Let There Be Drums!
Part of my current arsenal of drums: From left to right; my British-made Premier XPKs, my vintage Slingerland, and my British-made Premier Genistas. Here is the little video I took of the aforementioned drums. Since this little blog site is called “CrazyDrummerStuff”, I thought it was time to list all of the drums and drum kits that I’ve owned since I started playing drums. I fell in love with playing probably back in 1967, which coincided with the release of The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Ringo’s bom-bom-pa, bom-bom-pa beat made me wanna play the drums, like millions of kids all over the world. Being a 12-year old kid living in an apartment, getting a drum kit was out of the question, but I got some drum sticks and a Ludwig practice pad, which I put on my chair, and I would bang on the back of the chair like a ride cymbal, and beat on the practice pad as a snare, and just stomp my left foot to mimic a b...