Status Quo Drummer.Pub
Beat It ! MUSIC students got ‘down, down, deeper and down’ with a master class in percussion with a legend from the Quo. UPILS from Haughton Academy, Darlington, Jeff started playing when he was nine, on pots and pans rocked to a new beat after a drumming session to begin with, as his parents couldn’t afford a drum kit. P with rock musician Jeff Rich. “But it was all I wanted to do so I practised every day, More than 100 Year 8, 9 and 10 students took part in the saved up for a kit and went out and got myself into the workshop, which saw them accompany the world famous music business,” he told students. “It’s all about drummer in a rhythm-based jamming session. determination; if you want to do it, just go for it.” Jeff, 63, of Hackney, London, who played drums with Jeff, who has played with rock band Queen, backed Status Quo from 1986 to 2000 and recorded 14 albums singer Elton John and drummed live with bands Stretch, with the band, said: “When my own children were younger Climax Blues Band, Judi Tzuke and Def Leppard, also I was invited to go to their school to talk about what dad gave pupils a master class in the history of the drum, from did for a job and it all really spiralled from there. its origins as hollowed out tree trunks to modern day “I’ve now been to over 7,000 schools throughout the UK, synthetic materials. delivering my own unique drum workshop, and hopefully Haughton Academy music teacher Lisa Armstrong said: inspiring the kids along the way to live their dream just “It has been great to have Jeff here today.
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