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Post by galacticgirrrl on Jan 2, 2023 4:27:54 GMT
File Under: She Bangs the Drum
Viola Smith
She wrote an article in Down Beat magazine advocating that women musicians can play just as well as men and urged orchestras to hire them – it worked. She performed with Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb and was the original drummer in the original 60s Broadway production of Cabaret. And those are just some of her accomplishments.
With her signature style of having two tom-toms at shoulder height, Smith’s career would see her perform with various orchestras, play at President Truman’s inauguration, and record music for Hollywood musical Johnny Comes Marching Home and Abbot and Costello’s Here Comes The Co-Eds.
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Jan 2, 2023 4:31:09 GMT
Cathy Cheakas with Lady and the Tramps  |
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Jan 2, 2023 4:33:06 GMT
Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney  |
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Jan 2, 2023 4:34:41 GMT
Tobi Vail of Bikini Kill  |
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Jan 2, 2023 5:04:59 GMT
Neko Case before her boyfriends - played drums with Maow and Cub  |
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Jan 2, 2023 5:15:12 GMT
Stella Stevens  |
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Post by sepiatone on Jan 2, 2023 18:19:02 GMT
Viola Smith is mentioned in this clip but we hear way too little of her. In fact, I could have done with more hearing the women in this clip than having to endure the dude's ugly face constantly lunging at me.  And another blast from the past Sepiatone |
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Jan 3, 2023 7:08:15 GMT
I started playing drums when the Rolling Stones came along, because they were too much for me!
I was driving home from work and “Not Fade Away” came on the radio. I almost died. Actually, I had to pull off the road.
I was on the Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown and I pulled off the road, I just couldn’t believe this. Holy shit, I thought. What’s this?
- Maureen Tucker
 
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Jan 3, 2023 7:14:55 GMT
Have you seen her have you heard
The way she plays there are no words
To describe the way I feel
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Post by sepiatone on Jan 3, 2023 17:29:40 GMT
And another "oldie" (but a goodie!)  Sepiatone |
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Jan 7, 2023 6:27:38 GMT
Years earlier, Mitch Mitchell had taken drum lessons from Marshall founder Jim Marshall, and he introduced Hendrix to Marshall.
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Post by sepiatone on Jan 7, 2023 16:44:27 GMT
KENNY CLARKE
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Post by sepiatone on Jan 12, 2023 17:54:28 GMT
Whatever became of this guy?
LENNY WHITE
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Jan 12, 2023 18:07:31 GMT
>many years later I discovered that Milner was just very good at faking it. And that it was this well established jazz guitarist that was actually playing those notes. Like the Patrick McGoohan drum solo from All Night Long. All Night Long (1962) Directed by Basil Dearden. Starring Patrick McGoohan, Richard Attenborough, Dave Brubeck. Jazz adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello.  Dave Brubeck Quartet 1961 Joe Morello Drum Solo - Castilian Blues/Castilian Drums |
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Post by jamesjazzguitar on Jan 13, 2023 18:30:42 GMT
>many years later I discovered that Milner was just very good at faking it. And that it was this well established jazz guitarist that was actually playing those notes. I assume by Milner you are referring to Sweet Smell of Success (not Adam-12, ha ha). That jazz guitarist was John Pisano who Sepiatone mentions in the Guitar sub-forum. The score from the film is one of my favorite. |
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