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Bernard Purdie Talks Beatles
Pretty As I Wanna Be, the story of Bernard Purdie. He did over 500 demos for Motown, and he happens to be the actual guy really playing drums on some of your favorite Beatles songs ! Bernard "Pretty" Purdie is the name James, Stevie, Aretha, and Marvin kept asking...
Bernard Purdie – History of Recording Website
Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie (born June 11, 1939) is an American session drummer, and is considered an influential and innovative exponent of funk. He is known for his strict musical time keeping and "The Purdie Shuffle". Purdie recorded Soul Drums (1968) as a band...
Tribute to Bass Players: Well Almost..Kevin Olusola
Kevin "K.O." Olusola is an American cellist, beatboxer, saxophonist, pianist, songwriter, producer, and singer. Olusola is best known as the beatboxer of the widely acclaimed vocal band Pentatonix...
BEATLES FANS: Who Opened for the Beatles at Shea in 1965?
The film captures not only the concert, the attendance of which was 55,600,[5] the largest Beatles concert up to that time, but also the events leading up to the concert, including the Beatles' helicopter ride from Manhattan to Flushing Meadows, their preparation in...
DRUMMERS DUET Bernard Purdie and John Anter…
DRUMMERS DUET: Bernard Purdie and John Anter recording C.E.C. from "IF YOU NEED ME"
Bernard Purdie “If You Need Me” feat. John Anter and Marty Ballou
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie is the worlds most recorded drummer. You can hear him on "Rock Steady" with Aretha or "Cold Sweat" with JB, Steely Dan, Miles Davis, Jeff Beck and hundreds of other recording artists. "If You Need Me..." features Bernard's signature grooves in...
Welcome to the first post of DRUMSFIRST.COM’s FEATURED ARTIST section!
What better way to launch this new feature than with THE WORLD'S MOST RECORDED DRUMMER, BERNARD "PRETTY" PURDIE! QUICK BIO Mr. Purdie's credits include recording and performing with James Brown, Jeff Beck, Hummingbird, Steely Dan, Aretha Franklin, Gil Scott-Heron,...