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	<title>The Drummer Drives</title>
	
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	<description>The Musical Life and Times of Harry Brabec, Legendary Chicago Symphony Percussionist and Humorist</description>
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		<title>Announcing the Kindle Edition of THE DRUMMER DRIVES!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barbara's memoir, THE DRUMMER DRIVES!, is now available for the Kindle, and you  can preview the first two chapters of the book on Amazon. This article includes information on how to read Kindle books even if you don't own a Kindle.]]></description>
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		<title>Georg Solti’s Carnegie Hall Debut, December, 1970</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 02:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music Director Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra took New York by storm with concerts on December 7 and 8, 1970, in Carnegie Hall, marking -- as one critic observed -- "The continuation of this city's growing love affair with one of the supreme musical combinations of our day."]]></description>
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		<title>Civil War Book Collector Shares Disney World Band Memories</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Barb's Notes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's a note from a percussionist in Florida with an interest in collecting Civil War drums and music. ]]></description>
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		<title>Reader Mail Generated by “Drummer Drives” Memoir and Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Guest Writers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By interviewing some musicians for articles and encouraging others to write articles themselves, I’ve been able to shine the spotlight on the lives of several musicians of Harry Brabec’s era and further chronicle an interesting period of time in Chicago's music history that is gone forever. ]]></description>
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		<title>Email Chats with a Jazz Drummer in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Percussionists & Drummers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[George Edwards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I opened this website as a companion to my memoir about my life with legendary Chicago drummer Harry Brabec, I had no idea how many interesting percussionists I'd meet as a direct result. Getting to know George Edwards, an American drummer in Japan who hails from Chicago, has been a most enjoyable experience. Now, after several months of interesting email exchanges, I thought it was time to share the story of George's interesting musical journey in a companion article to this one. He and Harry walked different musical paths, but had they been able to know one another professionally, I'm sure they would have been friends. Certainly they would have appreciated one another's humorous take on life. ]]></description>
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		<title>Notes from an American Jazz Drummer in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a lifetime of playing with countless jazz, rock, and country groups in Chicago and Los Angeles, George Edwards took a teaching job in Japan in 2003. His unusual 46-year journey as a freelance drummer and now teacher will be of interest to drummers everywhere. His interesting link to Harry Brabec is that he took a marimba lesson from him in 1966 when Harry was teaching privately at Northwestern University in Chicago. ]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago and Vegas Music History of the Forties and Beyond</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[J.Sterling Morton HS]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Big Bands]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hank Stanislav shares some interesting Chicago and Vegas music history of the forties and beyond, with a tidbit of info about the Ben Bernie Orchestra not found elsewhere on the Web. He also remembers his jobbing days with Harry while they were both in J. Sterling Morton High School.]]></description>
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		<title>Fritz Reiner Stories and Pictures</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[LP Recordings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scrapbook Memorabilia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chats with two Chicago Symphony percussionists reveal interesting tidbits of information about Fritz Reiner, a man rarely caught smiling and a conductor many musicians disliked -- if not hated.]]></description>
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		<title>Memories of Jacob Schwartz and the Shubert Theatre</title>
		<link>http://thedrummerdrives.com/music-biz-history/memories-of-jacob-schwartz-and-the-shubert-theatre</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 22:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After reading an article about the Shubert Theatre on TheDrummerDrives site, the granddaughter of Jacob "Doc" Schwartz shared memories of her grandfather and his career. Includes three rare photographs from the family's albums.]]></description>
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		<title>An Old Letter from a Musical Junkie</title>
		<link>http://thedrummerdrives.com/humor/an-old-letter-from-a-musical-junkie</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 21:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In one of his scrapbooks, Harry had saved this amusing letter from a friend named Larry Stoll, who had a real flair for colorful and amusing writing. His letter paints a colorful picture of what life was like for some musicians of his and Harry's era.]]></description>
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