WIN A VINTAGE LUDWIG KIT VALUED AT $5,730 THE WORLD’S #1 DRUM MAGAZINE THE BIRTH OF 1967 CLASSIC ROCK DRUMMING JOHN DENSMORE THE SOUNDS AND SETUPS OF WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY LIBERTY DEVITTO, GINGER BAKER, KEITH MOON, JULY 2017 AND MITCH MITCHELL STEVE JORDAN, JIM KELTNER, PLUS THE ZOMBIES’ HUGH GRUNDY BERNARD PURDIE, AND THE MOODY BLUES’ GRAEME EDGE AND CHAD SMITH 12 Modern Drummer June 2014 MADE WITH ROBOTS, NOT COWS! 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Exclusive interviews with John Densmore of the Doors, studio legend Hal Blaine, Carmine Appice of Vanilla Fudge, Graeme Edge of the Moody Blues, and Hugh Grundy of the Zombies. Jim Keltner, Steve Jordan, Rich Pagano, Liberty DeVitto, Denny Seiwell, and Chad Smith on Ringo Starr. Plus the famous ’67 recordings and setups of Keith Moon, Ginger Baker, and Mitch Mitchell. FEATURES 14 THE DRUM THING 28 ON TOPIC: IAN PAICE Is this the coolest drum photo book ever? Deep Purple’s drummer riff s on Made in Japan, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Long Goodbye. 26 CASEY COOPER A million YouTube subscribers can’t be wrong. 56 YUVAL LION The busy New York drummer on stage with David Byrne’s Joan of Arc. LESSONS EQUIPMENT DEPARTMENTS 64 Basics 16 Product Close-Up 8 An Editor’s Overview Triplet Fills Yamaha DTX760K Electronic Drumset 1967, the Summer of Love Swinging Your Phrases UFIP Class and Vibra Series Cymbals by Billy Amendola by Rich Redmond Remo Classic Fit and P3 Felt Tone Drumheads 10 Readers’ Platform 65 Rock ’n’ Jazz Clinic RTOM Black Hole Practice System Favorite 1960s Drum Tracks? Swing Interpretations Modern Groove Applications 25 Collector’s Corner 12 News by Stephane Chamberland 1938–41 Slingerland Hollywood Greg Saunier on Big Walnuts Boulevard Outfi t Yonder’s debut album, Anton 66 Strictly Technique Hochheim on Beach Fossils’ Som- 1,000 Ways to Practice a Single Page 62 Gearing Up ersault, Christian Paschall on tour Part 5: Challenging Rudimental Awolnation’s Isaac Carpenter with Maren Morris, and more Approaches by Libor Hadrava 76 New and Notable 80 Retailer Profi le Drum Center of Portsmouth 68 Jazz Drummer’s Workshop WIN! Playing Melodically 82 Showcase Part 2: Freddie Hubbard’s Solo on A mid-’60s Ludwig four-piece kit featuring Drum Market “Make It Good” completely refurbished by famed vintage by Peter Erskine dealer Steve Maxwell and fi tted with Zildjian 86 Critique cymbals and DW stands. Worth $5,730! Steve Smith, Peter Erskine, and 70 Rock Perspectives Gerry Gibbs take the reins, Def A New Perspective Page 75 Leppard Live CD/DVD, and more Displacing Three-Over-Four Polyrhythms by Aaron Edgar 88 Kit of the Month Pride and Joy 72 Concepts Building Confi dence Cover Images: The Right Kind, the Right Way John Densmore © 2017 Doors Property, LLC, by Russ Miller photographed by Paul Ferrara. Ringo Starr © Mirrorpix. Hal Blaine and Carmine Appice from their private collections. ANAN EDITOR’S EDITOR’S OVERVIEW OVERVIEW Founder Ronald Spagnardi 1967, the Summer of Love 1943–2003 Publisher/CEO Senior Art Director appy summer, everyone! Putting together Isabel Spagnardi Scott G. Bienstock Hthis special issue has been a lot of work, but just as much fun. Senior Vice President Editorial Director I was ten years old in 1967. Rolling Stone Lori Spagnardi Adam J. Budofsky magazine debuted that year, and I’d just gotten Vice President Managing Editor my fi rst “real” drumkit. I started playing when Kevin W. Kearns Michael Dawson I was seven—like most drummers in my age bracket, after seeing Ringo and the Beatles Associate Publisher Associate Editor on The Ed Sullivan Show. What a year to start Tracy A. Kearns Willie Rose playing along to records, which is how we did it Advertising Director Editor at Large back in the day. I had my record player set up on Bob Berenson Billy Amendola a table right next to my drums so I could work the needle back and forth, over and over, to learn how to play the parts. I was also playing along to Advertising Assistant Business and so many hit songs that were on the radio. At the time my friends and I LaShanda Gibson Content Development Miguel Monroy didn’t know that session drummer Hal Blaine was twenty of our favorite drummers! The MD Pro Panel: Chris Adler, Gregg Bissonette, Jason Bittner, Will Calhoun, That same year Carmine Appice came along, and everything got a bit Terri Lyne Carrington, Matt Chamberlain, Jeff Davis, Peter Erskine, Bob Gatzen, Daniel Glass, Benny Greb, Matt Halpern, Horacio Hernandez, Gerald Heyward, heavier. Again, like many other young players at the time, I was greatly Taku Hirano, Susie Ibarra, Jim Keltner, Pat Mastelotto, Allison Miller, Rod Morgenstein, infl uenced by Carmine—though it was a bit more personal for me than Chris Pennie, Stephen Perkins, Dafnis Prieto, Rich Redmond, Brian Reitzell, Jim Riley, for many. You see, Carmine and I came from the same neighborhood, Antonio Sanchez, Gil Sharone, Chad Smith, Steve Smith, Todd Sucherman, Billy Ward, Kenny Washington, Paul Wertico and the place I went for drum lessons was a few blocks from where his family lived. I’m ten years younger than Carmine, though, and when I MODERN DRUMMER ADVISORY BOARD: SUBSCRIPTIONS: U.S. $29.95, Canada became aware of him, he was already on his way to stardom. My teacher Kenny Aronoff, Eddie Bayers, Bill Bruford, $33.95, other international $44.95 per Harry Cangany, Dennis DeLucia, Les year. For two- and three-year subscription at the time was Al Humphrey, and in his waiting room he had this huge DeMerle, Peter Erskine, Bob Gatzen, prices go to www.moderndrummer.com. poster of Carmine that I would stare at. As I was leaving, Al would always Danny Gottlieb, Jim Keltner, Paul Leim, Single copies $5.99. say, “If you want to be a big star like Carmine, you better practice!” Peter Magadini, George Marsh, Rod Morgenstein, Andy Newmark, Neil Peart, SUBSCRIPTION CORRESPONDENCE: There were many more drummers that I played along to and learned Steve Smith, Billy Ward, Dave Weckl, Modern Drummer, PO Box 274, Oregon, from in 1967—even if I didn’t know all their names at the time: John Paul Wertico. IL 61061-9920. Change of address: Densmore with the Doors, Mitch Mitchell with Jimi Hendrix, Dino Danelli Allow at least six weeks for a change. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Please provide both old and new with the Rascals, Ginger Baker with Cream, Al Jackson Jr. with Booker Patrick Berkery, Stephen Bidwell, address. Call 800-551-3786 T. and the MG’s, all the great Motown drummers, Clyde Stubblefi eld on David Ciauro, Bob Girouard, Mike Haid, or 815-732-5283. Phone hours, James Brown’s “Cold Sweat”…. 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