This looks like it was a labor of love! Author O’Callaghan has interviewed close to 100 drummers from across the genres (jazz, rock, pop, funk, punk, hip-hop) and compiled them into a visually appealing collection of anecdotes, life lessons, and nuggets of career advice. The interviews and photoshoots were conducted between 2011 and 2015, and some of the drummers (Clem Burke, Ginger Baker, Neil Peart) are no longer with us. It’s bittersweet though, because their words are timeless. “Some say rhythm is medicine; drumming has been compared to an addiction,” O’Callaghan writes. Quite true!
(hardcover) $45
