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September 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Warren Storm

Warren Storm has died. The drummer and singer was a legend. In the business for over 60 years, Storm had several careers within music. He was a session drummer for blues and R’n’B stalwarts including Slim Harpo, Lazy Lester, Lightnin’ Slim and Charles Sheffield. He was a jukebox singer making weepies for cheap and quick […]

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March 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 17 – Levon Helm

Levon Helm died five years ago. He was 71. Two days before he passed his family had announced that he was in the final stages with the cancer that he would succumb to. Levon Helm was my favourite singing drummer. That makes him sound like a circus act, a novelty musician who could rub his […]