In 1967, On A CBS Summer Replacement Show, ANYTHING Was Possible..

[Jim Alfredson]

Cool tune! Love the breaks they put in. B3 player is killin' it!

[captainwrong]

Right, but I think that at the time of the PJ era he was on Slingerland.

You are correct. He was back with Ludwig sometime in the 70s, then off to a restored set of Radio Kings that he played until the end. His endorsement history is kind of interesting because inspite of being very demanding on his equipment, he was of the mind that he'd play anyone's drums if they met his endorser's fee. (I read this in the Grestch book. Fred Grestch was interested in bringing Buddy on, but when he explained that Grestch, at the time, didn't pay any of their endorsers, the talks were over.) Of course, this also lead to some interesting situations as Buddy was kind of know for playing other's snares even when he was officially with a different company. Specifically, I think he played a Fibes snare lot of the time in the late 60s/early 70s. Sometimes in the pictures you can tell as Fibes had a rather distinctive throw-off.

I'd also read a story about Buddy hooking Krupa up with a Rodgers Dyna-Sonic that looked as close to a Slingerland as one could get. When Bud Slingerland found out about that, Krupa switched back out of respect and loyality.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

hey everybody, chewy still recovering here- doing a little better, its good to be with family- but i have to leave in a few days to go back and save my job. they think i wont ask for sales now that my shoulders all achy. (i work at a bank). theres supposed to be fair employment stuff saying they cant can you for an injury, right? **WRONG**

i just logged on to say regarding this thread: Choregraphy = Jerome Robbins, anyone mention that yet?