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Great Session Players: Hal Blaine 1961-1963
If I were to characterize each of the four drummers I’ve profiled so far, I’d start by portraying Steve Gadd as the street-corner griot. In the tradition of the village story-teller, Gadd is the
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Whereas our last subject, Russ Kunkel, could be found in the drummer’s chair for just about every southern California rock record of the 1970′s, Jeff Porcaro was more of a moving target. Arguably more
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GREAT SESSION PLAYERS: RUSS KUNKEL – It’s hard to find an acoustic rock record made in the 1970′s (especially those from Elektra and Asylum) that didn’t include Russ Kunkel. From his inauspicious launch in
Read More »Great Session Players: Jim Keltner
My set of tunes featuring Steve Gadd was so well received I thought I’d dive into a series of posts featuring great session drummers. Here’s a (short) dozen from Jim Keltner
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Great Session Players: Steve Gadd
Ask anyone who’s played the drums for more than 20 minutes to name his Top 5 players and, without exception, you should hear the name Steve Gadd. What makes Gadd one of the greatest
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