On Drums... Stewart Copeland!
Stewart Copeland explores why drums are essential to modern popular music and how they remain, across the world, the consistent force behind musical evolution.
Stewart Copeland explores the drums as the founding instrument of popular modern music. Beats that travelled from Africa via New Orleans and across the world are the consistent force behind musical evolution.
Stewart plays with some of the most inspiring drummers of the last 50 years, including John Densmore of The Doors, Chad Smith of The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Prince鈥檚 musical director Sheila E, New Order鈥檚 Stephen Morris and Foo Fighters鈥� Taylor Hawkins. He goes dancing in New Orleans, builds his own bass drum pedal and checks out hot new bands on Santa Monica beach.
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Sheila E. and Stewart Copeland on drums
Duration: 03:18
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The Police
Message In A Bottle
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Cozy Powell
Dance With The Devil
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Fats Domino
Fat Man
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Little Richard
Tutti Frutti
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Sandy Nelson
Let There Be Drums
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Red Hot Chili Peppers
Give It Away
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The Beatles
Tomorrow Never Knows
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The Doors, Ray Manzarek
When The Music's Over
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Jimi Hendrix
Foxey Lady (Live At The Isle of Wight)
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Jimi Hendrix
All Along The Watchtower (Isle of Wight Festival 1970)
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Led Zeppelin
Communication Breakdown
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Led Zeppelin
Black Dog (Live)
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The Temptations
Ain't Too Proud To Beg
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Marvin Gaye
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
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补鈥恏补
Take On Me
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补鈥恏补
Take On Me
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补鈥恏补
Take On Me
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The Human League
Don't You Want Me
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The Human League
Don't You Want Me
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New Order
Temptation
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The Human League
Don't You Want Me
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Stewart Copeland |
| Director | Nico Wasserman |
| Producer | Nico Wasserman |
| Producer | Nicky Lessware |
| Executive Producer | Jez Nelson |
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