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Like most of you reading this article … I am a drummer.And, I would imagine, like a lot of you reading this article … I am a basher.I bashed my way through basement bands as a school kid.I bashed my way through the Cleveland, OH club scene playing Top 40 music.I bashed my way through a recording project in New York City with Eddie Jobson.I bashed my way through my first arena tour with the Tommy Shaw Band.I bashed my way through five years with Damn Yankees.And, I have bashed my way through the past twenty-seven years (and counting) with Lynyrd Skynyrd.You may wonder if all this bashing ever caught up to me.It did.Here’s what happened … Like many stories, mine began very innocently. I was just a nine-year-old kid who wanted to learn to play drums. I studied with a wonderful teacher … a “by the book” rudiments guy. […]
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