Fellow drummer /african percussionist, Rudy Walker from N.J. lost just about everything in a house fire. Fortunately most of the drums he’d been collecting for years survived the fire. Click here for the full story.
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Legendary jazz drummer, Jake Hanna has passed away due to complications with a bone marrow disease. Hanna was known for his work with the Woody Herman band, Maynard Ferguson, Duke Ellington and the house band for the long running Merv Griffin television show. He was a revered drummer, author and mentor and will be greatly missed by the drumming community.
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PercussionGifts.com – Drum Bum just launched Percussion Gifts, a new site that features its hand percussion products. Appropriately named “PercussionGifts.com”, you’ll find percussion T-shirts, hats, jewelry, mugs, stickers, keychains, clothing, figurines, percussion accessories related to conga drums, djembe drums and bongos, miniature hand drums and lots more that pertains to percussion players / hand drummers.
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