all that on also. But if […]Archive
July 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 529
Art Tatum, God Is In The House (1973) I used to have this mega 10-CD box-set of Art Tatum recordings – it was nice, and I played it a bit, but it never really explained him to me, and I never really approached it properly; it was too hard – it just became background music. […]Archive
June 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Got Live Cos I Want It: 10 Important Live-in-Concert Albums In My Life of Listening
I know I’ve written about live albums before – several times, and I always will, I love live albums! – but I thought I’d give you a list of the ten live albums that I consider the most important. That is to say important to me, these lists are a chance for me to remind […]Archive
May 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 552
Kenny Clare & Ronnie Stephenson, Drum Spectacular (1967) I can’t say I knew much of anything about Kenny Clare or Ronnie Stephenson – but I have a bit of a drum-battle albums festish; the Rich and Roach ones, and others…and now I guess I satisfy that occasional itch, mostly, through YouTube clips rather than sitting […]Archive
November 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 15 – Buddy Rich
I recently re-read Traps – The Drum Wonder: The Life of Buddy Rich. It’s a Buddy Rich biography written by his pal Mel Tomé. Tomé, as well as being a singer (known as “The Velvet Fog”) had a background as a drummer. Rich, as well as being a drummer (one of the first household-names within […]Archive
August 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 648
Buddy Rich, Class of ‘78 (1978) I spotted this in an American store recently and flipped it over to check the tracklisting – I was excited because I didn’t know this album. Turns out I did – I knew it as a CD called “The Greatest Drummer Who Ever Lived…With The Best Band I Ever […]Archive
August 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Buddy Rich: The Solos
Buddy Rich The Solos Lightyear To the partners of drummers this album will seem like the cruellest joke, to wide-eyed students this will all seem like a magic trick and to everyone else this could all just be a bit silly. And then there’s the Buddy Rich fans. Whoever you are – wherever you are […]Archive
July 1, 2014 by Simon Sweetman