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Singlestroker

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No. 1 Posted on Feb 18, 2013 10:02 AM	Profile \| PM \| Email \| Quote \| Search \| Copy \| Favorite

I've enjoyed listening to this (left-handed) drummer on a CD of Neil Sedaka playing this concert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv0CyoIZs3w There's quite a good shot of the drummer at 0.10. Does anyone know who he is?

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No. 2 Posted on Feb 22, 2013 9:04 PM	Profile \| PM \| Quote \| Search \| Copy \| Favorite

I want to know, too! He's actually pretty good. Solid time, great feel and great fills

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No. 3 Posted on Feb 23, 2013 12:16 PM	Profile \| PM \| Quote \| Search \| Copy \| Favorite

Gary Chester?

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No. 4 Posted on Feb 28, 2013 3:04 PM	Profile \| PM \| Email \| Quote \| Search \| Copy \| Favorite

Looks like Jim Varley to me.

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No. 5 Posted on Mar 1, 2013 8:33 AM	Profile \| PM \| Email \| Quote \| Search \| Copy \| Favorite

Thanks for the answers guys. Despite my years (60+) my knowledge of who's who, and who's been who, is pretty poor, so your answers have helped me improve that. It looks as if Gary Chester is the most likely of the two as all of the pictures I can find of Jim Varley show him as a right-hander.

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No. 6 Posted on Mar 1, 2013 1:31 PM	Profile \| PM \| Quote \| Search \| Copy \| Favorite

Singlestroker wrote: Thanks for the answers guys. Despite my years (60+) my knowledge of who's who, and who's been who, is pretty poor, so your answers have helped me improve that. It looks as if Gary Chester is the most likely of the two as all of the pictures I can find of Jim Varley show him as a right-hander. Once you supplied this, I sought out the Wikipedia article on him. Very interesting bloke. The Wikipedia article is quite interesting. For giggles, however, I'm posting his website : http://www.gary-chester.com/ Mapex Saturn * Paiste Terry Bozzio Single-Ply Coated

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No. 7 Posted on Mar 1, 2013 4:08 PM	Profile \| PM \| Email \| Quote \| Search \| Copy \| Favorite

OldFart wrote: ... I sought out the Wikipedia article on him... Very interesting bloke... I'm posting his website : http://www.gary-chester.com/ Hmm, his photos show him to as right-handed. I'd read that he emphasised left-handed techniques even in right-handed players. Although that was clearly to do with ambidexterity, rather than his own tendencies, I assumed he was left-handed. So, unless Gary sometimes played a left-handed kit to train himself to play ambidextrously, it sounds as if the identity of Neil Sedaka's drummer that night is still not too clear.

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No. 8 Posted on Mar 2, 2013 12:12 AM	Profile \| PM \| Quote \| Search \| Copy \| Favorite

Singlestroker wrote: Hmm, his photos show him to as right-handed. I'd read that he emphasised left-handed techniques even in right-handed players. Although that was clearly to do with ambidexterity, rather than his own tendencies, I assumed he was left-handed. So, unless Gary sometimes played a left-handed kit to train himself to play ambidextrously, it sounds as if the identity of Neil Sedaka's drummer that night is still not too clear. Minus a clear and lingering view only adds to the mystery. I was stumped before and remain so now. Mapex Saturn * Paiste Terry Bozzio Single-Ply Coated

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No. 9 Posted on Mar 2, 2013 5:25 AM	Profile \| PM \| Email \| Quote \| Search \| Copy \| Favorite

I thought I had typed "him too" in my last post where, I wrote "him to". Ugh!

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No. 10 Posted on Mar 2, 2013 6:20 PM	Profile \| PM \| Quote \| Search \| Copy \| Favorite

Singlestroker wrote: I thought I had typed "him too" in my last post where, I wrote "him to". Ugh! You're forgiven I can't count the number of grammatical faux pas I post in public ... just think of what's jotted in private. I only hope there's no jail sentence for that (pun only slightly intended ) . Mapex Saturn * Paiste Terry Bozzio Single-Ply Coated

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No. 11 Posted on Mar 3, 2013 10:05 AM	Profile \| PM \| Email \| Quote \| Search \| Copy \| Favorite

OldFart wrote: You're forgiven I can't count the number of grammatical faux pas I post in public ... just think of what's jotted in private. I only hope there's no jail sentence for that (pun only slightly intended ) . I'm getting worse. I misplaced a comma in my last post. I must check my posts!

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No. 12 Posted on Mar 3, 2013 12:31 PM	Profile \| PM \| Quote \| Search \| Copy \| Favorite

Singlestroker wrote: I'm getting worse. I misplaced a comma in my last post. I must check my posts! You should see people's writing at my school... "Anyone can make the simple complicated. Creativity is making the complicated simple." -Charles Mingus

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