In 1966, I bought my Rogers drumset at Music City (1725 Chestnut St) in Philadelphia after Ellis demoed it for me in the basement. He also showed me the difference between the Powertone and Dynasonic snare drums. I opted to pay the extra $50 for the latter. Was taking lessons there at the time
@@williamfotiou7577 He was always running late, so as his last student on Friday evening, I would get a chance to hop on his Fibes set in his studio while he was taking a bathroom break. Fun times. There were two Fridays where he told me Buddy was playing at the Electric Factory and asked if I wanted to go with him, in lieu of the lesson. Of course I said yes.
Thank you gents ... this history is priceless.
I thank Suzanne Cloud for conducting the interview.
Thanks Anthony for posting . Luv these little gems .
Wonderful story
In 1966, I bought my Rogers drumset at Music City (1725 Chestnut St) in Philadelphia after Ellis demoed it for me in the basement. He also showed me the difference between the Powertone and Dynasonic snare drums. I opted to pay the extra $50 for the latter. Was taking lessons there at the time
Did you take lessons from Paul Patterson?
@@williamfotiou7577 Yep. Armand Santarelli was in the other studio.
@@erzug yes sir , you're correct. I took lessons from 2 of Paul's students: john Almier and Ray Nunzi. God bless 🥁🥁🥁
@@williamfotiou7577 I have the two rock albums that Paul and John developed together. Got Paul to autograph the 1st one.
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He was always running late, so as his last student on Friday evening, I would get a chance to hop on his Fibes set in his studio while he was
taking a bathroom break. Fun times. There were two Fridays where he told me Buddy was playing at the Electric Factory and asked if I wanted to go with him, in lieu of the lesson. Of course I said yes.