Image Source On This Date in 1968: The Beatles recorded “Hey Jude” – written by Paul McCartney for Julian Lennon – in four takes at Trident Studios in London. The first take was selected as the single release, which was the first single released on The Beatles’ Apple Records label.
Yeah, it’s been a long time, as Robert Plant would say, but I’m finally back in the pages of Modern Drummer magazine with a full page profile piece on the uber cool John Boecklin, who plays the drums for Devil Driver. Jon Fishman of Phish graces the cover of the September issue, on sale [...]
On This Date in 1973: Led Zeppelin lost $180,000 in cash when a thief stole their hotel safe deposit box from two concerts at Madison Square Garden. The theft – a crime largely suspected to be an inside job perpetrated by employees of the hotel – was never solved.
In drumming, they say it’s not just about what you play; it’s about what you don’t play. The same can be said for the subtleties of achieving the correct lighting in a room: it’s not about how bright the light is but what it illuminates. Good lighting is just so important when it comes to [...]
Image Source The Hamburger Time(r): So You Always Know When It’s Hamburger Time!
On This Date In 1976: After being ordered to leave the country more than three years earlier, John Lennon finally received his green card and was granted permanent U.S. residency.
Image Source La Montaña Rusa, 2008 Mixed media 98 x 315 x 170 inches (248.9 x 800.1 x 431.8 cm) By Cuban art group Los Carpinteros.
What a Rock Star! Queen drummer Roger Taylor celebrates his 61st Birthday today. Also, Mick Jagger turns 100 67!
As much as our culture overemphasizes the value of being and looking young, I would not want to be a minute younger than I am. Because if I’d been born in the eighties or nineties I wouldn’t have been alive to experience firsthand an era of rock music when bands like The Doors, Led Zeppelin, [...]
I was first introduced to the British metal band Hawkwind way back in the eighties when I was in College, and you were probably just an egg. The song I like best from that era of the band is called “Psychedelic Warlords Disappear in Smoke,” because I love song titles that are complete sentences on [...]
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