June 26 - Ron Wilson (The Musical Birthday Series, 6th Annual Cycle)

 

Ron Wilson (26 June 1944 – May 12, 1989) was an American musician and recording artist, best known as an original member and drummer of The Surfaris, an early surf music group of the 1960s.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drummed Down

Ron Wilson's drum riff on "Wipe Out" was so striking that "the yardstick for every aspiring young drummer in the early 60s was to be able to play a drum solo called 'Wipe Out'." -- Wikipedia

Learning “Wipe Out” was a rite

Of passage able to excite

The blood of young aspiring drummers,

Who earned their creds as up and comers

By managing to solve the riddle

Of mastering that paradiddle.

 

 

 

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September 30 - Buddy Rich (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for September 30th are here: Charles Villiers Stanford (2019), Donald Swann (2020), and Johnny Mathis (2021)

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Buddy Rich (30 September 1917 – 2 April 1987) was an American jazz drummer, songwriter, conductor, and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time. -- Wikipedia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If I Were a Rich Man

Rich had a strong dislike of bandleaders. He claimed that the musicians "hardly look at the bandleader", and that the drummer is the real "quarterback" of the band. – Wikipedia

Buddy Rich, while drumming, panned

The hapless men who led the band.

He claimed the bands ignored such hacks,

While drummers were the quarterbacks.

 

 

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December 4 - Fred Armisen (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual Cycle)

Fred Armisen (b. 4 December 1966) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musicia.

[For last year's limericks on Deanna Durbin click here.]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Life of Fred

Did you know that years before

   His comedy career,

He played with Trenchmouth (post-hardcore)?

   If not, you’ve learned it here.

Then, after Trenchmouth, SNL,

   Portlandia came then,

And then he thought it might be swell

   To play the drums again.

And thus it was, he changed his brand

   As show biz life requires ---

And now he leads The 8G Band

   For Late Show host Seth Meyers.

 

 

 

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January 15 - Ivor Novello; Gene Krupa (The Musical Birthday Series)

Ivor Novello (15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was an extraordinarily popular actor and composer of musical comedies.

He’s Just Not That Into You

When matinee idol, young Ivor Novello

Looked for romance, he looked for a fellow,

Thus disappointing the fantasies bridal

Concerning Novello, the matinee idol.

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 Gene Krupa (15 January 1909 – 16 October 1973) was an influential jazz drummer.

Drumbledore

“In collaboration with the Slingerland drum and Zildjian cymbal manufacturers, he was a major force in defining the standard band drummer's kit. Krupa is considered "the founding father of the modern drumset" by Modern Drummer magazine.” - Wikipedia

When Krupa assembled his drums,

He must have spent generous sums,

For Gene Krupa’s drum kit

(It really was some kit!)

Was the model for all of his chums.

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