drummer
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The drummer and sometimes singer from the Band, a group that backed Bob Dylan for a time and had its own star-studded farewell concert captured on film by Martin Scorsese, had declared bankruptcy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
With The Smiths, who were completed by Marr, bass player Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce, Morrissey was one of the pioneers of British indie rock in the 1980s.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
The company’s other co-founders, Parillo, a musician, and Barbara O’Brien, who managed the drummer, each retained their original 10% stake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Jimmy Eat World’s Adkins, Burch, drummer Zach Lind and guitarist Tom Linton earned recording money between tours by working construction, driving around car dealership customers and selling art supplies and auto parts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
She spent her days, her tendril, sap-green days, walking up and down, up and down, her head jerking to the beat of a drummer so distant only she could hear.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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A large Loch Ness Monster representation then emerged, before, backed by bagpipers and drummers, a rousing rendition of Flower of Scotland followed.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Streamer IShowSpeed took to the field at the New York New Jersey Stadium first, alongside drummers and dancers in vibrant tracksuits.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Today, drummers have to play to click tracks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
In 1989, Melvin Gibbs rehearsed in a band led by Senegalese drummers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
There were, by the time of our arrival, hundreds of men upon the shore, with our drummers beating to form us into companies.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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