A Consideration of Three Sometimes Overlooked Drummers
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A Consideration of Three Sometimes Overlooked Drummers
Clem Burke in 2009.
David Haughton, Clem Burke, and Steve Goulding. A trio of drummers who may not be household names, but who made important contributions to the music of the late-‘70s punk, new wave, and English pub rock scenes.
What stands out for me about their playing is the elasticity, which I define as an ability to slip into different styles and genres without missing a beat. Houghton attacks the drum kit on a song like “Got the Time,” but can slow it to a drag for a song like “Sunday Papers” or “Geraldine and John.” Burke cycles through raves like “Eat To The Beat,” the reggae of “The Tide is High,” and lays out a brilliant dance groove on the disco and rap songs, “Heart of Glass” and “Rapture.”
Goulding offers a similarly eclectic sense of rhythm, playing through Graham Parker’s angry soul and Elvis Costello’s broad pastiche of sounds.
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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.
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