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“He said, ‘So, what about playing for me?’ I said, ‘Play what?’ He said, ‘Drums.’ I said, ‘Really? That would be so dope'”: The many drummers of Prince

Friday August 29, 2025. 07:00 PM , from Keyboard Magazine

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