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HISTORY OF THE CHICAGO DRUM SHOW In 1991, Jack Hutchinson of Jack’s Drum Hutch organized a Drummer’s Swap Meet which was held in a lower level conference room of a Holiday Inn in Loves Park, Illinois. Participants included Rebeats, Randy Rainwater and Bun E Carlos, Chuck Scalia, Joe Luoma, Blair Holben, Jack Brand’s Percussion Express, Skins N Tins, and a couple of others. Later in 1991 Rob Cook phoned Jack to check the date for the 1992 show, but Jack said he had lost money on the project and did not want to repeat it. “If you would like to take over and continue the show,” he told Rob, “I would be happy to give you my mailing list.” Rob took him up on the offer, and held the 1992 gettogether at his shop, Cook’s Music, in Alma, Michigan. The show was still pretty much a swap meet attended only by the half dozen or so participants. Skins N Tins made the trip to Michigan from Champaign, Illinois, Joe Chila trav- eled from Detroit, and John Orlich introduced his glass drums. It was obvious to Rob that there was enough interest out there to maintain this event, but if it was to achieve it’s growth potential, it would have to be moved to a more metropolitan area. He partnered with Robert Carone and Marek Piotroski to produce the third show at the Hillside Holiday Inn in 1993. The show attracted 21 ex- hibitors and 400 attendees, but did not quite manage to break even. The 4th show in 1994 was the first show that Rob produced by himself in Chicagoland and was titled the Midwest Custom And Vintage Drum Show. Karl Dustman had heard about the planned event, and contacted Rob to offer a free venue; the newly remodeled Chicago Music Mart. DePaul University had recently purchased the former Goldblatt;s De- partment Store building and renovated for the ex- press purpose of creating a music facility; offices, studios, retail space, and performance areas. There were 28 exhibitors. Most of the exhibitors would be- come regulars at the Chicago Drum Show. Terry Breese would continue to exhibit every year until his passing in 2010, and 8 of the exhibitors are still ex- hibiting in 2021. This was the first show to present a printed exhibitor listing and schedule. This was also the first show to demonstrate Rob’s vision for mak- The DePaul Music Mart: Drum Show was on the lower level ing the gathering an entertainment and educational event. Lectures were presented by John Aldridge, Rob, Wm. F. Ludwig II, “Sir” Alan Buckley, and Har- ry Cangany. Although it was not on the schedule, Barrett Deems played a solo and returned to the show every year through 1998; he passed away in September of 1998.

Will Cook on right, with the intern that DePaul University provided to assist him. This was the first show at which Will operated a consession stand.

John Aldridge (left) with Nick Ormrod John brought his Black Beauty collection to the DePaul show, gave a talk In 1995, Rob moved the show to the Kane County Fairgrounds in St Charles, Illinois. The show was held in a steel utility building, “Trades One” through the year 2002. In 2003, the show moved to Robinson Hall on the Fairgrounds where it was held until 2008. In 2009 a new building was completed just in time, as the drum show was outgrowing the exhibit space in Robinson Hall. This remained the home of the Chicago Drum Show through the 2015 show. In 2016 the show moved to the Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park. Although there was great sentiment to keep the show in St Charles because of the great ambience of the community and all the memories that had been generated there, the reasons for the move “The old barn” (Trades One), the first Kane County venue were rather overwhelming. The show had grown to the point that a County Fairgrounds was no longer suitable. Rob needed a venue that could accomodate exhibitors who wanted to ship ma- terials directly to the venue. He also needed more space, a clinic area that was separated from the exhibits, closer proximity to the airport, a box office, and other amenities afforded by a commercial facility.

Will Cook (at register) continued to expand his concessions business every year.

Joe Chila of Detroit at the 1994 show. Joe has exhibited at nearly every show, missing only one or Terry Hawkins, Ian Hawkins, and Steve Eaton at the two. Others in the “20 or more 2001 show. Terry and Liz Hawkins’ shop Skins N Tins shows club” include: Chuck Sca- was in Chamapign, Illinois. Skins N Tins is the only lia, Joe Luoma, Ludwig Drums, exhibitor except Rebeats that has been at every sin- Hit Drums, Randy Rainwater, Jim gle Chicago Drum Show. Krutz, Bob Sharp, Keith Larsen, NSMD, DW, Jim Murray, Lee Ruff, and Joe Marquardt.

Then came the Covid-19 Pandemic. The 30th Chicago Drum Show was set for 2020 at the Odeum Expo Center. It became clear by mid-March that such gatherings would not be safe or permitted, so the show was postponed until May of 2021. Rob tried to secure the 2021 dates at the Odeum so the rescheduled show could be announced immediately. Unable to verify the dates, Rob decided to move the show back to the Kane County Fairgrounds in St Charles for 2021. The clinic and master class programs were suspended for this show, primar- ily because of venue space and infrstructure limitations.

Chicago Drum Show T-Shirts

The fifth show was the first to be held at the Kane County Fairgrounds. The sixth show shirt featured a The first t-shirt was made for the 4th Leedy outfit show, held at the DePaul Music Mart in downtown Chicago.

The eighth show shirt was white on green with a Rogers snare drum.

The seventh show shirt featured “The Fly Guy” from Leedy’s Drum Topics. There were two shirts; white on grey and yellow on green

The ninth show shirt featured the The tenth show had two colors of shirts; black on grey and multiple-exposure photo of Craig black on red. The image was cut from a Trixon catalog. Krampf that was created by Rogers to promote the XP-8 Rogers drums. Chicago Drum Show T-Shirts

Two colors again for the eleventh show’s shirt; yellow and wheat. The image was created by Rob Cook by using the Octa-Plus kit from the Twelth show: Dino Danelli Ludwig catalog #75 combined with a reverse image of the same photo. (The Rascals) from Ludwig literature

The 15th show in 2005 was the first to actually be named “Chicago Drum 14th show: Show”. Same graphic as 11th show. 13th show:

Winnie Mensink created the design for the 16th show shirt in 2006.

There were two show shirts for the 17th show: Trixon Speedfire kit 15th; Tie-Dye Yellow and Grey.

Ludwig Drum Company provided the Second design for 17th show: 18th show: Gregg Potter design for the 19th show in 2009. Hannah Ford Chicago Drum Show T-Shirts

21st show: Ludwig Joe Morello design on green shirt. The most popular shirt of the whole series. Two designs for the 20th show: Tie-Dye blue, & the Purdue Bass Drum

24th show 23rd show: Gretsch kit with model 22nd show: Leedy catalog cut

26th show: first to be held at the Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park. The Chicago Skyline and fades to a list of all exhibitors. The 25th show was the 21st to be held at the Kane County Fairgrounds. Two versions of the shirt were produced; Green and Grey. The fine print includes all of the show’s exhibitors.

The 29th show shirt art is from a “Mr. Hi-Hat” on the 27th show shirt Leedy catalog cover. was created by Noah Boyer. 28th show: Sticks crossed across America was inspired by the Franks Drum Shop logo. The Chicago Show Clinic Program

Barrett Deems attended the Chicago Drum Show from it’s earli- est days. We always found him a drum kit and folks would gather round. It became a highly anticipated show event. When Barrett attended his last show in 1998, he was pushing an oxygen tank and looking very frail. I assumed the playing days were over, but quietly asked him if he would like to sit down behind a kit. He looked surprised at the question and barked, “Well, hell yes!” It was like he became a different person when he sat down, and delighted us with his solo. He passed away the next fall, and in honor of Barrett we began to invite celebrity guests to perform at the show. This was the beginning of our clinic program. Rob Cook

2021 EXHIBITOR DIRECTORY 1 Clausell Percussion Academy [email protected] 312-841-6116 2 Derek Crawford [email protected] 3 Lykastore Doug Corella [email protected] 4-5 Randy Rainwater 2910 S. Main, Rockford, IL 61102 815-871-8662 [email protected] 6 Brian Duvall 7 Texas Vintage Drums Austin, Texas 512-970-6255 8 Matt’s Vintage Drums Streamwood, IL 60107 [email protected] 847 452 5602 10,11 Tackle Instruments Scott McPherson 503-957-5058 [email protected] 12 Hawthorne Drum Shop 3208 Perrysville Ave Pittsburgh PA 15214 726 944 5803 [email protected] 13 Wood And Weather Drum Co. Joseph Barthelette 40 Norman St Chicopee, MA 01013 14 David Poradzisz Vintage Acrolites 10841 S. Lawndale Ave, Chicago, IL 60655 773-908-9876 [email protected] 15 Jim Murray, 155 North Harbor Drive, Suite 1512, Chicago IL 60601 312-286-3774 www.skiptowne.com 16-17 Baltimore Drum Company Keith Larsen 410-870-2649 www.baltimoredrum.com 18-19 Lee Ruff 5330 Austin Lane, Stewartstown, PA 17363 [email protected] 20-21 Chuck Scalia 937 Sauk Ridge Trail Madison, WI 53717 608-575-1909 [email protected] 22 Joe Luoma P.O. Box 21212 Eagan, MN 55121 cell 651-442-5859 [email protected] 23 Carring & DeWall Craig DeWall and Dave Carrington, 469-222-8008, [email protected] 24 LA Backbeat, 616 Garfield St, Lafayette, LA 70501 337-739-1902 [email protected] 24 Three On The Floor Chris Ardoin, 2115 Runnels St, Houston, TX 77003, [email protected] 28-29 Klash Drums LLC 211 Lowry Ave N.E. Minneapolis, MN 55418 612-208-5716 [email protected] 30-31 Drugan’s Drums & Guitars Brian Drugan 1577 S Cora DesPlaines, IL 60018 847-636-4490 [email protected] 32-33 Humes & Berg Mfg 4801 Railroad Ave East Chicago IN 46312 219 397 1980 [email protected] 34-35 Trick Percussion 17 E. University Drive, Arlington Heights, IL 60004 [email protected] 800-448-7425 www.trickdrums.com 36 Jim Johnson 1412 13th Ave S., Grand Forks, ND 58201 701-739-1934 [email protected] 37 Curotto, Campbell, and Cooper Lounge 38-39 Made In Chicago Drum Project 40-41-45-46 WFL III Drums 10323 W 84th ter, Lenexa, KS 66214 913-274-1371 [email protected] 42 Baker Drums 43 Skins n Tins Drum Shop, 29 E Main St, Champaign, IL 61820 217 352 3786 [email protected] 48 Low Boy Custom Beaters, Denver, CO 730-837-1916 [email protected] [email protected] 49 Standard Drum Co. David Conarroe [email protected] 50 Chicago Drum 1516 N Elmhurst Rd Suite 132, Mt. Prospect IL 60056 800-296-2190 [email protected] www.chicagodrum.com 51 Indy Pro Drum Dan Guajardo [email protected] 52 Drum Pickers Justin Gillespie [email protected] 53 Phil Wilson 54 JC’s Drum Center of Detroit 410 South Street Rochester MI 48307 248-601-3786 [email protected] 55 Mitch Mitchell Fan Club - Kevin Simon 56-57 Drumfactory Gary Bender, 601 W Chestnut #5 Mason City, IL 62664 217-354-6491 [email protected], fb:Gary Bender’s Drumfactory 58-59 Rogers Drum Group/Po Percussion 60 Chicago’s #1 Drum Lessons Mike Semerau 329 Plainview Drive Bolingbrook, IL 60440 630-410-8600 [email protected] www.chicagodrumlessons.com 61 Mike’s Drum Shop 108 E St Charles Rd, Villa Park, IL 60181 630-607-0072 [email protected] 63 Ken Anderson 608 698 3786 [email protected] 64 Stick Stuff Grips P.O. Box 431,, Brookfield, IL 60513 708-207-3490 www.stickstuffgrip.com 64 XCEL Drumsticks N6367 County Road E, Oconomowoc, WI 53066 (262) 893-9840 [email protected] 66 John Crocken Drumsticks http://www.johncrockenpersimmondrumsticks.com/ 410-925-2263 [email protected] 7124 Graces Quarters Rd, Baltimore, MD 21220 68 Fresh Coast Music 77 AT Drums Alan Topolski and Bob Sharp 4217 Linden Ave Cincinnati, OH 45236 513-378-6446 [email protected] 78 Aquarian Drum Heads Gabe Diaz [email protected] 81 Craviotto Drum Co. PO Box 719 Freedom, CA 95019 831.763.0855 [email protected] 82 Steve Maxwell Vintage & Custom Drums 2000 Bloomingdale Rd. #110 Glendale Heights, IL 60139 630-778-8060 723 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019 212 730 8138 www.maxwelldrums.com [email protected] 83 Brad Canaday [email protected] 502 693 7435 84 Eric Binder’s Vintage Drums 518-269-8141 [email protected] 85 Frank Zumwalt 300 S 6th St, Watseka, IL 60970 815 383 1567 87 BeatBoogie Drums Steve Crabtree [email protected] 88 DrumForum.org 91 606 Drums Jon Johnson 92,93,94 Palmetto Drum Company, Frank Brown Rd, Travelers Rest, SC 29690 [email protected] 95,96 McCourts Music 3063 W 12 Mile, Berkley, MI 48072 248-546-4300 [email protected] 100 Genuine Percussion Products, Devin Cunningham [email protected] 101-102 RCD Vintage Drums Rudy Gonzalez 103 Tom Brogan 104 Drum History Podcast, Vitalizer Drums Vincent Leef, [email protected] 105 Rochester Drum Trade [email protected] 106 Mattoon Vintage And Custom Drums [email protected] 107-110 Consignments, Exhibitor services 112 NotSoModernDrummer George Lawrence [email protected] 115-116 Impression Cymbals 6769 Stage Rd Bartlett, TN 38134 901-830-6583 [email protected] 117 Physiostorm Drumsticks Jim Huber 219-765-3248 [email protected] 118-119 Bob Rickman 260-475-5278 [email protected] 120 PLAYDRUMS Iggy Campos 2686 N 45th Rd Sandwich, IL 60548 815-325-4654 [email protected] 121,122 Holland Drums 3775 E.P. True Pkwy #153 West Des Moines, Iowa 50265 515-865-3780 themuffintopdrum@ gmail.com 123,124 Centent Cymbals 1000 Windsor Shores Dr, Suite 10F, Columbia, SC 29223 803-261-4757 www.cententcymbalsusa.com 125 Byrne Cymbals byrnecymbals.com [email protected] 126 Freestyle Vintage Drums 5411 S 49th Avenue, Omaha, NE 68117 402 598 2250 [email protected] 127 Ron Reese 2188 Bell Ford Rd, Marshfield MO 65706 417 859 3569 [email protected]

128,129 Stone Custom Drum Co. Bernie Stone Fort Wayne, IN 260-403-7519 260-489-7970 [email protected] www.stonecustomdrum.com 130 Virtue Drums Jeff Stutzman [email protected] 517-917-5444 131-132 Indy Drum Pro 6305 English Ave Indianapolis IN 46219 317-289-3452 [email protected] 133 Wingtastic 134 Larry Matthews 936 Paseo Morella, West Palm Beach, FL 33405 561-685-6890 [email protected] 135 Modern Drummer 138 No Nuts Cymbal Sleeves Bill McFadden [email protected] 310-818-6410 139 KissTheDrummer Music Cory Hayward P.O. Box 41, Nunnelly, TN 37137 (615) 406-0386 [email protected] 158 Physiostorm Drumsticks 17185 Nightingale Pl, Lowell, IN 46356 219-765-3248 [email protected] 162 ddrum 166 Hit Drum Joe Marquardt Sugar Grove, IL 630-585-0069 [email protected] www.hitdrum.com 167 Tim O’Hara Wheaton IL 630-640-5721 [email protected] 168 Crash Bam Boom Jim Glay [email protected] 847-870-9559 171 Les DeMerle 172 AE.drums www.AEdrums.com Milwaukee, WI 53227 414-455-6554 [email protected]