Lovin’ Spoonful

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Friday Nuggets: Joe Butler’s Cannons

Check out the drum production on this number-one hit by the Lovin’ Spoonful, from August, 1966. You didn’t often hear drums quite so prominently on a pop hit in the mid-’60s. But there’s a drama to “Summer in the City,”…

Modern Drummer
Jan 27, 2017

Lovin’ Spoonful Touring Drummer Mike Arturi on Playing for the Cameras

  When Lovin’ Spoonful touring drummer Mike Arturi was given the chance to be interviewed—and play a solo—during a morning show on Minnesota CBS affiliate WCCO TV recently, he approached the opportunity by doing some careful planning. Knowing that live…

Modern Drummer
May 31, 2016
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