langmick wrote:I might be joining a Zappa tribute, jamming with them tomorrow.

That could be a lot of fun! Good luck!

Yes, sciatic pain can be brutal. I remember being in tears driving to work. Sitting is the absolute worst. You'll get through it. Ease off on the painkillers as soon as you can tolerate it. They will do a number on your stomach.

Completely sidelined by a protrusion of a disc in my lower back. I know it well. I had a bulging disc that caused terrible sciatic pain way back in my late 20s. It was a combination hockey injury and strain from installing flagstones in my back yard. What worked for me was DAILY physical therapy fo...

Rodge wrote:Not anymore Paul, I'm nearly 51 !!!
But yes I used to play indeed from 1981 thru 2008...
I've been lucky while playing ruby, not big injury, I kept play the drums.

Well, last year I started playing hockey again after not being on skates for 20 years, and I turned 60 in January!

Brother to Brother (both the album and the song) are very special to me. Easily one of my favorite records/songs of all time. I took a lesson with Mark Craney back in the mid-80s and asked him about that tune, and the fills he played. I showed him what I thought they were, and then he demonstrated t...

Rodge, do you actually play rugby? That's crazy. That is one rough/violent game!

I love the sound of a drummer burning at pianissimo.