snuffyny

Musician in Mahopac, NY

snuffyny

snuffyny
67 years old, Male, Mahopac, New York, 10541
Member #
124908
Member since
29 Mar 2007
Active within 1 month
Instruments played:
Drums
Genre:
Blues, Jazz, Country
Screen name:
snuffyny
Location:
Mahopac, New York, 10541
Gender:
Male
Age:
67 years old
Level of commitment:
Committed
Years playing music:
15
Gigs played:
50 to 100
Tend to practice:
1 time per week
Most available:
Nights

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About

I'm retired.
Played drums in my youth. . .
was reckoned to be a fair drummer.

Took up the drums again in 2006,
playing with "The Midnight Blues,"
a Rockabilly/Country band out of Danbury, CT.
We played original songs, written by the band's
founder, Joe Vasaturo (Joey Vee).

I also did a stint with "The Dukes & Dutchess,"
a seven-piece swing ensemble out of Poughkeepsie, NY.

Played with the jazz combo, "Artsongjazz,"
a quintet out of Cornwall, NY.

The last three songs in the "MUSIC" player, above, are examples
from out of my past, recorded in the '70s and '80s.


In the "PHOTOS" section, the left half of picture number 1
is of me in Germany, with Transom,
the band playing the original song from 1973,
"Rat In A Maze."

Influences

Allman Bros.
Brian Setzer
Roy Orbison,(et al)
Chuck Berry,(et al)
Drummers - Krupa, Rich, Torme, Morello, Webb

Equipment List

Vintage Rogers and Slingerland drums, from the mid '60s - '70s,
Zildjian cymbals ... mostly. (Used a Meinl ride for awhile.)
I use hardware from various sources - Pearl, Tama, Gibraltar.

Before acquiring the vintage equipment, I used both Tama (picture 3)
and Taye (picture 4) drums.

An interesting fact:
"The oldest business in the United States of America is the cymbal company, Zildjian,
which was founded in Constantinople in 1623.
Source: American Heritage of Invention & Technology, Winter 2000"