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May 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Gregg Bissonette Drum Workshop (May 26, Wgtn)
Gregg Bissonette: Drum Workshop Memorial Theatre, Victoria University of Wellington Sunday, May 26 American session-star drummer Gregg Bissonette is in the country as part of Rodger Fox’s touring Jazz Gala and ahead of those concerts for a series of drum workshops. He’s been to New Zealand a bunch of times – some 20 years ago as a clinician and more recently as the […]Archive
May 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gregg Bissonette Drum Clinics in NZ: May 2019
As part of the Jazz Gala featuring Gregg Bissonette the legendary session drummer will also be performing a set of drum clinics. Gregg can be heard, across the years, on albums by Joe Satriani and David Lee Roth, he’s now a regular touring drummer for the Ringo Starr All-Starr Band, he’s an in-demand clinician and has played […]Archive
March 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Music Feature: Ringo Starr’s Greatest Hits
I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But now and then I present features on the show too. Last year I had nearly an hour to explore the music of George Harrison. So I was keen, straight away, to talk Ringo Starr. Now Ringo’s legacy stays entirely with the band. He […]Archive
February 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Beatles Theory
A lot of people seem to think that Paul McCartney and John Lennon hated each other – were competitive, and the band broke up, and that Yoko was a pesky nuisance as well. The Yoko thing? That’s mostly racism. And sexism too. Paul and John are on the record as having had a bit of […]Archive
December 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 346
George Harrison, Cloud Nine (1987) It’s been a big year for me and The Beatles – I’ve fallen in love with the band again and the solo careers of all its members, the big revelation has probably been just how much I really do love a lot of the John Lennon material (far more than […]Archive
December 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 347
Ringo Starr, Sentimental Journey (1970) Poor old Ringo Starr. I say “Poor old Ringo Starr”, when there’s nothing poor about him. Nice life, great drummer, in the best band in the world, lucky timing on that too, etc. And it really hasn’t mattered what he did after. I mean he’s as well-known – actually probably […]Archive
November 23, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 358
George Harrison, Somewhere In England (1981) I’ve been a George Harrison fan since I could remember his name…which is to say one of my first memories is asking my dad and my uncle what “the other guy in The Beatles was called?” I knew the two main songwriters and the drummer – their names stuck. […]Archive
February 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Playlist: Paul on Drums – Big Macca Attack
“Ringo! The best drummer in the world? He’s not even”, so the famous quip goes, “the best drummer in The Beatles”. Attributed to John Lennon, it’s actually a clever piece of satire by the comedian Jasper Carrott. Not only is it the funniest thing he said it has a deadly accuracy – John Lennon might […]Archive
October 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 612
Paul McCartney, Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984) A silly little thing this – but not without its charms. Specifically the song No More Lonely Nights, written at the last minute (apparently) and in not much more than a few minutes as the vital new song to complete the film. Featuring a killer David […]Archive
July 22, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Ringo Starr: Postcards From Paradise
Ringo Starr Postcards From Paradise UMe Here’s a brand new album by Ringo Starr – and it’s his best since back around the time of 1992’s Time Takes Time, but it earns that title, “best”, by virtue of not being (quite) as shitty as any of the albums he’s released since. And though you probably […]Archive
November 30, 2014 by Katy