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I was watching Johnny Cash at Montreal the other day and spotted that his drummer, WS Holland, was playing open-handed. In his case he's moved the hi-hat over to the left so he's still playing with his hands the 'right way' round.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmSObDRLIfs

It's a great gig and the rhythm section seem to be having at least twice as much fun as the rest of the band 😉

Also I've also update the pics for this club too.

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4 minutes ago, Christine said:

I was watching Johnny Cash at Montreal the other day and spotted that his drummer, WS Holland, was playing open-handed. In his case he's moved the hi-hat over to the left so he's still playing with his hands the 'right way' round.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmSObDRLIfs

It's a great gig and the rhythm section seem to be having at least twice as much fun as the rest of the band 😉

Also I've also update the pics for this club too.

"Fluke" Holland was a true stylist.  He invented many of the train beats used today.  Another great drummer from Tennessee.

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When I first saw Harry Miree a couple years ago, it hit me how his drum layout is very close to Holland's. He started slowly rearranging his kit shortly after moving to Tennessee. I've always assumed that Holland was one of his key inspirations for doing that.

P.S.  Nod to Holland playing for Carl Perkins too.  I have a couple old Carl Perkins albums that Mom had collected way back.

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Oh and here is Holland backing Carl.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s8mQekpakQ

 

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