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Bernard Purdie & Friends at The Falcon

Courtesy of Fern Franke | Posted on March 18, 2013

Where

The Falcon
1348 Rte 9w
Marlboro, NY
Map
845-236-7970

When

Fri, March 22, 2013
5:30pm-10:00pm

At Door

$Donation

Musicians

About

Which musician did Aretha Franklin definitely NOT want missing from the line-up when she recorded her most inspired albums at the beginning of the seventies?

Who provided the back-beat for Steely Dan's "Aja", and for whom have Isaac Hayes, Donny Hathaway, B.B. King, "Sweet" Lou Donaldson, Joe Cocker and Hank Crawford reserved that stool behind the drum kit? No other drummer in the last three decades has seen the interior of a recording studio as often as Bernard "Pretty" Purdie.

An all-time great soul, R&B, funk, and pop drummer, Bernard Purdie's impeccable time and mastery of backbeats and grooves are celebrated...

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