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March 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Hal Blaine
Hal Blaine has died. The session drumming legend was 90. What a life. What a legacy. If he wasn’t the most prolific sessioneer skinsman he was certainly the most successful of the busy-schedule players. A part of one of the greatest groups of all time – The Wrecking Crew (not a band as such, a collective […]Archive
October 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Feature: Steve Gadd
I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But the other day I got the call up to present a Music Feature for the Afternoons show. Well, actually, I was on-air talking about some albums in my regular review slot and I was promoting the back that legendary drummer Steve […]Archive
October 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Grady Tate
The American jazz drummer and vocalist Grady Tate has died. He was 85. The cause: complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was one of my favourite drummers. There’s a good chance he was one of your favourite drummers too – even if you think you didn’t know his playing there’s every chance you did. He played […]Archive
May 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
My Tony Levin Interview: Q&A
Tony Levin is perhaps best known for his work with Peter Gabriel and King Crimson but he has appeared on over 500 albums. He has worked with Lou Reed and our own Tim Finn; with James Taylor and Carly Simon. He even appears in Paul Simon’s cult film, One Trick Pony. Over a series of emails I asked Levin some questions ahead of his 2010 visit to New […]Archive
October 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Very Extremely Dangerous Eddie Hinton: Revisiting A Lost Classic
Of course I knew the name Eddie Hinton – and isn’t that the thing we always say, “I know the name”. But with Hinton it’s hard not to know about him. He worked with so many of the greats. But you take a listen to the material he released as a solo artist and you […]Archive
May 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 703
Eric Gale, Ginseng Woman (1977) Some 20 years ago I moved to Wellington and started raiding the second-hand vinyl stores, there were a few of them then – and you’d also find people giving away whole- or part-collections, garage sales, all sorts. I guess that’s still the case, but the stores are shrinking. Limited market. […]Archive
March 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman