Videos

The following Drum Solo’s numbered ‘one to five’ were captured on video by camera man Erwin Gonnerman during the 2020 ‘Lockdown’ when most of us were at home in isolation for months on end.   We made these video’s at ‘Theatre-on-the-Hill’

I played these short ‘solo’ pieces on my vintage all maple Gretsch drum set {made in USA during the mid-sixties}

You’ll hear the deep tones of the tom-toms and the unique sound of these wonderful drums in a variety of solos which I played without any pre-conceived ideas, so I guess you could say that I ‘improvised in the moment’ whilst attempting to make each solo ‘different’

The cymbals used in solo’s ‘one to five’ are all vintage Avedis Zildjians mostly ‘crash’ and ‘splash’ cymbals ranging in sizes from 12 inch to 20 inch.

I also used a variety of drum sticks, mallets and an unusual pair of ‘Jingle Sticks’ made by ‘Headhunters’ in Canada, comprising a felt ball on the tip of a maple stick onto which a tambourine jingle is attached. {Solo number 5}

All the drum heads are Remo clear pin-stripe Weather Kings with the exception of the snare drum which is fitted with a coated Evans Drumhead.