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CONTENTS
Volume 41 • Number 3
CONTENTS
Cover and Contents photos by Alex Solca
On the Cover
34 Kenny Aronoff
“This book got me to do some serious
refl ecting. But it’s not a memoir. This is
what I’m continuing to do.”
He reached the top by knowing exactly what he was
capable of as a modern professional drummer, and by
working tirelessly to fulfi ll the responsibilities of the job.
by Billy Amendola
FEATURES
28 DAVE WECKL. When Chick Corea came a-calling in the 54 GREAT ’80S DRUM PERFORMANCES,
’80s, the then-rising star eff ectively arrived. These days the PART 2: JAZZ AND FUSION. It wasn’t all about spiky beats
drummer’s getting to relive those heady times. by Mike Haid and quirky singers in the MTV era. Instrumental music was
going strong—and launching drum heroes we still bow down
30 GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS’ to today. by Ilya Stemkovsky
JEFF SIMON. The veteran band and its still-energized found-
ing drummer have done more than most to bring the blues to 62 DARYL HALL AND JOHN OATES’ BRIAN DUNNE.
the masses. by Bob Girouard Talk about a high-stakes gig: backing one music legend after
another on a weekly national TV show—when you’re not
32 MIKE PORTNOY. His gargantuan performance on the touring with Hall and Oates. Not that this veteran player takes
new concept album by Neal Morse had us wondering about any of his good fortune for granted. by Bob Campbell
all the classic double LPs lining his own shelves.
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48 OPETH’S MARTIN AXENROT. The fascinating evolution twenty-year membership in the British group has long since
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