Cindy Blackman-Santana: A Woman For All Seasons by Fred Gretsch A gifted writer named Nicole Williams Sitaraman said of Cindy Blackman-Santana: “Hearing Cindy play the drums is like a rapturous percussive tornado of sound. You just get swept away.” That’s about the...
Mary McClanahan: Gretsch’s Female Pioneer by Fred Gretsch The November 1939 edition of Metronome magazine—which, at the time, was the bible of the music business—included seven percussion-related advertisements. Each ad featured a well-known performer promoting a...