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Fran Dance's avatar

Great article! Thanks for sharing. Super recording too!

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Steven Cerra's avatar

Thanks for reaching out. So glad to know that the article about Big Sid was to your liking. Kind regards,

Steve

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Ken Taylor's avatar

I read that article as a young man of 16. It inspired me then, still does these years later.

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Steven Cerra's avatar

Thanks for the nice note, Ken. Glad the feature brought back some inspirational memories. Kind regards, Steve

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zan stewart's avatar

Great piece, Steve. I love the basketball anecdote. The video is sublime; what a marvelous solo. Louis Bellson told me that Big Sid kept a bottle of catsup in his back pocket. Keep wailing, boss.

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Steven Cerra's avatar

Always good to hear from you; thanks too for the "Zan hug." I don't think I ever heard anyone say an unkind thing about Sid as a person. His drumming was something else. A real inspiration. Still working on the back pocket catsup bottle, though.

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includeMeOut's avatar

Great post , love Big Sid who died a year before I was born. Even though I have heard many of his recording many times, I can seldom predict his accents and rim shots so intuitive was he.

Great image at the top also!

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Steven Cerra's avatar

Thanks for reaching out with your nice message. I'm glad to know that you enjoyed the piece about Big Sid and I couldn't agree more about the surprising places where he puts accents. Kind regards, Steve Cerra

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