I think that's a young Joan Crawford.

maybe we should start a separate "babes on drums" thread.

Without my glasses, I thought it was Ringo at first!!! What blasphemy! So sorry.

Brian

Here's a couple ... may have posted these in the earlier thread...

(a Leedy kit made in Gotham City?)

Cheers

John

Do itBowing Haha!

Not actually a "babe", as such, but Fred was quite good apparently. I guess technically this might not fit the bill here, since he was well-known to have a bash, but most know him for something else that escapes me for the moment...

Let's not forget Radar!

[ame]https://youtu.be/VB8MkKjYiu0[/ame]

When I saw this thread I immediately thought of Gary Burghoff as Radar on Mash. Even as a kid I remembered the scene where he does the drum solo, as it was so evident he KNEW how to play drums; this was just a moment in the show where they could use a talent he already had. If we are saying this thread is about non-drummers behind drum kits, then Gary Burghoff wouldn't count, since he was really a drummer. I think another way to look at this is people who are not primarily known as drummers behind drum kits. "Radar" definitely fits into this category.

Watching the clip of his solo again, I remembered what I found out later, that he had a deformity of one of his hands, and it got me thinking about how he might have modified his grip. This led me to Wikipedia, and while I didn't get an answer about the grip, I did find a little bit about his music career prior to MASH, his stint as Charlie Brown, and how he knew "Wonder Woman":

from Wikipedia:

"Burghoff was born in Bristol, Connecticut. He studied tap dance and became a drummer, despite having a congenital deformity of three fingers on his left hand. He gained early experience acting with the Belfry Players of Williams Bay, Wisconsin. In 1967 he originated the role of Charlie Brown in the original Off-Broadway production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. He was the drummer for a band called the Relatives in 1968. Actress Lynda Carter was the band's singer. The group opened at the Sahara Hotel and Casino lounge in Las Vegas, Nevada, and played there for three months. He and Carter remained friends, and she helped cast him in an episode of her later hit series The New Adventures of Wonder Woman, in the 1978 episode "The Man Who Wouldn't Tell"."

Thanks for sharing, Prufrock! Stories like these are both informative and inspiring! Thanks again.

Brian

Tommy Emmanuel, kind of:

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeEmDdN0Stg"]Tommy Emmanuel drum solo - YouTube[/ame]

One more

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k8EQ1aPzcw"]Tommy Emmanuel - Mombasa (Center Stage 2008) - YouTube[/ame]