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My brother David (a drummer) and I toured Europe in 1997 with a gospel
artist, Trevor Sampson.
On this particular Sunday morning we had to
do 3 performances one after the other at 3 different venues across London.
The last venue was in a night-club in Camden town that doubles up as a
church on Sundays. We were told that all the venues would have back line
and that all we have to do is plug in and play. Totally exhausted from the
other two performances we arrived in Camden to discover that there were no
drums for David.
With only an hour before the gig, we pulled off some of the best
improvisation that I have ever seen. David had his snare drum, two cymbals
with their stands, his hi-hat without its stand and his bass drum pedal
with him. First we found a stainless steal rubbish bin. Stuffed it with
two leather jackets and put a drum mike in front - it sounded great. The
snare was put on three small stools so the "snare wires" were exposed. The
hi-hat was put on one of the cymbal stands. It stayed closed throughout
the gig but worked fine. So, with one cymbal, permanently closed hi-hats,
a snare and a make shift bass drum we pulled off a full performance with a
mother of a drum solo, plus I have got everything on video.
Theo |
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