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February 1986 – Volume 10 • Number 2

Dave Huff had to feel proud during the 1984 Grammy Awards show. He was the drummer in a Christian rock group called White Heart that was nominated for an award. Never mind the fact that the group didn’t win, or that the self-titled debut album for which it was nominated only sold 60,000 copies. (The fact is, White Heart considers that a pretty high sales figure by a debut group in Christian music.) Who’d have thought that an unknown group could have gotten even a Grammy nomination, much less an award? The band had never even toured as a group until the release of the album. In essence, the nomination alone (in the category of Best Vocal Performance by a New Vocal Duo or Group in Gospel Music) had brought the band much of what it had wanted from the outset—respect—and not just from the Christian radio market (in which […]
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Articles in February 1986

New Edition’s Danny Donnelly (A. K. A. Zoro)

Edition is one of the hottest acts in show business today, taking the R&B market by storm and making some crossover inroads onto the pop charts.

by Rick Van Horn
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A. J. Pero — More Than Meets The Eye

Elevating these self-proclaimed

by Teri Saccone
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David Calarco — The Upstate Burn

David Calarco is probably one of the hottest young acoustic jazz drummers around today.

by Rick Van Horn
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The Shuffle

One might be hard pressed to find anything more musically exciting than a good drummer setting fire to a band by laying down a strong, straight-ahead shuffle beat. The shuffle is a very dynamic rhythmic feel. It has been used…

by Randy Martin
Oct 11, 2018

February 1986 - Volume 10 • Number 2

Roy Hanes, A.J. Pero, Jimmie Fadden, Willie Wilcox, Dan Donnelly, David Calarco, Dave Huff, Neil peart, Danny Gottlieb, Bobby Rondinelli, Boo Boo McAfee, Curly Whitaker

Modern Drummer
Feb 1, 1986
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Jimmie Fadden — dirt ’n’ drums

I never had any formal training. I came into music probably like a lot of people do. The band got together and said,

by Robyn Flans
Oct 11, 2018

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