We spoke earlier this week about Dave Letterman featuring drum solos all week long, well here is the finale with Neil Peart.  Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWyABiUpihs

Considering Anton Fig is a perennial favorite for best late night drummer honors, it's no surprise that the Late Show decided to give the drummer some love.  All this week, The Late Show with David Letterman will be featuring drum solos form some of the biggest names in drumming - Fig, Peart, Sheila E, and  Haynes.  The 4 night drumming fiesta begins tonight, June 6 and goes through until Thursday!

It's the season finale of Drummer Talk Season 6, and on this week's show, Dave's gives a very in-depth look at a complete snare drum makeover - from batter head, to reso head, to snare strands, to strand cords.  Also we, of course, talk more Dream Theater, new Avenge Sevenfold, Memphis Drum Shop's Chris Coleman clinic recap, the Summer of contest continues, and much more!  Show notes after the break! Show Notes Dream Theater Gig to Mike ...

The Summer of contests continues with this one being offered from Rhythm Magazine and Sabian Cymbals. Win a meet and greet with Neil Peart's drum tech Lorne Wheaton for an onstage tour of Neil’s kit! Plus! See the band perform live in London Enter this exclusive competition and you, along with a friend, will be in with a chance to meet Neil’s right-hand man, drum tech Lorne Wheaton who will take you onstage for a guided tour of ...

Something like this comes along. Neil Peart, the professor of percussion has branched off into the world of cooking. Drummer, lyricist, composer, author, philosopher, and now helpful kitchen helper. A renaissance man if ever there was one. Hopefully he and Mario Batali will team up for something crazy. After all Batali already has contatcs in the drumming world... More details on Bubba's Bar n' Grill here.

Finally! Someone has published books with drum transcriptions of big name bands and not made it dull and professorial! Alfred's released two new song books cataloging the drum transcriptions of two rock heavyweights, Led Zeppelin and Rush. I'm interested to see how they've notated "Black Dog" for the breaks and "When The Levee Breaks" to see if they incoprorated the delay on the bass drum. When/if you play that particular groove, do you add in ...

No new show today, so here's a show from the archive, originally posted September 29, 2005. ---------- This week Dave, Bryan, Carter, and Shane discuss the Duallist double and TRIPLE pedals, more PDP/DW info, hearing damage, and a breakdown of the various kinds of earplugs out there.

Source: kbsradio.ca Original Rush drummer John Rutsey died this past weekend at the age of 55, according to Toronto radio station Q107. Rutsey's death was announced by Rush's management company, Anthem Management. The cause of death was not disclosed. Rutsey and guitarist Alex Lifeson formed Rush in 1968, with bassist/singer Geddy Lee joining a short time later. Rutsey played on the band's self-titled 1974 debut album, but left the group due to health concerns. A diabetic, ...

Bobby Standridge has done an amazing job of animating Neil Peart and his performance of YYZ - every lick! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHYt0BqSwno Find out more over at BobbysBrane.com

In March, we told you about Rainn Wilson bangining on Neil Peart's kit for research for an upcoming movie. We now have the trailer for The Rocker featuring The Office star as a washed up drummer making a comeback! [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmvq3sHU68U] See also BigDrumThump.com.