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This Day in Rock History - Dec. 25th

Merry Christmas! (Also a good day for drummers)

1959: 18-year old apprentice electrician, Richard Starkey gets his first real set of drums for Christmas. Shortly thereafter he changes his name to Ringo Starr and becomes an important fixture of Liverpool’s emerging rock scene.

1966: 16-year old Canadian kid Robbie Bachman gets his first drum kit. Three years later, brother Randy Bachmann asks him to join Randy’s new band Bachmann-Turner Overdrive.

Make sure you listen to “The Little Drummer Boy” today!

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