Even most music aficionados aren’t immediately familiar with the name Jim Gordon. His pedigree and talents were unquestionable. But, as Joel Selvin’s compelling book, “Drums & Demons ...

“For Jim, it was a crack in the mask he wore,” writes Joel Selvin, the former San Francisco Chronicle music critic, in his deeply reported and well-written book “Drums & Demons: The Tragic ...

BLAKELY – John and Norma Sando met in 1978 while competing in the drum corps, got married in 1984, and 35 years later, performed together at the Drum Corps Associates’ Parade of Champions on ...

The all-star lineup on Drum Suite gives the album high marks before one note of music is played. It's a piece of history. Released in 1957, the album merged Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with several ...

So Jim Irsay likes Beatles memorabilia, a point hammered home Saturday when he ponied up $2.125 million at auction on the bass drum head used by Ringo Starr during the band’s 1964 performances ...