DALE CROVER the Melvins’ Thunder King Has Been Summoning the Wrath of the Heavens for More Than Twenty-Five Years
ANAUTOGRAPHED*OEY+RAMER PRIZEPACKAGEFROM,UDWIG !,,-!.3'%!250s/2.%44%#/,%-!.3!-)2:)6 7). AND:ILDJIANWORTHOVER -AY 4HE7ORLDS$RUM-AGAZINE 4(%$25--%23/& 0!0! 2/!#( $2)6% "9 425#+%23 '%4!.%$'% "%!2).' %$'%"!3)#3 5IF.FMWJOT :FBST0G5)6/%&30643FJHO #,!33)#-/2%,,/2%6)3)4%$ '5)4!2#%.4%2$25- /&&&).!,3 2/'%2(5-0(2)%33),6%2337).'%2 3&7*&8&% -/$%2.$25--%2#/- ,04/0 45.).'#/.'!3#!./0539!)"!2/#+3%46!4%23)'.!452%3!-%$)!#9-"!,3!4-)#3 Volume 35, Number 5 • Cover photo by Alex Solca CONTENTS 44 29 ROGER HUMPHRIES Alex Solca In 1967 he left a plum gig with Horace Silver to follow his heart—back home. More than forty years later, his reputation as one of the most stylish players and most effective teachers around has only grown. 38 AMIR ZIV Combining jazz, electronic, free, and Brazilian styles, the New York avant-everything drummer proves there are always new worlds to conquer—in his playing, and in his clinics, classes, and drum-centric getaways. Only the fearless need apply. 44 DALE CROVER The Melvins’ thunder king has been summoning the wrath of the heavens for more than twenty-five years. His reign continues uncontested—yet he’s invited another storm- bringer to rattle the earth beside him. MD speaks with Crover and his percussive partner, Coady Willis. 80 WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT...? TULSA TIME Chuck Blackwell, Jimmy Karstein, David Teegarden, and the unique scene that fueled classic rock 29 14 UPDATE Ratt’s BOBBY BLOTZER Gang Of Four’s MARK HEANEY Mose Allison/Lee Konitz’s RON FREE 16 GIMME 10! Papa Roach’s TONY PALERMO Fred Michael 38 66 PORTRAITS Drive-By Truckers’ BRAD MORGAN 88 FROM THE PAST Paul La Raia Classical Roots, Part 1 EDGARD VARESE MD DIGITAL SUBSCRIBERS! When you see this icon, click on a shaded box on the page to open the audio player.
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