drummer

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They want a drummer named Charlie Watts to join them, but Watts is already playing with three other bands while working at an advertising agency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

This elicits a slow drip of sarcasm from Catherine, who eventually gets Hal to confess that he’s the drummer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

His father was a drummer, and when Gadson and his brother were teenagers they played in a doo-wop group called the Carpets.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

He formed Ambrosia in 1970 with Puerta on bass, singer and guitarist David Pack and drummer Burleigh Drummond.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

The overall effect sounds as if the drummer, formerly the guardian of the steady pulse, has been asked to improvise a solo from the first beat of the piece.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall