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drummer

[druhm-er] / ˈdrʌm ər /


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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

"You are my god," Sanae Takaichi, a hard rock enthusiast, told the band's drummer Ian Paice, beaming as she handed him a pair of signed Japanese-made drumsticks.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 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

No husband of mine will say, “I could have been a drummer, but I had to think about the wife and kids. You know how it is.”

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston