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Welcome back to the Trapset, where each week we explore the lives of drummers.

This week, we're airing part two of our interview with the legendary Bernard Purdy.

In case you missed part one, you can find it on the past episodes section of our website,

the trapset.net, or on iTunes.

On the first episode, Bernard told me about starting the drums at age three and stopping drinking at age 13.

He also told me about the death of his father and learning to forgive the man

who killed him. And now part two. Was there a particular record that you did that made your

reputation and then everyone really wanted to hire you? Oh yeah. My one that really made it super

big was not Love Strange

Love Strange was the

Rerecording. Right. But

Dars Troy, just one look.

Is the thing that got me, and it was a

demo. I was in the bar,

it's like I normally would go looking for jobs and everything.

And that turned out to be a demo.

They asked for a drummer. There was no drummers around.

So I followed the Richmond,

the bass player,

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