This is a video many of us have probably seen, this version is colorized which is cool.
For me they play one of my most favorite songs 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square'. Also the third song they play is one of Gary's and I love to see how much the audience loves his playing and the song. I imagine Gary just floored musicians and especially percussionists. No one had played like this in 1966. He was the first. A must watch!
BTW - I got this off an app I wrote to post a vibe player every day. The player, a bio (if it finds one on wikipedia) and a video from youtube. I am seeing some vibe players and cds I never heard! If you want to check it out it's here. https://vibecddatabase.web.app/
I did the code with some help form AI, so if it crashes, just understand I'm not a programmer, but so far it has been working well!
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I wonder who the…
DrBobM55 Thu, 07/10/2025 - 21:15
I wonder who the manufacturers of mallets were back then. I think Musser had an assortment of mallets. I also remember Musser's fiberglass mallets. They weren't good. My teacher had several pairs of mallets made by Billy Dorn, who was a studio percussionist. I remember playing with the Billy Dorn mallets and thought they sounded really good. Gary, if you read this, tell us where you got your mallets back then. How old were you when you wrote The Sunset Bell?