Forget those magic carpets - Larry Crockett has traveled around the world on a set of drums. Crockett, whose two page resume lists details his performing experience with some of the great names in rock, jazz and blues, will be in Red Bank this Saturday to talk about the finer points of playing the drums during a workshop at the Drummer's Alley on Monmouth Street. The 1965 Rutgers University graduate has been a student of the drums since the days when his Dad's band practiced in the family home in Matawan. His father bought him a guitar, but he never played it. It was the drummer in his Dad's band, Arthur Newell, that became Crockett's role model.
Drums are a very physical instrument.
You could see what was creating the sound. By high school, he was drumming for pay in a fusion group led by his band director, Mr. Vinci. He never troubled himself about what kind of career he wanted. I never wanted to be anything else. It was in high school that he began learning to read music - a skill he considers essential.