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The Earl Grey Whistle Test: It's All About the Drummer, Stupid

Reflecting on his near-40 years spent as a music journalist, David Hepworth discusses who is to him the only member of a band who matters: the drummer.

In a week of Essays, David Hepworth and Mark Ellen reflect on their nearly 40-year partnership as music journalists and TV presenters and what they've learned along the way. On the legendary ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ music show The Old Grey Whistle Test and on numerous magazines from Smash Hits in the 1980s to Q to The Word Hepworth and Ellen worked so closely together that they still get mistaken for each other.

Today - David Hepworth on the only member of bands who matters: It's all about the Drummer, Stupid!

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  • Thu 30 Jun 2016 22:45

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