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Double Kick Pedals
Bass drum has been around for centuries which are dated way back in 1700’s. Typically bass drums were played by hand and stood facing upwards. This setup is fine for big venues like symphony halls or parade ground. However, in 1890’s the need for big venues is quite hard to find and performances are then held on small dance halls and force percussionist to consider more space- efficient solution. In 1909, William F. Ludwig answered the call and came with a solution. He invented the first drum pedal which struck a side leaning bass drum with a timpani mallet. This also paves way to modern drum kit. Then in 1940’s musicians started playing sets of two bass drums kit which allows faster rhythms that rock musicians would like to achieve but the two bass drum kit caused the same problem Ludwig originally solved.
Finally in 1968 instead of buying two drums a solution came to Australian drummer named Don Sleishman which plays one bass drum using two pedals. His invention paves the way to the double bass/kick pedals and now sold in various music stores worldwide. Double bass/kick pedals have allowed drummers to create complex rhythm and flair. It is also important to properly set it up to achieve its optimum performance. First, adjust the length and spring tension of the beaters to your preference. Second, check all screws on pedals as well as proper tension and lubrication of chains. Third, secure bass drum with proper kick stand or leg placement. Fourth, clamp the right pedal to the rim of the bass drum and adjust the left pedal according to your sitting position. Lastly, test your double bass pedal.
Double bass/kick pedals are sold worldwide by different manufacturers. They come in robust design and heavy duty mechanism. Just choose the right double bass/kick pedals carefully make sure that your foot is comfortable on using it.
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Eagle International Releases Durwood Haddock’s Fifth CD, HANKS A LOT
Veteran singer/songwriter/musician Durwood Haddock whose career dates back to the golden age of country music releases his fifth album with the unique title HANKS A LOT. In this issue, Durwood reaches back to that golden era which he is most certainly familiar and comes up with 12 of his favorite HANK songs by HANK WILLIAMS, HANK SNOW, HANK THOMPSON and HANK LOCKLIN. According to the liner notes these are songs that Durwood became familiar with when he was barely a teenager and later performed all of them on local radio, in honky tonks & dance halls in north & west Texas before he was twenty years old.
While his career as a vocalist never reached the brass ring status, his writing most certainly did. In l954 the first song he wrote with Eddie Miller & recorded on 4 Star Records titled THERE SHE GOES didn’t exactly result in Durwood becoming a house hold name, but CARL SMITH’S recording of that tune was a number three chart the following year in l955 and started a whole new career for Durwood as a song writer. Later the song was recorded by PATSY CLINE(There He Goes) and eventually sold in the millions after it was re-issued in the box set THE PATSY CLINE COLLECTION in l991. In l980 it was featured in the Oscar winning movie, COAL MINER’S DAUGTHER the life story of Loretta Lynn and later the movie THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS starring ASIA ARGENTO & PETER FONDA. To date the song has been recorded over 150 times by various artists including JERRY WALLACE, SAMMI SMITH, SCISSY SPACEK, K.D. LANG & ERNEST TUBB to name only a few and has sold in the millions. While THERE SHE GOES has been the more successful, Durwood has had other songs recorded by a stellar cast of country music notables over the past half century,
Some of the songs in HANKS A LOT were never on the popularity charts but others were number one and some were in the top five, even so they were all special to Durwood and after you hear his version of these all time greats, you no doubt, will agree. Be assured, when you put this one on the player, Durwood will take you on a musical trip back to the “Golden Era of Country Music”.
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