Freddie Crump, forgotten genius
- Ben
- Apr 16, 2019
- 1 min read
I remember reading when I was researching old school drummers that a lot of vaudeville drummers were part musician and part comedian/entertainer. I found This amazing article and clip of an old drummer I’m sorry to say I hadn’t heard of Freddie Crump. When I watched the clip, I was first struck by how spread apart Freddie’s drum set was...I mean it’s kind of insane...but once you see his dance moves it all makes sense! Check it out here:
http://drumz4sale.blogspot.com/2012/05/freddie-crump-another-forgotten-genius.html?m=1
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