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.

Navega wrote:Andrew Gander is awesome!!

Wow, that sounds great! I love everything that James Muller plays on.

if I was 25 years younger and in music school, I'd probably love them. Yes, you have a point. But then again, 25 years ago would be the last time music school actually made any sense. You may as well go to typewriter repair school now for the same number of opportunities when you graduate. :mrgreen...

if I was 25 years younger and in music school, I'd probably love them. Yes, you have a point. But then again, 25 years ago would be the last time music school actually made any sense. You may as well go to typewriter repair school now for the same number of opportunities when you graduate. :mrgreen:

Snarky Puppy leaves me cold. Not sure why, but it just doesn't do it for me. Great players all around, but the tunes.... I dunno.