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Last updated on - 5th October 2008
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We have a new webpage dedicated to Phil Seaman, the address is,
http://www.littledrum.co.uk/philseaman
One of Phil Seaman's ex-pupils Kevin Chesham recently visited Golders Green cemetery in London, where Phil Seaman was interred in 1972. Although there are plaques dedicated to other great British Jazz musicians such as Tubby Hayes and Rock musicians like keith Moon, there is not even a mention of Phil Seaman in the Remembrance book. For a drummer as inspirational as Phil Seaman that is plainly wrong and we would be interested in hearing from other drummers musicians and music lovers who might be interested in contributing something to a memorial to our greatest drummer. If you would like to be kept informed on developments please e-mail,
The original Live Music Forum continues to opose the repressive conditions imposed on live music by the new Licensing laws which have been in operation for over a year now. Read more at,
Among recent additions to this site there is are a whole army of drum fills for straight and shuffle rhythms on the Drum Kit Jazz and Blues page. Dig in. Plenty of new stuff to come soon.
Links to all the Drum and Percussion studies are in the menu frame on the left hand side. If you have any questions or requests please e-mail.
Littledrum webpages which feature "free-online" no longer work. If you see any dead links we would be grateful if you would let us know so they can be fixed.
Please update your links to our domain name,
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Bye For Now
Phil
More Live Music !!!! www.livemusicforum.co.uk |
| Nothing Ever Happens Arts - The Enterprise Of Youth How Widnes Youth promoted their own gigs in 1971 featuring legendary Progressive bands like Gentle Giant, Comus and Egg. |
| Light From Darkness Studio - The Creative Environment The story of our Studios and the breaks that followed |
| Hastings Live Music Forum - How our team of volunteers lifted spirits in Hastings and challenged the established order. |
| Find out about a different approach to "The Drum" - How North American Aboriginal people value the drum and celebrate at Pow Wow |
| World Music Page Examples of live music we have collected while travelling |
| Jack Peach - An outstanding drummer who taught me and provided a lot of material included in these pages. Jack was one of the top session musicians in London in the 1950's, 60's and 70's playing on hundreds of hit records and film scores of the time. Use this link to learn more about him and other great session drummers of the time. |
Sadly my brother Roy Little died on 15th August 2003. Roy was the drummer with The Blackwells who had a near hit in 1965 with "Why Don't You Love Me" on EMI. The Blackwells also appeared alongside Gerry and The Pacemakers and Cilla Black in the Merseybeat film "Ferry' Cross The Mersey" which appears to still be popular in the USA. Roy started me off on drums and we all miss him.
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Last year we heard of the tragic death of Kenny Craddock. Kenny was a brilliant keyboard player from Newcastle who played on many sessions in the 70's and 80's. He also toured and played on several albums with Van Morrison and Ginger Baker as well as recording with people like Eric Clapton, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. I was fortunate to count Kenny among my friends and even luckier to have him play Accordion on a track called Mama Take Me Home (Hit the link for Real Audio). He got it first take and his beautiful playing brought tears to my eyes. We are sad and our sympathies go out to Julia and Kenny's family. HERE is a link to a very interesting interview with Kenny Craddock. Kenny's long standing friend and band mate, Colin Gibson pays tribute at this new site www.kennycraddock.com
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