Read more drums stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/9514/drums.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:37:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64725/cronkite-a-cool-drummer-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYeah, he was the most trusted man in America and all that, but Boing Boing points out a different reason we're going to miss Walter Cronkite: The man had rhythm. "True fact, Walter Cronkite was a hot drummer," the site quotes John Perry Barlow, the Grateful Dead lyricist, as tweeting....http://www.newser.com/story/64725/cronkite-a-cool-drummer-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 18 Jul 2009 11:23:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/44196/iconic-drum-machine-has-kanyes-number.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKanye West was just a toddler when Roland launched the TR-808 in 1980, but the drum machine has proven so influential that it figures in the title of the music titan's latest album, 808s and Heartbreak . "Today the 808 stands as hip-hop's answer to rock's Stratocaster—an iconic instrument that's...http://www.newser.com/story/44196/iconic-drum-machine-has-kanyes-number.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Dec 2008 13:45:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/33099/athletes-got-nothin-on-rock-n-roll-drummers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSure, the lead singer gets all the attention, but how about a little respect for the drummer? Sports scientists are taking up the cause with a new study that says the rockers are as fit as Olympic athletes, the Times of London reports. The best of them lose 2 quarts...http://www.newser.com/story/33099/athletes-got-nothin-on-rock-n-roll-drummers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Jul 2008 19:05:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/5968/max-roach-dies-at-83.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMax Roach, a drummer who moved to his own beat and became a seminal figure in modern jazz, died today at 83. Roach renovated his genre's traditional instrumentation, and pioneered a layered, contrapuntal style that became the trademark of contemporary percussion. Even his recent albums defied the conventions he helped...http://www.newser.com/story/5968/max-roach-dies-at-83.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Aug 2007 15:18:25 CDT