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“Buddy Rich once told me that he was the loneliest man in the universe.”

The Torment of Buddy Rich: A Biography by John Minahan

Traps, The Drum Wonder: The Life of Buddy Rich by Mel Torme

October 10, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

CBR14Bingo: Minds (I read both of these as I continued my personal psychological study of Buddy Rich’s mind) Buddy Rich is arguably the best drummer to ever live. I was first introduced to his work about a year ago when he was mentioned in a biography of Frank Sinatra I was reading; the two of them had at least one fistfight when they were in Tommy Dorsey’s band together. As I have a fascination with mid-century men with terrible tempers (Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster) I […]

Drum solo please

Lupe Lopez: Rock Star Rules! by E. Charlton-Trujillo and Pat Zietlow Miller

June 13, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Lupe Lopez: Rock Star Rules! Or at least, Lupe Lopez thinks she does. Rules. And is a rock star. But when she has her first day of kindergarten, she has the distinction of being the first kindergarten to get in trouble on the first day of school. After all, her teacher does not appreciate that Lupe drums on everything: the desks, chairs, lunch trays…. And Lupe does not appreciate the rules the teacher has given her. Especially the one about losing her drumsticks if she […]

Get cozy and read!

Pokko and the Drum by Matthew Forsythe

Blanket by Loryn Brantz

October 13, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When you need to write a review about two books you want people to know about and you can’t do a full count for either? You combine! Which is a familiar theme with me. And though these two books are not connected by theme, they are connected by being two good books. I am not sure if Pokko and the Drum by Matthew Forsythe is based on a folktale or is a folktale, but it has the elements of a South American tale, an African […]

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