In this book, author Rob Cook gives the complete history of the Rogers Drum Company, whose drums, in the words of Not-So-Modern Drummer editor John Aldridge, were "the Cadillac of the 1960s...(whose) innovations in hardware design have been copied by almost every drum manufacturer in existence." The Rogers Book covers the company's east coast beginnings, the Covington, OH era, English Rogers, the CBS era, and much more. It includes a list of R...
Compilation of all Chicago Drum Show print programs from the 20th show in 2010 to the 30th show in 2021. Each program includes the show exhibitor diagram and directory, information on the show clinicians, show schedules, and informational articles.
A compilation of all 29 issues of The Leedy Drum Topics published from 1923 to 1941 by the Leedy drum company. This was a company newsletter for Leedy dealers and percussionists which included new product news, playing tips, local and nationally known Leedy product endorsers
Includes samples of the various colors and finishes used by the major American drum companies from the 1920s through the late 1970s. Includes Camco, Fibes, Gretsch, Leedy, Ludwig, Rogers, and Slingerland.
Autobiography of Maurie and Jan Lishon, and the history of Franks Drum Shop of Chicago. Maurie Lishon was one of the top show and studio drummers of Chicago in the 1940s and 1950s. From 1951 to 1978 he owned and operated the iconic Franks Drum Shop, one of the largest drum shops in the USA, with an international reputation. This history of Franks Drum Shop provides a great many insights into the history and development of the percussion indust...
The Leedy Way details the lives of U.G. Leedy and George Way and explains the structure of their enterprises. Both men were professional musicians whose needs for better gear led them to manufacturing and marketing careers. The book provides business histories of Leedy Manufacturing, George Way Drums, the Advance Drum Company, General Products (L&S, Drums), Leedy & Ludwig Drums, the Camco Drum Company, and GHW, Inc. Dating guides for the gear ...
Today's teens move at a fast pace. Their music is extreme, entertainment edgy. They embrace tomorrow, and reject last year's fads. They RESON8 with the real world around them. But can they cope with what's to come? Readers of REGENER8 asked hard questions about life, lust, drugs, and drinking. Packed with life-changing truth, no preservatives, no sugar coating, just 100% of your daily allowance of in-your-face Gospel truth, ILLUMIN8 answers th...
As the church in the global south continues to grow at a rapid pace, the question of how to develop local theologies becomes more and more urgent. This book charts a path forward through exegetical, theological and cultural analysis by scholars who are wrestling with the issues in their own situations around the globe. The contents were developed under the auspices of the World Evangelical Alliance Theological Commission at the Oxford contextu...
REGENER8 is an 8-week teen devotional, but it's so much more than that. It's a foundation builder-a blueprint for life. It's relevant and controversial. It's in your face. REGENER8 takes the training wheels off your spiritual sprint and rips down the speed limit signs. This fast-paced devotional will challenge you in every area of your life. Leave your preconceived notions about God and Jesus at the door. That's Mom's faith. It's Dad's lecture...
In this book, author Rob Cook gives the complete history of the Rogers Drum Company, whose drums, in the words of Not-So-Modern Drummer editor John Aldridge, were "the Cadillac of the 1960s...(whose) innovations in hardware design have been copied by almost every drum manufacturer in existence." The Rogers Book covers the company's east coast beginnings, the Covington, OH era, English Rogers, the CBS era, and much more. It includes a list of R...
The Ludwig Book by Rob Cook is the definitive business and historical guide to this legendary drum manufacturer. Includes dozens of interviews, a 64-page color section, a dating guide including every catalogued Ludwig snare drum and outfit, and a handy CD-ROM. Interview sections include the top executives from Ludwig's heyday in the 1960s: Karl Dustman, Frank Baxpehler and Dick Schory, as well as todays leaders: William F. Ludwig III, Todd Tre...
