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Trance Grooves ala Fred Neil Music was struggling to reinvent itself in the early sixties; wanting to break out of the staid song structures to run free over the hills and vales of improvisational tones and rhythms. Fred Neil was … Continue reading →

I was the first drummer to bring in a drumset within those hallowed mildewed walls of the oldest coffee house outside of Greenwich Village

Like tributaries coming together to feed the Big Muddy, the grooves in the fertile delta around New Orleans and as well as the rest of the US, blended, making a soul moving music that was a little bit of a … Continue reading →

Distillation of the Groove Distilling the groove to it’s basic essence is a form of profound drumming meditation. This is the alchemy of drumming. Turning base elements into gold. This is what hit records were all about before the drum … Continue reading →