Joe English agreed to this interview in 1980. Then he disappeared. In 1983, I got approximately three-fourths of this interview on tape, when Joe disappeared for another three years. I nick-named him the Howard Hughes of Drumming. I had no positive proof that Joe was a bad guy. He never returned my phone calls or answered my letters, but I have two grandmothers who are guilty of the same thing and they’re not bad people. The last quarter of this interview was, finally, taped at the tail end of 1985, and I submitted it to MD in March 1986. Is Joe English a bad guy? No, not at all. I don’t know if he has a busier schedule than anyone else, but I do believe that it is much more hectic. Over the last few years, Joe English has been performing on the “Contemporary Christian Music” circuit, mixing excellent pop […]

June 1986 Issue