James Gadson Interview
James Gadson is known as the most recorded R&B Drummer in the business. He joins Dan to talk about playing with the Temptations in the 70's to Paul McCartney in 2005 and experiences in-between. Dan asks James what he thinks is the definition of R&B music today vs. back in the "old days," and James talks about the importance of learning to read music and takes us into his control room where he has a Motown board he bought from Smokey Robinson and a 16-track tape machine he got from Marvin Gaye. Follow Drum Talk TV on Facebook and Twitter at /DrumTalkTV and sign up for our newsletter at www.drumtalktv.com and get exclusive articles by the industries top performers, recording artists and educators!
About James Gadson
James Edward Gadson (June 17, 1939 – April 2026) was an American drummer and session musician. Beginning his career in the late 1960s, Gadson became one of the most-recorded drummers in the history of R&B.
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