Summary: This is episode 53 with Korey and Funky Phil. Our guest this week is Daniel Glass. Daniel is an award-winning drummer, author, historian and educator. He is widely recognized as an authority on classic American drumming and the evolution of American Popular Music. A member of the pioneering swing group Royal Crown Revue since 1994, Daniel has recorded and performed all over the world with many top artists, including Brian Setzer, Bette Midler, Liza Minnelli, Jose Feliciano, Michelle Shocked, Mike Ness, Freddie Cole, Marilyn Maye, the Hot Sardines, the Budapest Jazz Orchestra, Air Supply’s Graham Russell and KISS frontman Gene Simmons. For two years running, Daniel was voted one of the top five R&B drummers in the world by readers of Modern Drummer and DRUM magazine. As an educator, Daniel has published five books and three DVDs, including the award-winning titles The Century Project, The Roots of Rock Drumming, and The Commandments of Early Rhythm and Blues Drumming. He is a regular contributor to publications like Modern Drummer, DRUM and Classic Drummer. He has performed hundreds of clinics and master classes globally, appearing at many of the world’s top educational conferences and music festivals. In 2013, he co-curated an exhibit on the history of the drum set at the Rhythm Discovery Center in Indianapolis, IN, for which he was awarded the Percussive Arts Society’s “Distinguished Service Award.” Daniel currently resides in New York City. Korey gets on a soapbox about, you guessed it, people touching his cymbals, which led to Daniel sharing his perceive of a horn player putting his $20,000 sax on his throne. The boys talk a lot about that. So it's a fitting theme, and title for this weeks episode. For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more info on Daniel Glass please visit: www.danielglass.com For more on Korey please visit: www.koreykingston.com For more info on Funky Phil please visit: www.philpardell.com www.drumbrigade.com
