The set that started it all… By now, studio drummer Hal Blaine’s legend is pretty well known. He is widely considered the most recorded musician of all time. His extraordinarily prolific career spanned four decades from the the 1950s through the 1980s and produced an estimated 35,000 recordings that included 6,000 singles, 150 top 10 hits, 40 number one hits and six consecutive Grammy records of the year. He was so adept at crafting the perfect drum part, that he was routinely asked to replace a band’s existing drummer when it came time to record, for this he’s commonly referred to as “your ten favorite drummers”. Hal passed in 2019. It’s impossible to express the magnitude of his legacy. He literally defined rock and pop drumming in the 1960s and helped create the soundtrack for entire generations of music fans. Hal’s legendary rock drumming career came about practically by accident. […]

August 2023 Issue