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"Here is the story of an often overlooked, one-of-a-kind rock 'n' roll musician and the historic times he lived in. Jerry Nolan came out of New York in the 1970s as part of two of the most influential and infamous bands of the time, the proto-punk New York Dolls and Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers. Jerry had what it took to be a star, but his battles with heroin continually stymied his career and ultimately ended his life. Despite this, he is remembered...
82) Drumline
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A precocious freshman drummer struggles to both succeed and fit in as a member of the marching band at a historically black university.
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An epic comedy about a mine worker named Power whose love of drums and lack of musical skill have turned him into the ridiculed 'air drummer' of his small town. But when Power's union leader father calls a strike at the mine, Power discovers an underground subculture of air drummers who just might hold the key to changing the world.
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En kinder, Lupe Lopez inici̤ una banda y le demostr̤ a todos que era una estrella de rock. Este ąo, como estudiante de primer grado, Lupe tiene una nueva meta: ganarse una estrella en el Muro de la Fama de Lectura del sal̤n de clase de la maestra Moreno. Lupe puede roquear con las palabras en su lista de lectura, pero cuando aparecen juntas en una frase, ella no puede darles la vuelta. Y lo peor es que Victor, el brabuc̤n de la clase, se burla...
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This video is a tribute to a certifiable legend of swing, the man who made the drums a solo instrument. Fourteen complete, rarely seen performances dating back over 60 years, with Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Ventura and Anita O'Day, are presented. Also included is an interview with Gene Drupa.
87) The rocker
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Robert 'Fish' Fishman is the extremely dedicated and astoundingly passionate drummer for the eighties hair band Vesuvius. He is living the rock n' roll dream until he is unceremoniously kicked out of the band. Twenty years after his rock star fantasies were destroyed and just when Fish has finally given up all hope, he hears that his nephew's high school rock band A.D.D. is looking for a new drummer. They reluctantly make him the newest member of...
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"Dottie Dodgion is a jazz drummer who played with the best. A survivor, she lived an entire lifetime before she was seventeen. Undeterred by hardships, she defied the odds and earned a seat as a woman in the exclusive men's club of jazz. Her dues-paying path as a musician took her from early work with Charles Mingus to being hired by Benny Goodman at Basin Street East on her first day in New York. From there she broke new ground as a woman who played...
93) Rivals
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Fame school volume 4
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Danny is a talented drummer, but Charlie, the other drummer in the 7th grade, is jealous. Tension mounts when they find they have to pay a drum duet at a school concert.
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Spider Webb Untangled is the story of noted drummer Kenneth "Spider Webb" Rice, who recorded or toured for over five decades with several artists including Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, King Curtis, Harry Belafonte, David Clayton-Thomas, Martha Reeves, Kim Weston, Grover Washington Jr., and The Funk Brothers. It features his first-person story, interviews, and TV and film excerpts.
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It is often said when the student is ready, the teacher will come. That is how M. Taylor, a biracial young American male, found answers about who he was, partially not knowing he sought them. The teachers came in the form of the West African djembe, a goblet-shaped drum, it's rich culture, music and dance and the culture-bearers who bewstowed upon Taylor its secrets, tradition, and life's rhythm. In Remembering Your Ancestral Fire, Taylor shares how...