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......
?
9 comments:
umm.........
artemis pyle.
thanks for playing.
nice one.....
and then there's - topper headon
i've actually got this wrong.
artemis pyle should be on the list of worst drummer's names.
or come to think of it, just 'worst names'
and i was going to come back with
terry chimes.
terry chimes is a sentence. it makes no sense, i grant you, but it is a sentence. artemis pyle, on the other hand, sounds like an embarrassing affliction.
who can beat this ? come on, gang. this is too important to ignore.
it is a sentence.
sounds like the last line of a song from the lilith fair.
how about....
bun e. carlos
for any aspiring drummers out there, you should strongly consider changing your name to 'roger taylor'.
there are two drummers by this name, which doesn't sound interesting. but get this. combined, the bands they 'played' for have sold close to half a billion records.
just sayin'......
i know the queen roger taylor, who's the other one?
duran duran.
these guys should both be on the luckiest drummer list.
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