Bill Bruford’s instantly identifiable sound and brilliant sense of composition made him the defining drummer of the progressive rock movement; but at age 60, after four decades in the music business, Bill unceremoniously walked away.
Bill tells Joe about: being a young jazz elitist; "leveraging himself sideways" from an upper-middle class family to the seedy life of a musician; doing a lot with “a modest amount of talent”; the creative dynamics of Yes and King Crimson; how he achieved his signature snare sound; retirement; and earning a doctorate from The University of Surrey. During the course of the conversation, Joe and Bill also christen a new band, Wongford. This is a can’t-miss episode with one of the all-time greats.
RIP: Steve Albini (Roland)
309: King Coffey (Butthole Surfers)
308: Guy Picciotto (Fugazi, Rites of Spring, Happy Go Licky, etc.)
307: Jim White (Dirty Three, Xylouris White, etc.)
306: Teresa Esguerra (Prism Bitch, Built to Spill)
305: Marnie Stern
RIP: Jeremiah Green
304: Patricia Brennan
RIP: Viola Smith
303: Nate Smith
302: Rick Allen (Def Leppard)
RIP: Mimi Parker (Low)
RIP: DH Peligro (Dead Kennedys)
301: Questlove
300: Joe Wong Interviewed by Jon Wurster
RIP: Gabe Serbian
RIP: Howard Grimes, RIP
299: Hugo Burnham (Gang of Four)
298: Cindy Blackman Santana
297: Alan Braufman
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