The Biography of Buddy Rich with Shawn Martin - Drum History Podcast

[@arame29]

Great interview Thank you Shawn Martin

[@mrbuddyi]

Good job Shawn!

[@jeffreywegener8841]

Brilliant. Thanks. Very interesting. While we all know Buddy was an incredible talent. He is often discredited because of his temperament . His show biz life, lack of education , the Lana Turner story, his friendship with Gene all contribute to my personal view of him as being a very complex but amazing person.

[@DrumHistoryPodcast]

Good points - it definitely was a very interesting life he lived. Thanks for watching!

[@MistaMahoney]

great interview. also, you sound like cecil from nightvale.

[@MistaMahoney]

the audio from buddy rich playing double bass drum is fucking nuts

[@Babardrumstudio]

Bart, I feel like I figured out that buddy rich and joe rogan aren’t so different around 45:00 - 50:00 😂 thanks for asking all of the personal questions were all kinda afraid to ask!

[@DrumHistoryPodcast]

Haha my pleasure, thanks for watching!

[@acedrumminman]

Buddy's contract with Harry James was $1500.. when they were on the road and 800 per week when they stayed in Vegas.

[@MrRCOTE]

Bart, its a little hard to find but if you can, look for the book..."Mister, I Am The Band". Its written by Doug Meriweather and it provides a lot of detail on Buddy's life. The copyright on the book is 1998. Its published by N.A.R.D......National Drum Association. The reason its expensive is because the author did a tremendous job of providing a 250 page discography of everything that Buddy ever recorded with all his bands. As long as I'm at it,....because I just purchased these 3 books..... "Traps The Drum Wonder" was written by longtime close friend of Buddy, and singer Mel Thorme. Hudson Music also has "Buddy Rich, One Of A Kind". Its very good and complete also. Doug Meriweather wrote another book on Buddy's life entitled "We Don't Take Request"

[@DrumHistoryPodcast]

Awesome, thanks for the suggestion!

[@MrRCOTE]

Bart, I love all your episodes and I hope you can keep doing this forever but, on this episode, I also love anything Buddy,...here's what I don't get. Why wasn't Buddy playing drums in the Marine Corps band? A medical discharge?? I didn't see that coming. I'm curious as to how long he was in the military. The Veteran's Administration won't talk to you unless you have 3 yrs of active duty under your belt.

[@gonzodeblurr7431]

That woulda meant Buddy would have to sight read massive amounts of music. He didn't read music!!

[@DrumHistoryPodcast]

Thanks so much for listening. Those are all very good points and questions. His military career is definitely a bit of a grey area to me (without doing that much research) but i'd love to learn more