An interview with Merle Perkins: To play a good groove and have the right feeling of the music

An interview with Merle Perkins: To play a good groove and have the right feeling of the music: As a teenager Merle played in the Spirit of St. Louis Drum & Bugle Corp. “There is where it all started for me with the drums. If it was not for drum corp., I would not be a drummer today. I owe it all to drum corp.”  Merle moved to Chicago from St. Louis, MO. In […]

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