‘The church bell chimed until it rang 29 times, for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald.’ It hardly seems possible that Gordon Lightfoot’s ode to the Fitz turns 50 this ye…

       Okay music trivia fans, can you name the lead singers for the following one hit wonder bands from the early 1970s?  We can hum a couple of bars of the Jeopardy waiting music while yo…

       R.I.P. Clem Burke (nee: Bozewski), the longtime drummer for the band Blondie.  Born in Bayonne, New Jersey on November 24, 1954, Burke succumbed to cancer on April 6, 2025.  Having …

       When drummers get together, what do you think they talk about?  Equipment?  Technique?  Cooking tips?  Nah.  Drummers like to talk about (wait for it….) other drummers!  I am …

       In the past, we have discussed songs that were banned from radio and TV broadcasts for various reasons.  I have always maintained that there is no surer way to drive a record up the …

         Before 2006, I had no idea that there was a drum manufacturer called Canopus or that drummer Steve Murphy endorsed Canopus Drums.  For that matter, I didn’t even know there was a d…