Friendship amongst drummers takes on many curious attitudes. For example, we have the fair-weather friend. He is the guy who is super friendly to you if you are with a name group. When you are between groups he loses interest in you and becomes real friendly with someone who is in the limelight. This guy’s slogan is “everyone loves a winner.” If you are out of work or having a few problems, he suddenly can’t find time for you. Then there is the name-dropper. He is a sort of cousin (mentally, that is) to our first guy. Whenever someone mentions a famous drummer he says, “Oh Yeah! We are really good friends. We hang out together.” In real life this guy may not have even met the famous drummer in question. Another type of guy comes up to you and is very complimentary about your playing, especially if you are […]

June 1983 Issue