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November 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Dave Schoepke: Tessellated Resonance
Dave Schoepke Tessellated Resonance Dave Schoepke Dave Schoepke is a journeyman drummer and percussionist. He’s been a regular with the Willy Porter Band and also plays with Martin Barre (of Jethro Tull fame). He has appeared on dozens of records, worked as a teacher and recorded instructional drum material as well as a series of […]Archive
August 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Charli Persip
Charli Persip the legendary jazz drummer and teacher has died. He was 91. Hell of an innings. And what a player. Persip, born Charles, called “Charlie” but he changed the spelling in the 1980s to “Charli”, was a bandleader and educator. He was also on some of the greatest jazz albums you now and love […]Archive
July 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 223: Lance Philip
Welcome to episode 223 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]Archive
July 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
They Say It’s Your Birthday – 80 Great Thingos By (and about) Ringo: Ringo Starr at 80
1. He was the first drummer to use a drum-riser on TV; sales of sticks and kits went up about 400% the next day after his appearance on Ed Sullivan. 2. The drum feels and fills and groove of Rain 3. Ringo’s malapropisms, wit and rejoinders. He gave us the lines that fed into Eight […]Archive
June 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Neil Peart Was The World’s Most Overrated Drummer
A few years back I reviewed a Kindle Single, a keen drummer’s list of his Top 30 Drummers. Keen drummers don’t always make the best writers and this book – well it’s a sliver of a book (as is the point of Kindle Singles – seems wrong in this instance to bestow a title like essay) – […]Archive
June 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
My First Ebook: Drummers You Just Can’t Beat
I’ve just made and published my first e-book. It’s available now at that link over at Amazon for a couple of bucks ($3.44 is the NZ rate). It’s comprised of the articles I wrote here under the banner Drummers You Just Can’t Beat and includes some new and edited pieces as well as many of the eulogies […]Archive
May 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Jimmy Cobb
The great Jimmy Cobb has died, aged 91. He was the last surviving member of the dream team that played on Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue – the jazz album that even non-jazz fans know and love (and probably own). Cobb was one of the great jazz drummers – a master of sensitivity and taste, […]Archive
May 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Tony Allen
Reports are coming in that Tony Allen has died. He was just shy of his 80th birthday and had remained very active in music across the last decade; in fact he was super prolific – with a diverse range of collaborations across jazz, pop and funk music. But even if he had stopped playing 40 […]Archive
April 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Hamilton Bohannon
Hamilton Bohannon has died. The drummer and journeyman musician was 78. He was no household name, but there’s a good chance your household has heard his music – whether when a teenage Bohannon was playing drums for the teenaged (“Little”) Stevie Wonder and as the bandleader backing many other Motown players, or via his own […]Archive
March 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
In Praise of Hobbies Where You Kinda Suck: The Wonderful Experience of Being Quite Shit
I was never the greatest drummer. But I made a living from it. For a while. I made more money playing the drums in bands around the country than I have ever made from writing. I’d pack the car for a weekend and play songs I didn’t love to audiences there for beer and I […]Archive
December 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman