My New Fave Drummer, Nandi Bushell

 

My New Fave Drummer, Nandi Bushell (Randyjw; December 18, 2021)

 

A long, long time ago, I had a school assignment to write a paper about my “role model.” Well, what to do, when you don’t have one. I wrote a paper on Keith Richards. The Pope has said that Keith Richards is God. Unless we douse it out, we all have that spark of G-d inside ourselves. Reading the Stones lyrics, and listening to their music, to me they’ve been the prescient prophets of the last half-century of our days.

 

I don’t know where I’ve been these past several decades, but mired in some mucky-muck. The Stones help bring me back to reality, though I often tend to dwell in the myriad realms of my escapist mind – ‘cuz love, and emotions, and the horrible stuff in the world just shuts me down when my mind, body, heart and soul turn to pulp; good, or bad, I can’t deal; it’s not my norm… and that’s so pathetic and sad.

 

Neither is shutting down someone’s dreams, just because…

because: you’re a girl

“Please, let me take drums.”

“No.”

“Why not?”

“Because it’s not feminine.”

Shut down and shot.

Didn’t even consider flying a plane.

Why not?

Two out of three check boxes on the Selective Service postcard;

Both strikes ruled me out.

Flat feet, all woman… grrrrr!!!

I just made a “new” hero ( ‘cuz, no; I never really had one) —

But, girl … you break it out!

You rock my flat-footed socks right off!

Here’s Nandi Bushell:

(https://youtu.be/jsDgrKdczAE)

 

Holy, cow! There’s so much more!

(https://youtu.be/bOhxf6mBp7A)

 

Aw, holy moly – – – you gotta be kidding me:

(https://youtu.be/gdu1jVbgRrY)