Don Drumm Celebrity DVD

Don Drumm's Celebrity DVD & Press Reviews

This movie contains a few of the celebrities I have worked with from the age of 17, in 1955, through age 40, in 1978.

The underlying music & vocals as well as all the instruments in the songs, Swinging Shepherd Blues & My Funny Valentine are performed by me.

In the song, Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder I am doing the vocal, and the guitar, that answers the mandolin in the instrumental part.

Because of limited space, I could only choose three songs to represent the different stages in my career. Swinging Shepherd Blues represents the style I adopted in the late 1950s. My Funny Valentine is a vocal style I was forced to adopt around 1964. Everyone had to be a singing pianist. If you didnt sing at that time, you didnt work.

And finally, I adopted a country style in a round about way. I was sick and depressed at having to perform on pianos that were out of tune and had broken keys. So I figured, since the owner of the club wouldnt do anything about it, I brought in an acoustic guitar on a very busy Saturday night and did my best with the simple chords I knew, like E, A, D, B, and a few minor chords. The songs were simple folk tunes, and some were simple 3-chord country songs. Unfortunately for me, the owner loved what I was doing and insisted that I stop playing the piano and continue with the folk & country music on the guitar. Because the audience went along with the owner, I eventually wound up having a romance with Country music and wound up hitting the top of the Billboard Charts.

Songs In Order:

1. Swinging Shephard Blues
2. My Funny Valentine
3. Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder
(Composed by Ed Tossing)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Don Drumm Vocalist
• don drumm
• dondrumm
• jazz
• NYC
• Chicago Jazz
• Country
• Nashville
• Duke Ellington
• Peggy Lee
• Count Basie
• Ed Sullivan

[genochampagne]

don, I'm armand champagne's son geno champagne.. long lost cousin.. My email is genochampagne@yahoo.com.. also on face book genochampagne electracoustic music.. would love to chat. I've been in the music buis almost as long as you..It must been in the blood..would love to hear from you..peace through music...geno

[sneekpique]

Dear Don -

just met you today and PROMISED I'd take a look. The arc of your career is amazing! Really enjoyed the clippings, photos, and most of all, your music. All the best to you! Rene'