Rebroadcast – 8:30pm CST, Wednesday 8/05/20 for a live and interactive conversation with Derek S Abrams.
Send in your questions and let us know if you would like to be considered to be a live guest on this interview. Email: news@minnesotadrummer.com
Derek and Paul will be talking in general about drums, Minnesota drummers, and more. They will open a section of the show where they answer your questions, along with a few guest slots – but you need to email to sign up for.
Derek played locally for Gingerjake, Black Flood Diesel, and Skywind to name a few. More recently he played for the legendary metal band Ministry and his other current project 3 Headed Snake.
Links to topics in our discussion:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vistalite_Drums
Bill Zickos was the father of the acrylic drums; he built the first experimental set in 1959 and received a US Patent (patent #3,626,458) for them in 1970. Died Jan 31 2020 at the age of 90.
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