Roy Brown: Where the Story Begins
Roy Brown was one of a group of Black singers who started the first wave of R&B music in New...
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Session Drummers in Detroit: Andrew Smith and Spider Webb
Andrew Louis Smith first came to Motown when Hank Cosby suggested he play on a Stevie Wonder recording session, probably...
Session Drummers in Detroit: Uriel Jones
Uriel Jones was born in Detroit in 1934, the same year as Jack Ashford. He spent some time in Detroit’s...
Session Drummers in Detroit: Richard “Pistol” Allen
Richard “Pistol” Allen was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1932. Like his mentor, Benny Benjamin, he was a Jazz musician...
Session Drummers in Detroit: Benny Benjamin
William “Benny” Benjamin was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1925. He grew up listening to Jazz, especially big band Jazz,...
Session Drummers in Chicago: Quinton Joseph
The legendary Quinton Joseph was born on 28th August 1946 in the city of Chicago. He is one of the few...
Session Drummers in Chicago: Maurice White
Maurice White was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1941, where he attended Booker T. Washington High School, alongside Booker T....
Session Drummers in Chicago: Morris Jennings
Morris Jennings was hired by Chess Records to play drums in the rhythm section of the studio band that was...
The Drummers at FAME
Jerry Carrigan Jerry Kirby Carrigan was born in 1943 in Florence, Alabama, in the Shoals. His father bought him a...
Al Jackson Jr.
The only member of Booker T & the MGs who worked in the City of Memphis for the majority of...
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