Earl Palmer (25 October birthday)

[judith]

Earl Palmer - October 25, 1924 - New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

The following is a Mac Rebennack tribute to New Orleans musicians. The "legendary session drummer", Earl Palmer, is on 1:22 minutes in:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzbfWTcoE6c

This is a video of Joseph "Smokey" Johnson (a drumming legend in his own right) sitting on a porch, talking about Earl Palmer. He's a youngster compared to Earl, was born in 1938:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F01-8Fr0K4