VINTAGE GENE KRUPA CELLULOID RECORD & DRUMSTICKS SOUVENIR PIN 1 5/8″

Vintage 1950’s, GENE KRUPA DRUMSTICKS & RECORD PIN. The gold standard of GENE KRUPA souvenirs. He was the first superstar drummer. KRUPA was responsible for the DRUM SOLO to be featured in a band’s show. 1959 film, THE GENE KRUPA STORY is always fun. his trademark was the “call and response” drum solo. Bobby Kosser: I saw him once, and he was great. Jimmie Henshaw: Plenty of drum solo’s before Gene. Bobby Kosser: I agree Jimmie, but they claim Krupa was first to feature the “call and response”.” Paul Lindemeyer: Oh yeah. They go back to the ‘teens with the Clef Club and the Versatile Four. “Tom Thumb’s Drum” was a novelty of 1931 (sometimes a hot one) that gave the drummer some. Vinny Nicosia: Bobby who is the “they” that make this claim regarding Gene being the first to feature “call and response” in his solo or solos? Confetta Ann Ras: I WANT THAT. Bobby Kosser: In the 1959 movie, the GENE KRUPA STORY” they had it appear he was first. you all seem to know more than GENE Vinny Nicosia: I’m asking who the “they” were that’s all. As to the movie you know by the mere fact […]