Max roach biography drummer for rushing
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GINGER ‘THE MASTER’ BAKER
Remembering the Drummer’s Finest Hours
“Why are you always smiling Ginger?”
“Because I’m happy!”
It was 1963 and the flame haired drummer sitting at the back of the crowded club room was having a ball. He was clearly in seventh heaven as he powered up a lively R&B group jamming away at the 1963 Richmond Jazz & Blues Festival.
So was the audience in heaven, blown away by the wild eyed young man rapidly achieving fame as Peter ‘Ginger’ Baker. Not so much a percussionist as a concussionist, he knocked out fans and fellow musician alike with an ear blasting, passionate performance on a drum kit that he would later confess he’d made himself.
Along with those drums, Ginger was a self made man. He fought for everything he would achieve in life. Often he lost his battles, but there was something Napoleonic and inspirational about his heroic struggles. Whether it was forming a super group, driving across the Sahara desert, setting up a recording studio in Africa or trying to establish polo grounds on foreign fields, Mr. Baker was never afraid to take up a challenge.
In the wake of his sad death aged 80 on October 6th, 2019 much has been made of his fiery temperament, angry outbursts and catastrophic exploits. But there was always a warme
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Newest Member of MD's Hall of Fame -- Retired (?) Since 2015
Son of Vistalite Black's Salute: What an inspiring drummer in terms of both his always inventive playing and the huge drum kits he created, including those that played a pioneering role in combining acoustic shells (big ones!) and electronics.
Even as his drum kit inventions pushed the state-of-the-art ahead, you always knew it was Alex Freakin' Van Halen.
Says Modern Drummer, “The original drummer and co-founder of Van Halen has left his mark on entire eras of rock music, from his scrappy early days in Mammoth to the glam metal juggernaut we know him as today. Alex Van Halen joins an esteemed group of Modern Drummer Hall of Famers, including John Bonham, Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Ringo Starr, and 2022’s Hall of Fame inductee, Taylor Hawkins.”
Alex Van Halen’s 2023 Modern Drummer Hall of Fame induction arrives with the release of their 2023 Reader’s Poll, found in their September issue.
Modern Drummer has announced Alex Van Halen as the 2023 inductee to the Modern Drummer Hall Of Fame. Says Mode
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