Chuck Ruff
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Edgar Winter Band Performs "Frankenstein" on The Old Grey Whistle Test
Watch this fantastic 1973 performance of the Edgar Winter Band performing "Frankenstein" on the British TV music show The Old Grey Whistle Test. Definitely stick around after the 4:11 mark, when drummer Chuck Ruff and Winter himself (on timbales and keyboards) duke…
“Frankenstein??? and “Free Ride??? Drummer Chuck Ruff Dies
Chuck Ruff, drummer on Edgar Winter’s instrumental hit “Frankenstein,” passed away in San Francisco, California, this October 14 after a long illness. He was sixty years old. Ruff was born in Reno, Nevada, on May 25, 1951. His first significant…
The Return of Double Drumming’s Greatest Hits
In the February 2007 issue of Modern Drummer, we ran a feature called “Double Drumming’s 25 Greatest Hits.” At the time we asked MD readers to submit their own favorite double-drum performances, which we’d post online at a later date.…
