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.
155: Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (The Killers, Big Talk)
Remembering Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
154: The Trap Set Turns Three!
153: Abe Rounds (Meshell Ndegeocello, Seal, Doyle Bramhall, Andrew Bird)
152: Live in Minnesota (Eric Gravatt, Lori Barbero, Todd Trainer, Gordy Knudtson)
151: Chad Molter (Faraquet, Medications, Grass)
ML1: Laura Veirs + Carol Kaye (Beach Boys, Sonny and Cher, Frank Sinatra, etc.)
BNS: Bernard Purdie Revisited
BNS: Bill Ward Answers Listener Questions
150: Bill Ward (Black Sabbath, Day of Errors)
149: Bryan Devendorf (The National)
BNS: Billy Cobham (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Solo Artist)
148: Aaron Steele (Chrome Sparks, Portugal The Man, Alice Smith)
147: Scott McPherson (Elliott Smith, M. Ward, Sense Field, etc.)
146: Dave King (The Bad Plus, Happy Apple)
145: Riley Breckenridge (Thrice, Less Art)
144: Steven Drozd (The Flaming Lips)
143: Jojo Mayer (Nerve)
BNS: Fred Armisen on "For Drummers Only"
142: Lia Simone Braswell
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