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Words really can not express how wonderful it was to know and learn from Buddy! He was a giant in music but never let on to just how important he was.
I got to know him over the last 8 years or so, meeting him for the first time when NAMM paid honor to him at their trade show by bringing on stage 5 modern drummers to tell of Buddy's role in their playing. It was wonderful!
I later was able to interview him as part of NAMM's Oral History program and found out first hand what a...
Dan Del Fiorentino NAMM Historian
August 24, 2008 | Carlsbad, CA