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Billy Gladstone
(Percussion). Admired by colleagues and the public alike, Billy Gladstone was the featured percussionist at New York's Radio City Music Hall for 18 years after its opening in 1932. He was also a consummate inventor, with more than 20 US patents to his name, not the least of which was the famous Gladstone snare drum. This book examines the man and the remarkable instrument he conceived, with great color photos in the "Gladstone Gallery." "My roll is probably the best roll in the world outside of one other drummer, and I'm not modest. The greatest drummer that I have heard in my life as far as rudiments and the roll are concerned is Billy Gladstone." Buddy Rich
78 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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March 13, 2009
A great biography of one of the founders of modern drumming by a collector of his ground-breaking signature snare drums. He was the lead drummer for the house orchestra at Radio City Music Hall, and he invented various drum parts and mechanisms that revolutionized drumming. A name many drummers know, but few know anything about.
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