RiP Roger Hawkins - the Muscle Shoals drummer

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   He really died in May, but hes death has sort of been left unnoticed, I made a thread on PA (Prog Archives, he actualy contributed to one prog propper album by Traffic in 1973).

But hes  funk, soul, jazz, r'n'b and pop pedigre is much much much larger. 

One of the most important session drummers in the business. Perhaps the most perfect, to keep it simple and effective, he was a master at addapting hes drumming to the song. 

As part of the famous FAME studios and later Muscle Shoals Studis, Alabama. He, Rich Hall, Jimmy Johnson, Barry Beckett and David Hood, with David Hood now as the sole surviving member. Part of a group of studio musicians with a spessial sense of pocket. 

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Asmodean Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Senior Member Joined: 07 Apr 2011 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 169	Post Options Post Reply Quote Asmodean Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: RiP Roger Hawkins - the Muscle Shoals drummer Posted: 06 Jul 2021 at 12:07pm
	He really died in May, but hes death has sort of been left unnoticed, I made a thread on PA (Prog Archives, he actualy contributed to one prog propper album by Traffic in 1973). But hes funk, soul, jazz, r'n'b and pop pedigre is much much much larger. One of the most important session drummers in the business. Perhaps the most perfect, to keep it simple and effective, he was a master at addapting hes drumming to the song. As part of the famous FAME studios and later Muscle Shoals Studis, Alabama. He, Rich Hall, Jimmy Johnson, Barry Beckett and David Hood, with David Hood now as the sole surviving member. Part of a group of studio musicians with a spessial sense of pocket.
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Asmodean Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Senior Member Joined: 07 Apr 2011 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 169	Post Options Post Reply Quote Asmodean Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Jul 2021 at 12:15pm
	I reccomend listening to the spotify list "Roger Hawkins Drummer" contains some of the most famous songs he drums on
	"I created these characters, and I am an Old Testament God with my fist in the middle of their lives." by Robert Jordan Auther of the Wheel of Time fantasy wonderstory