The drummer flogged the gourd with frantic intensity as the dancers began the calinda, a sensual gyration which had long been a favorite of voodoo practitioners and their disciples in the Louisiana slave compounds.

He was the best drummer I had ever played with and for many years, my closest friend.

" Bassist Peter Tork said, " Adios to the Manchester Cowboy ", and speaking to CNN, drummer / singer Micky Dolenz said, " He was the brother I never had and this leaves a gigantic hole in my heart ".

The album's release was followed by news that there would be no tour to promote the LP, that drummer Bevan was now playing drums for Black Sabbath and that bassist Kelly Groucutt had left the band.

Bolstered by this success, Brown recruited a new band, consisted of saxophonist J. C. Davis, guitarist Bobby Roach, bassist Bernard Odum, trumpeter Roscoe Patrick, saxophonist Albert Corley, drummer Nat Kendrick and his old band mate Bobby Byrd, who had rejoined Brown's band on organ.

Duke Ellington's big band had a rhythm section that included a jazz guitarist, a double bass player, and a drummer ( not visible ).

Only a day earlier, drummer Derick McKenzie posted an article on his MySpace weblog that the recording process for the same record had also begun.

Robert Plant asked Page if he had a drummer, and Page said that he was still looking for one, and Robert brought him to see John Bonham in action.

Most of Davis ' associates at the time, some of them perhaps in imitation of Charlie Parker, had drug addictions of their own ( among them, sax players Sonny Rollins and Dexter Gordon, trumpeters Fats Navarro and Freddie Webster, and drummer Art Blakey ).

At fourteen he emigrated to the USA to serve in the U. S. Army during the Civil War, although he had to wait until he was fifteen to serve in the Twelfth New York Volunteer Cavalry, where he was a drummer.

Kim's husband suggested they hire drummer David Lovering, whom Kim had met at her wedding reception.

At the time, Finn was also the drummer in the band Love Battery, who had recently changed record labels from Sub Pop to Atlas Records, an A & M subsidiary.

In addition to becoming the band's drummer, Peart assumed the role of principal lyricist from Lee, who had very little interest in writing, despite penning the lyrics of the band's first album.

Gratzer had been a drummer since high school, and was playing in a local group on the weekends, while Doughty had learned some Beatles songs on his parents ' piano.

On the last day of the university's spring semester, guitarist Joe Matt called the band's leader and told him that he, drummer Gratzer, and bassist Mike Blair had decided to leave the band and start a new one with Doughty.

On May 20, 2011, Staind announced that the band and long-time drummer Jon Wysocki ( currently in the band Soil ) had parted ways.

In November 2011, the band officially announced through their YouTube page that Sal Giancarelli had become their new drummer.

Cornwell was a blues musician prior to forming the band and had briefly been a bandmate of Richard Thompson, Burnel had been a classical guitarist who had performed with symphony orchestras, Jet Black was a jazz drummer, and Dave Greenfield had played at military bases in Germany.

Once they had recruited bass guitarist Steve Diggle and drummer John Maher, they made their debut opening for the Sex Pistols ' second Manchester concert in July 1976.

Later that year, drummer Billy Doherty proposed an alternate name for the group: The Undertones, which Doherty had discovered in a history book.

Other songs performed by Amos include The Doors ' " People are Strange ", Depeche Mode's " Personal Jesus ", Joni Mitchell's " The Circle Game ", Madonna's " Live to Tell " and " Like a Prayer ", Björk's " Hyperballad ", Led Zeppelin's " When the Levee Breaks " ( which she debuted in Austin, Texas, just after the events of Hurricane Katrina ), Kate Bush's " And Dream of Sheep " and Crowded House's " Don't Dream It's Over ", dedicating it to drummer Paul Hester who had died a week before.

When Joe Oliver hired Baby and Johnny saw how much Baby ’ s talent as a drummer had grown, however, Johnny changed his mind.

But in contrast to that record, which was marked by deep textures and layers as well as unusual instrumentation, Junior was specifically made with only three musicians in mind — in this case, King, multi-instrumentalist Dan Brantigan and drummer Jordan Perlson.

They were still committed to several concerts in Scandinavia, so drummer Jim McCarty and vocalist Keith Relf authorised Page and bassist Chris Dreja to use " The Yardbirds " name to fulfill the band's obligations.

* 1981 – Chris Wilson, American drummer ( Good Charlotte and The Summer Obsession )

* 1974 – Chris Summers, Norwegian drummer ( Turbonegro )

* 1972 – Chris Adler, American drummer ( Lamb of God )

* 1946 – Chris Slade, Welsh drummer ( Asia )

The three-piece group currently comprises vocalist and " basitarist " Chris Ballew, drummer and vocalist Jason Finn with " guitbassist " and vocalist Andrew McKeag.

* 1966 – Chris Acland, English drummer ( Lush ) ( d. 1996 )

The band was composed of guitarist and vocalist Paul Westerberg, guitarist Bob Stinson, bassist Tommy Stinson, and drummer Chris Mars for most of their career.

Squire and Couzens started a new band, The Fireside Chaps, with bassist Gary " Mani " Mounfield, later recruiting a singer named Kaiser and drummer Chris Goodwin, and changing their name to The Waterfront ( after the film On the Waterfront ), their sound influenced by 1960s groups and contemporary bands such as Orange Juice.

During the 1960s he formed the Dudley Moore Trio, with drummer Chris Karan and bassist Pete McGurk.

2001 did see the band with a stable line-up, achieved during the Aura sessions featuring Downes, Payne, guitarist Guthrie Govan and ex-Manfred Mann's Earth Band / The Firm / Uriah Heep / Gary Numan / AC / DC drummer Chris Slade ( who had first joined Asia in 1999, briefly ).

The city has also produced many other musicians, including singer and songwriter John Waite, who first became known as lead singer of The Babys in the 1970s ; Paul James, better known as The Rev, former guitarist of English punk band Towers Of London who is now in the band Day 21 and plays guitar live on tour for The Prodigy, Chris Acland, drummer of the early 1990s shoegaze band Lush ; Tom English, drummer of North East indie band Maxïmo Park and Steve Kemp, drummer of the indie band Hard-Fi.

* Chris Tomson ( born 1984 ), drummer with the band Vampire Weekend.

* Kenney Dale Johnson-Original and current drummer for the internationally renowned Chris Isaak.

The period immediately following this was documented on the album Tokyo Dolls Live ( Fan Club / New Rose ), from a show in Japan in August 1975, in which Johansen, Sylvain and Jordan were joined by keyboardist Chris Robison and drummer Tony Machine.

Less than a year after Black Flag broke up, Rollins returned to music with guitarist Chris Haskett ( a friend from Rollins ' teen years in Washington D. C .), bass guitarist Bernie Wandel, and drummer Mick Green.

One day at the rehearsal space, Roe and Davenport heard the drummer of Peña's band, Chris Knapp, playing and immediately asked him to join The Ataris.

In 2009 Perkins ' formed Big Dog 3, a trio with bassist Chris Donohue and drummer Brady Blade.

These bands included future Camper Van Beethoven members bassist and vocalist David Lowery, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Chris Molla, and often drummer Bill McDonald as well.

At the end of the sessions, in 1986, long-term drummer Chris Pedersen was added.

The band's core lineup on the album consisted of vocalist / rhythm guitarist / frontman David Lowery, bassist Victor Krummenacher, lead guitarist Greg Lisher and drummer Chris Pedersen.

Berlin's breakout EP, 1982's Pleasure Victim, featured Nunn, Crawford, and Diamond, as well as guitarist Ric Olsen, drummer, synthesist and producer Dan Van Patten and guitarist Chris Ruiz-Velasco.