Russell Batiste
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This Week in Drumming: October 6th
by Paolo Ragusa With a new issue of Modern Drummer out in the world, we're happy to be back — here's what went down in the drumming world this week. Modern Drummer's October 2023 Issue: Out Now! Our October 2023 issue is…
Russell Batiste Jr., New Orleans Drummer, Dies at 57
Russell Batiste Jr., the renowned drummer for The funky Meters and several other groups, died of a heart attack on Saturday, September 30th at his home in LaPlace, Louisiana at the age 57. Born David Russell Batiste Jr., he was…
Russell Batiste
It wasn't that Russell Batiste needed another project when the idea of Vida Blue was presented to him last year. But once he sat down to jam with Phish's Page McConnell and The Allman Brothers' Oteil Burbridge, the deal was…
