Latest Drum News Blues musician Sam Lay died Saturday (January 29), his record label Alligator has confirmed. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Lay was experiencing heart problems, was taken to a nursing facility near his […]
Latest Drum News Percussionist Héctor “Tito” Matos has dies (January 18, 2022 ) Héctor died of an apparent heart attack while at home in San Juan, according to preliminary information. The death was confirmed by […]
Latest Drum News Billy Conway (1956 – December 19, 2021) is best known for his work with Treat Her Right and Morphine has passed away. His former bandmates Vapor of Morphine released the following statement: […]
Latest Drum News This is a little late in reporting. The influential ska drummer, Everett Morton, who was best known for his work with The (English) Beat, has died at the age of 71. The […]
Latest Drum News Melvin Parker (June 7, 1944 – December 3, 2021), he and his brother, saxophonist Maceo Parker, were key members of James Brown’s band. Parker was born in Kinston, North Carolina on June […]
Latest Drum News Gary “Chicken” Hirsh, who played drums with the Berkeley, California-based Country Joe and the Fish between 1967-69, died Aug. 17, 2021, according to a Facebook tribute page in his honor. The post […]
Latest Drum News On November 11th Graeme Edge, drummer and co-founder of The Moody Blues died at his home in Bradenton, Florida of metastatic cancer. He had previously suffered a stroke in 2016. He was […]
Latest Drum News Kozo Suganuma, a drummer who has collaborated with many musicians in a wide range of music genres such as jazz and rock, died of colon cancer on the 8th, he was 62 […]
Latest Drum News Dottie Dodgion (born Dorothy Rosalie Giaimo; September 23, 1929 – September 17, 2021) was an American jazz drummer and singer. October 14, 2021 Joe Bebco of The Final Chorus wrote the article […]
Latest Drum News Ronnie Tutt (March 12, 1938 – October 16, 2021), longtime Elvis Presley drummer, has died aged 83. Tutt played drums on behalf of the TCB Band (Taking Care of Business) for Elvis […]
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