Results tagged “drummer”

Local music legend, artist, and colorful character Allee Willis was recently feted at Silver Lake's Ghettogloss gallery, where the eclectic songwriter launched her latest video, "Hey Jerrie," which features Jerrie Thrill, a 91-year-old female drummer on an oxygen tank. Thrill first hit the music scene in the 1930s, and has headed up several all-girl bands in the decades since. The video is doing its viral thing, but in case you haven't seen it, take a second and enjoy the trip. (It's suggested you view the vid in HD.)

The last living member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience was found dead in his hotel room in Portland, OR earlier today. Mitch Mitchell, along with bassist Noel Redding, played with Hendrix on albums such as "Axis: Bold As Love" and their debut, "Are You Experienced?". He beat the skins relentlessly behind Jimi and Noel as they stormed on to the American music scene at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 after gaining fame in England.

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The Drummer didn’t call. Just my luck, right? The only guy that I’ve been really into, and he’s apparently not into me. It always happens that way. The guys you don’t want to call you do, and the one’s you do don’t. I’ve been going over reasons in my head why he wouldn’t call me, like the fact that he’s 12 years older than me or his introverted personality, or that he’s a musician. Even...