Sandy Nelson The Drummer... Ever Heard Of Him?

[KittyWampus]

going through some old albums of my Mom's, I found some Sandy Nelson.

Very cool... from the late 50's. :)

Check him out.

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[Ron Green]

1. "Let There Be Drums" was his album, I think....

although he was no Buddy Rich.

[Kierkegaard]

2. Let there be drums!

Old session guy from the late 50's... Is he still around?

[KittyWampus]

3. That's The Album!!! I've NO IDEA If He's Still Kicking.

[ohiosmith]

6. Not kicking like he used to! He lost part of a leg in an auto accident.

[Mr. McD]

4. I used to have that album

that was a long time ago.:)

[NightTrain]

5. Fuck yeah! He had two top ten instrumental hits....

"Teen Beat" in 1959, and "Let There Be Drums" in 1961. Both are good rockin' tunes!

[Norbert]

8. I think Teen Beat was the first rock and roll record my mom liked

She likes records with a lot of drumming in them.

[bobthedrummer]

7. Yeah, I remember Sandy Nelson.

I remember learning the blues better though, and then competing against all other drummers, and I'm still doing it, lol.

He was a drummer with some poly-rhythmic pretensions, he wanted the drums out front and he sure wasn't Krupa.

It was a novelty then, imho.
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