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

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Drumming appeared to choose Graham, rather than any decision to play drums. “I was always fascinated by drums,” he recalls. “The look of them, the sound of them. I would sit at a table as a kid banging away with my knife and fork. Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. 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.

Clem Cattini: My Life, Through The Eye of A Tornado Clem Cattini: My Life, Through The Eye of A Tornado

Born to Italian parents living in Stoke Newington, North London, England, Cattini worked in his father"s restaurant before deciding to pursue a career in music When appearing as a band, the Wombles were always played by experienced musicians dressed in full costume. Batt continued to perform as Orinoco, regularly accompanied by drummer Clem Cattini dressed as Bungo and guitarist Chris Spedding dressed as Wellington. Both had previously recorded with Batt. On one edition of Top of the Pops, the costumes were filled by members of Steeleye Span. 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. Clem Cattini has played on at least 44 UK number 1 singles, including "Telstar" and "(Is This The Way To) Amarillo" by Tony Christie and Peter Kay. 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.

Arbiter added: "Weimer was ahead of his time, and he developed a lot of die-cast stuff in nice, ship-shape forms. We did quite well with Trixon, but drumming was getting heavier and Trixon started to make some silly mistakes." By the early '60s, Arbiter says he eased away from Trixon because of quality problems. "While the hardware looked OK, it wasn't too strong. The nut boxes would come off, for example." Jim and Rob believe it was the murder of 17-year-old Bernard Oliver in 1967 that tipped Meek over the edge. Ray was such a deep introverted thinker. The last session I did with Ray was after I got a telephone call from him out of the blue. “Hi, it’s Ray,” he said, and I said: “Ray who?” 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.

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Sheet music cover for 'Telstar' by The Tornados (Roger LaVern; Alan Caddy; Heinz Burt; George Bellamy; Clem Cattini) The pressures had sent him a bit mad. He felt he would meet the spirit of Buddy Holly [if he killed himself].The first proper kit I bought was an Ajax, then I moved over to Carlton. They gave me a kit free and I used that on most of the recordings.”

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Session work included Van Morrison’s ‘Them’, playing on Gloria and ‘Here Comes The Night’. “He never wanted session musicians on his songs, he thought his own musicians could do it, but I enjoyed those sessions. Whether he shot Mrs Shenton on purpose or not, who knows, but I could never see Joe die a natural death,” Clem said. Noted, Clem Cattini’s primary income source is Musician, We are collecting information about Clemente Anselmo Arturo Cattini Cars, Monthly/Yearly Salary, Net worth from Wikipedia, Google, Forbes, and IMDb, will update you soon. This is the man who played on ‘We Gotta Get Out Of This Place’ by The Animals; Dave Berry’s ‘The Crying Game’; Petula Clark’s ‘Downtown’; Dusty Springfield’s ‘I Only Want To Be With You’ and thousands of others.Musically, Joe was a moron, and I don’t mean that in a mean way, but he didn’t have a clue. But in terms of sound production he was incredible, the forerunner of the independent producer. He was just a genius with sound.”