In looking for an old drum book on ebay, I came across the name Dave Tough.
I had heard his name on and off, but this finally made me check him out. Dave played with some heavy hitters like Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, Charlie Christian and Fletcher Henderson, among others. For people interested in learning about drumming or the music and time period in general, he was a very interesting guy.
But - me being me - Dave's name got me thinking about drummers with cool names, so I thought I'd throw some out there and see if anyone else could "beat" me!
(Let's make these guys who could play; Rikki Rockett doesn't count on so many levels).
Besides Dave Tough, how about:
J.C. Heard
Shadow Wilson
Big Sid Catlett
Ziggy Modeliste
Bernard "Pretty' Purdie
And......
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