Just received 2 of their LPs. Sandy McKee was the drummer. He had a major
Clyde Stubblefield thing going on, nice chops, played the heck out of the
band, and had his own thing going on.
Can't find much on him in any of the web searches I've done.
Over to you,
I saw him play with Cold Blood twice. He had an interesting setup in that
his hi hat was lower than his snare. It was in the conventional position,
but really low. I tried it and couldn't figure out how he played that way.
I spoke to him once, and asked about it. He said it was because he wanted to
play with his arm extended. Whatever. It sure worked for him.
Anyway, I totally agree with you. He had a very unique style, and was a big
inspiration for me at the time.
- Rush
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I mentioned in my other response that I was a big Cold Blood fan, and it
started with their first album, all because of her. I also just remembered
that when I was about 13 my grandmother started complaining about the
"hippies" that had moved into the house behind hers. (Well, sort of on the
side, really. Their back yard backed up to the side of her house.) Anyway,
she said they were really noisy. I discovered later that Lydia and Raul
Matute, the keyboard player, had rented the house for that year, so Gram
was complaining about Cold Blood practicing at the house. The world is
a small place sometimes...
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George Lawrence
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Copley, Ohio 44321
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buy each of his children a drum."
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George Lawrence
George's Drum Shop
1351 S. Cleveland-Massillon Road #21
Copley, Ohio 44321
http://www.GeorgesDrumShop.com
e mail geo...@GeorgesDrumShop.com
330 670 0800
866 970 0800 toll free
"If thine enemy wrong thee,
buy each of his children a drum."
-Chinese proverb
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There is some video of Cold Blood (2 tunes) with Sandy on the Fillmore
movie, along with a much younger George Rains (with Boz Scaggs). Both kicked
butt. I noticed that Sandy played right handed, but had his hats down low,
like a late 30s swing drummer might. It certainly worked for him. A very,
very, bad man.
Does anyone know which Cold Blood albums Gaylord Birch played on?
sorry i'm late to the party.......
i only got turned onto him when i was about 25 or 26 ( early 80's)
when a chick singer i was working with gave me a cassette with their
version of Bill Withers' KISSIN MY LOVE on it to learn for a gig. I
proceeded to dub that to a tape loop 11-12 times and practice it over
and over again.
are the COLD BLOOD albums re-issued on CD?
- Rush
In article <CGeg9.8179$yt3.4...@newssrv26.news.prodigy.com>,
As far as I know, the only album that Gaylord Birch is on is called "Thriller".
The next album they released is called "Lydia", and has someone named Joe
Williams on drums. (Sorry if I'm showing my ignorance here and he's some big
name now.) Sandy Mc Kee plays on "Sisyphus" and "First Taste of Sin".
I don't know if they ever came out on CD. I have their first five
albums, and that may be the whole catalog. I'll have to take a look, it
would be worth having them on CD.
- Rush
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