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Remembering Hal Blaine

He helped pave the way for every great studio musician who came out of L.A., and his influence extends to this very day.

Modern Drummer
Aug 26, 2019

Sandy Gennaro

For decades the journeyman drummer has had one rock ’n’ roll adventure after another, from Cyndi Lauper to Joan Jett to Pat Travers to Johnny Winter to the Monkees. TO READ THE FULL STORY: LOG IN Digital Access $4.99 /month…

Story by Ken Micallef | Photos by Paul La Raia
Feb 5, 2018

Hal Blaine

To chronicle the career of Hal Blaine is an almost awesome task. The office walls of his Hollywood Hills home are adorned with gold records that span the last two decades of music, such memorabilia as a mounted "thank you"…

Robyn Flans
Mar 23, 2017