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Longineau Parsons III – A Force to be Reckoned With
I’d never heard of Longineau Parsons till a good friend turned me on to this ‘Monster’ drummer. Soft spoken and unassuming, his playing easily ranks him among the greatest percussionists of all time. Needless to say, I will be adding more of his work to this site in the near future – check it.
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In February (?) of 2000, a close friend who knew keyboardist, Jay Oliver fairly well, invited me to a small club on Vine (?) to photograph the group during their live performance. On guitar, notably, was Buzz Feiten who I’d seen play at the Cafe Au Go Go’s Blues Bag Concert when I was thirteen years old. Like many of the more ‘creatively inclined’ blues players (he was playing for Paul Butterfield then), Buzz gravitated toward a more fusion-oriented sound. Pictures from that show will be posted in the coming months.
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Drum Building Secrets
Have you ever wondered just how difficult it would be to build your own drumset? An enterprising young man by the name of Brian had been thinking exactly that, and after a bad experience losing money on the pruchase of a handmade set done by someone else, became more determined than ever to create a solution to this particular dilemma. ‘Drum Building Secrets’ gets right to the core of this issue. Check out what this intrepid drummer has to say on the matter right now.
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Living Colour – Cult of Personality – Live 2006
It must’ve been 1994; I’d been in rehearsal -for the better part of a year- with Zen Mambo a group I co-founded with bassist Tony Villas. Tony, it seems, studied alongside Vernon Reid at the Creative Music Center in Woodstock. They did remain in contact apparently, since we were extended guest passes to see Living Colour at the Academy of Music on 14th street in N.Y.C..
I really didn’t know what to expect; I knew Vernon would be good, but with Cory, Will, and Muzz on hand, the passion and the chemistry was, indeed mind-blowing…
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About Me
An artist since birth, I studied sculpture, illustration, drumming, and photography, recorded with 2 Against 1, and Zen Mambo, and created cover images for more than 30 CDs. Which brings us up to date- here in balmy, beautiful Bangkok, with B.
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