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| From | "Kerry Chicoine" <KChicoine@whitehat.com> |
| Subject | Re: The Demise of the Session Drummer |
| Date | Mon, 16 Jun 2003 12:01:53 -0700 |
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MBaroneO@aol.com wrote:
> Imagine Lee Hazelwood & Nancy Sinatra with Spector's "Wrecking Crew"
> backing them up.
Did any LA-area Auditeer's happen to read last Sunday's LA Times article
about the demise of the session drummer? I could not believe my eyes when I
read that Hal Blaine is practically broke and living in Palm Desert without
so much as a snare drum in his house. I know nothing of the man's investment
philosophy (or if he even had one), but he said he was reduced to selling
nearly all of his 150+ gold albums to make ends meet. He said, and I quote,
"I have to be honest with you. I'd be homeless today without my pension." A
bitter divorce might explain some of his financial struggles, but still, the
article bummed me out.
Read it here: http://makeashorterlink.com/?V627121F4
Memories of Anna Borg's Robbie Rist/Kenny Howes living room show last
Saturday is cheering me up again. Thanks Anna, Mark, Robbie, Kenny and
everyone else -- we had a blast!
kErrY kOMpOsT
www.mp3.com/kompost
NP: Rooney - ST. With all the positive comments I've read here, I was
expecting a LOT more from this band. I daresay this sounds like nothing less
than routine, cookie-cutter melodic pop -- pleasant but ultimately
unsatisfying, and more than just a little familiar. I detect very little to
distinguish these songs from one another, and the progressions are downright
routine: I find myself anticipating the chord changes before they happen --
correctly. File this under "why?".
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