Give the Drummer Some

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Society & Culture, Music, Arts

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

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. There's also an interview with Bernard Purdie.

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The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967

James Brown, "Funky Drummer," Funky Drummer (single), King, 1970

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The Who, "Young Man Blues," Live at Leeds, Decca, 1970

The Who, "I Can See For Miles," I Can See For Miles (single), Track, 1967

Dennis Coffey, "Scorpio," Evolution, Sussex, 1971

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Phil Collins, "In The Air Tonight," Face Value, Virgin, 1981

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Sleater-Kinney, "Youth Decay," All Hands on the Bad One, Kill Rock Stars, 2000

XTC, "Senses Working Overtime," English Settlement, Virgin, 1982

James Brown, "I Got the Feelin'," I Got the Feelin', King, 1968

Rolling Stones, "Honky Tonk Woman," Honky Tonk Woman (Single), Decca, 1969

The Stairsteps, "O-o-h Child," O-o-h Child (single), Buddah, 1970

Doris Troy, "Just One Look," Just One Look (single), Atlantic, 1963

Gil Scott-Heron, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Flying Dutchman, 1974

The Exciters, "Tell Him," Tell Him (single), United Artists, 1962

Melvin Bliss, "Synthetic Substitution," Reward (single), Sunburst, 1973

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EPMD, "I'm Housin'," Strictly Business, Fresh, 1988

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0:07.8	So now listen to gentlemen, it is Star Time.
0:10.0	Are you ready for Star Tang? From Columbia College Chicago and distributed nationally by PRX. This is sound opinions.
0:36.0	I'm Jim De Oragadas.
0:37.0	And I'm Greg Kott. This week we're talking about the role of drummers in rock.
0:41.0	Oftentimes lots of the arrangements are kind of
0:45.1	determined by the drummer. Sometimes the drum part is inseparable from the
0:50.0	song. Shh. We'll talk about what makes the drummer so important.
0:58.8	We'll talk about what makes the drummer so important and we'll share some of our favorite drum fills.
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1:37.2	One more job, I want to get the drummer some of this funky soul we got here.
1:45.3	You don't have to do no solo umbrella just keep what you got.
1:48.4	No turn to lose because it's a mother.
1:57.1	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 at the front of the stage, but this week we're
2:01.4	going to focus on someone who's usually a little further back on the deserving. Greg as a drummer I could not agree more it is satisfying to hear you say
2:15.4	that. To start this show we thought we needed to know a little bit more about
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