#652 Give the Drummer Some
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🗓️ 25 May 2018
⏱️ 58 minutes
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What role do drums play in Rock? Should that be keeping the beat or leading from the front? Who are some of the greatest drummers in rock music? The beat goes on as Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot focus on the contributions of drummers to rock music with drummer Joe Wong. Wong also hosts a podcast on drummers called The Trap Set. Support Sound Opinions: soundopinions.org/support
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| 0:00.0 | So now listen, ladies and gentlemen, it is star time. |
| 0:02.0 | Are you ready for star time? From W be easy Chicago and PRX, this is sound opinions. I'm Jim Deregadis. |
| 0:29.0 | And I'm Greg Kot. This week we're talking about the role of drummers in rock. |
| 0:33.4 | Oftentimes lots of the arrangements are kind of determined by the drummer. |
| 0:38.8 | Sometimes the drum part is inseparable from the song. |
| 0:42.8 | We'll talk about what makes the drummer so important |
| 0:49.2 | and we'll share some of our favorite drum tracks. |
| 1:07.0 | That's all coming up on sound opinions. One more job. I want to give the drummer some of this funky soul we got here. You don't have to do no soloing brother, just keep what you got. |
| 1:12.0 | Don't try to do no solo umbrella, just keep what you got. |
| 1:13.0 | Don't try to lose. |
| 1:15.0 | Because it's a mother. |
| 1:17.0 | You're listening to sound opinions, and you know, the lead singer is the guy in the band that usually gets most of the attention the spotlight |
| 1:23.6 | at the front of the stage but this week we're going to focus on someone who's usually |
| 1:27.8 | a little further back on the stage the drummer someone who doesn't always get the |
| 1:31.9 | attention but is often just as deserving. |
| 1:35.0 | Greg, as a drummer, I could not agree more. |
| 1:38.0 | It is satisfying to hear you say that. |
| 1:40.0 | To start this show, we thought we needed to know a little bit more about what a drummer does and how he or she fits in with a band. |
| 1:48.0 | For that insight, we spoke with drummer and composer Joe Wong. |
| 1:51.7 | He is the host of The Trap Set, a podcast that is just about drummers. |
| 1:57.0 | Joe has interviewed dozens and dozens of drummers, from Jazz Fusion great Billy Cobham to Brendan Canty of Fugazi to Bill Ward of Black Sabbath, |
| 2:07.0 | he even interviewed me. |
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