Clem Cattini: My Life, Through the Eye of a Tornado

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Many Luxus sets survive today, and like contemporary Sonor sets, they were built from quality German beech. Also like Sonor—and many UK drums of the period, too—they had teardrop-shape die-cast lugs until around 1963, when they were replaced by oblong lugs with isolating gaskets that enhanced resonance and were ahead of their time. And when I bought my first proper kit, that was it, I was into drumming and would never stop. My first kit was a right Heinz 57. It was from Ted Warren”s drum shop in Bow, London. It was a mixture of bits of everything.

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But it was incredible, the sounds he could get out of that studio, the equipment he used and what he recorded Telstar with. Modern equipment could not get anywhere near it. That flam at the start of the song was more by accident that anything else. They counted it in, the guitar started and I hit the snare so hard the stroke became a flam. Everybody liked it.”Leonie Cooper (26 June 2011). "The Wombles joined by Sex Pistols collaborator for Glastonbury show". NME. The comedy film The Rutles featured a Ringo Starr-inspired character named Barrington Womble who "shortened his name to save time...he simply became Barry Wom." He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children. Family Clem‘s estimated net worth, monthly and yearly salary, primary source of income, cars, lifestyle, and much more information have been updated below. The truth of the sessions is probably better known now than any other time. It only recently was revealed that I played the drums on all the Dave Clark Five records, for example. That fact was hidden and I didn’t mind. It didn’t make me a fortune, but I didn’t feel aggrieved in any way, that the stuff I played on made a lot of people rich.

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Clem, now 79, who worked with Meek at the Holloway Road studio, recalled: “The studio was bizarre. I mean the drums were in the fireplace. Although, and I’m not making this up, I can generally spot my style of playing. It’s like my signature. I was wrong about It’s Not Unusual, but not much else. An inquest jury found Meek deliberately killed Mrs Shelton, who ran a leather shop with her husband downstairs.The pressures had sent him a bit mad. He felt he would meet the spirit of Buddy Holly [if he killed himself]. From the start, Trixon products were distinctive and of professional quality, and they were first exhibited at a trade show in 1948. Over the next few years, Weimer's success attracted business partners and capital, and in 1953 he registered the Trixon trademark at the German patent office. We couldn’t all have played on the hit version,” he laughs. “Clem Cattini [another in Mike Dolbear’s British Drumming Icons] said he played on Tom Jones’ ‘It’s Not Unusual’, but I know I was called to that session. I used to pull Clem’s leg about it.

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I loved working with PJ Proby. He was a great guy. You never knew what he would do next. You didn’t sleep on his sessions. It was all about feel and where he felt the music should go at any time. imagine that scene, and the loud laughter, as each musician in turn tried to out-do the others. As it was In 2016, he recorded a new version of the 1960s hit "Telstar", with the North London ska band the Skammers. [6]Jim and Rob believe it was the murder of 17-year-old Bernard Oliver in 1967 that tipped Meek over the edge. Clem Cattini: My Life, Through the Eye of a Tornado". Clemcattinibook.com . Retrieved 23 March 2019. Tim and Andy Renton, who had worked with Batt in the latter incarnation of Hapshash and the Coloured Coat also donned the costumes, along with Robin Le Mesurier, who was later expelled from the band following his arrest for possession of cannabis. [6]

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Clem Cattini is one of the most prolific drummers in UK recording history, appearing on hundreds of recordings by artists as diverse as Cliff Richard and Lou Reed, and has featured on 42 different UK number one singles.Over the next two or three years I learned to read. In fact, the musical directors never bothered to write music for me. They would write out the bits and put “Bobby fill”. I also used headphones with the whole orchestra and vocals. Whenever the vocals stopped I put something in.” Cattini was born in London, England. He started playing drums in the early 1950s when he was 16 years old and became a professional musician in 1954. In 1955 he started playing with Kenny Graham’s Afro-Cubists, where he met his future long-time friend and colleague, Joe Moretti. The group played around England and in Germany. a b c d Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.608. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.