Drum Lessons Tulum

22/11/2023

18/11/2023

RIP George Brown, drummer and co-founder of Kool and the Gang, who passed away on Thursday aged 74. One of the most funky drummers of all time!

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04/11/2023

Happy birthday to Dave Garibaldi, 77 years old today. He is a key figure in the development of funk drumming, with a unique and distinctive approach to timekeeping which had previously been unheard.
Best known for his innovative ideas with Tower of Power, Dave Garibaldi is one of the most influential and well respected drummers in the business!

29/10/2023

Five of my favourite beats, by one of my favourite drummers!

“Super Bad,” “S*x Machine” and other funky landmarks from half of the Godfather of Soul’s legendary groove tandem

26/10/2023

Happy birthday to John ‘Jabo’ Starks, one of the pioneers of funk drumming. Best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s and ‘70s, Starks played on many dance floor classics including Soul Power, S*x Machine and Get on the Good Foot.
His groundbreaking beats also fuelled the birth of rap and hip-hop music, which made him one of the most sampled drummers of all time!

October 26, 1937 - May 1, 2018

25/10/2023

Happy birthday to Earl Palmer, he would have been 99 today. While playing with Fats Domino, Palmer invented the drum beat that would become synonymous with rock n roll music in the early 1950s and beyond.
He later went on to be an important member of the session group known as the Wrecking Crew, who played behind the scenes on hundreds of hit records by many famous artists. Earl Palmer is one of the most recorded drummers of all time!

October 25, 1924 - September 19, 2008

22/10/2023

Jazz drumming legend, Joe Morello, is one of the few drummers who could claim to have thoroughly mastered the classic book Stick Control. As a teenager he had the privilege of studying the book with its author, George Lawrence Stone.
Many years later I had the privilege of studying with Joe Morello, and together we worked on exercises from the same book. To this day I’m still working on it!

19/10/2023

Roger Hawkins’ top ten tracks!

Era-defining cuts, backing Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Bob Seger and others

16/10/2023

Happy birthday to Roger Hawkins, the drummer best known for his key role in the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, who helped to produce dozens of hit singles at the now legendary Muscle Shoals Studios.
He can be heard playing along with some of the greatest singers of all time, including Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Etta James, Rod Stewart, The Staple Singers and Joe Cocker.

October 16, 1945 - May 20, 2021

12/10/2023

“Before Elvis there was nothing”, said John Lennon, and before Elvis found fame and fortune he didn’t have a drummer!
So D.J. Fontana became one of the most influential and important names in the evolution of rock drumming. He played with Elvis Presley for 14 years and accompanied him on over 460 recordings, including his biggest hits such as Heartbreak Hotel, Blue Suede Shoes, Hound Dog and Jailhouse Rock.