Louis Bellson RIP

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TM tiki mick Tiki Socialite SOCAL Joined: May 12, 2004 Posts: 4094	TM tiki mick Posted posted on Tue, Feb 17, 2009 4:34 PM http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=352834&GT1=28102 What an amazing guy! I had the honor of playing vibes in a band he sat in with as a special guest, during college. The guy was totally awesome!
T tikiyaki Tiki Socialite The Exotic Port of REDONDO BEACH, CA Joined: May 18, 2004 Posts: 2725	T tikiyaki Posted posted on Tue, Feb 17, 2009 4:36 PM Louie Bellson, Gene Krupa, Joe Morello....all Italian. Paisans make the best drummers!
TM tiki mick Tiki Socialite SOCAL Joined: May 12, 2004 Posts: 4094	TM tiki mick Posted posted on Wed, Feb 18, 2009 12:11 PM On 2009-02-17 16:36, tikiyaki wrote: Louie Bellson, Gene Krupa, Joe Morello....all Italian. Paisans make the best drummers! Italians are good at everything they do....but.....Gene Krupa was not Italian.
TJP Tiki Joe's Pop Member Seattle Joined: Jun 01, 2006 Posts: 523	TJP Tiki Joe's Pop Posted posted on Wed, Feb 18, 2009 1:34 PM Louis was the possibly the nicest man I have ever met. Duke Eliington called him "the greatest musician in the world." HUGE loss for the drumming world & we fans of this incredible man. Yeah, sorry Jim, my Polish drummer Grandfather's favorite was fellow Pole Gene Krupa. Nezja polska nezi newa & Louis! (Long live Poland & Louis!)
T TikiG Tiki Socialite Riverside, California Joined: Jun 17, 2008 Posts: 1560	T TikiG Posted posted on Wed, Feb 18, 2009 2:50 PM Wasn't Louie Bellson one of the first drummers to use two bass drums in his setup?

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