Earl Palmer

[pelicandrum]

Drummer: Earl Palmer
Main Style: R&B,Rock N Roll, Session

Brief Summary: Known as one of the world's most recorded drummers. Earl used an innovative style of drumming that emphasized the snare drum backbeat and the bass drum downbeat that can be heard on most rock n roll records.


Other Facts: His biography Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story was published in 1999.

Later in his career he played in a music video with Cracker when asked if he could play along with the songs he gave a look and said "I invented this s***."

He became on of the first session musicians to be inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame.