my first drum-set is the one i'll love forever...

weaver, circa about 1978/9... drumming in McClaren Hall, Naramata Centre, BC... photographer unknown...

​Wow... here's a blast from the past for throwback thursday today = holy whoa, look at that hair!!!...

Yes, this photo is of me in my early 20's... i believe this shot was probably taken when i either worked at Carnegie Centre in the downtown Eastside of Vancouver back in the early 80's (i also ran their coffeehouse)... or just out of high school in the late 70's when i played in a jazz trio in Naramata, BC...

Who knows... it was sooo long ago?

What's so cool in this photo, is that this is the first drum-kit i have owned... This is the set that my dear mum gave me for my 10th birthday!... and, i had that kit forever... I have to say that my 10th birthday was the best ever...  I recall my mum telling me on the morning of my birthday, "Make sure you get home from school as soon as you can today for a big surprise!"... and later, when i did get home, there, strewn in the front hallway were a whole set of drums - for me!!!  

WOW!  I couldn't believe my eyes.... i wuz over the moon!!! ... It was the coolest thing my mum ever did... the bestest present ever... 

She had bought them used, though a local newspaper ad... They were certainly the ugliest, beat-up drums ever... as a previous owner had re-covered them with a gawd-awful  green paisley wallpaper... plus, painted boldly on the front of the bass drum head, in VERY thick dark green oil paint, were the words, 'The Heard' ... and, stuffed inside that kick/bass drum was old crumpled up newspaper sheets (to dampen the sound i suspect) which dated back to the early 60's...

Though, i didn't care... i loved my drums cuz they were MY drums... Eventually, i fixed them up and re-covered them... and they went everywhere with me ... even to Alert Bay when i worked for a short time and to the interior in Naramata + many other places.......... I didn't realize until years later, when i gifted the set to the Carnegie coffeehouse that some of the parts were indeed vintage + probably worth some good money... like the Ludwig snare drum (an LM 400!) though, i never told my mum!  Apparently it's vintage and was one of the most recorded snare drums in music history... cool eh?... and, i had owned one.

My drums rocked!  I have to say that i'm thrilled to have this, a photo of them... such a wonder-full memory...

Mum, you're simply the best! ...
love you sooo much!... xoxo

I explain why the 'big hair' in this post >>
tee tee!! x (((o)))

PS... it has been confirmed that the above photo was taken in the basement of McLaren Hall at Naramata Centre in about 1978 or 1979...

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