During the last four weeks we have lost three of Britain’s greatest drummers and a US rock icon. Chris Dagley ·         The fine young drummer in the Ronnie Scott Band, tragically killed in a motorbike accident on the A40 on his way home to Oxford – just 39 years old. Jack Parnell ·         At 87 years old, not a bad innings!  A man who moved from being a great drummer to a great band leader and then in retirement rediscovered his drumming roots.  It would be between him and Eric Delaney in my opinion to vie for the title of “The British Gene Krupa”, a unique combination of great drumming skills and showmanship.  ·         The last time I spoke to Jack was about seven years ago on the occasion of Bobby Orr... [More]

Rhino Roundup – August 2010 This months’ roundup begins on a sad note with the recent deaths of four great drummers: Chris Dagley, Jack Parnell, Martin Drew and Richie Hayward (full details in our news section). Musically, it has been an interesting four weeks, I did my first gig with the newly formed 60’s covers band “Rock of Ages”, playing classic covers from Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Manfred Mann, Beach Boys, Loving Spoonful, Searchers, Hollies etc.  The most modern we got was a couple of Police numbers.  How I wish I could play like Stewart Copeland!  I used my DW collectors kit with Zildjian Constantinoples, Avedis and Paiste signatures plus Tama Iron Cobra pedal.  We had some great comments afterwards.  Here is a selection: 'Excellent musicians playing brilliant music''If you love pop rock from the 60's, you'll love these guys... [More]

The London Music Show (LMS), formally the London International Music Show, is the UK’s biggest music-making event and takes place 8th – 10th October 2010 at the ExCeL Arena in London.  With trade welcome all three days, the event celebrates all aspects of music and caters for thousands of consumers with live music, demonstrations, signings and the chance to test out and purchase the latest equipment and gear. DrumWright will be at the show in conjunction with Korg UK; meaning fantastic show exclusive deals on Mapex drum kits, snare drums, thrones, pedals, stands and accessories, Paiste cymbals and Vic Firth sticks and accessories. Come along to our stand and meet Clem Cattini, and subject to confirmation, Ian Paice. Please check back closer to the date for appearance times. Please note that tickets for the LMS are not available from DrumWright, please click here for de... [More]

We are excited to announce that Steve Gadd will be appearing at DrumWright on Friday 3rd September, prior to his rescheduled "Mission From Gadd Tour" date the Reading Hexagon. The exact time of the event will appear on this website when final arrangements are made Steve Gadd was born in Rochester, New York and is a legendary American session and studio drummer. Steve will be in Reading, Berkshire for the show - Zildjian presents a Mission from Gadd and DrumWright store in Woodley is delighted to announce that Steve will be appearing in store on the afternoon of Friday 3rd September (time to be confirmed) – to meet and greet drummers and sign autographs. Steve Gadd started drumming at an early age. By the age of eleven he had already sat in with Dizzy Gillespie. He later spent three years as a drummer in the US Army Music Program, most of which was spent with the Jazz Ambassador... [More]

It's been a great few weeks musically for DrumWright MD Chris Wright (AKA 'The Rhino') - in this first installment of his brand new blog he tells us what he's been up to. May kicked off with the Berkshire Maestros Gala Concert at the Anvil in Basingstoke and the Maestros percussionensemble, that DrumWright sponsor sounded wonderful, as did the whole Youth Orchestra. There was a superb rendition of the Polovtsian Dances from Borodin's Prince Igor. The piece is an absolute delight for percussionists and features timpani, snare, bass drum, cymbals and tambourine. Rhino Fact coming up! A standard mapex kit snare was used and it produced a great orchestral sound. I was also privileged enough to make the awards to all four students nominated for their achievements. The awards are an annual, DW sponsored event in memory of the late great Jazz drummer and Berkshire resident Allan Ganley. Each... [More]

“Once you’ve gone app you’ll never go back”
Top 5 swashbuckling iPhone drum apps that unleash the Ringo Starr from within. [More]

The Yamaha DTXPLORER drum set is packed with features that make it a great choice for both practicing and performing. The acoustic drum feel and very low pad noise make it the perfect drum kit for practicing at home. [More]

With great timing to coincide with Cliff Richard and The Shadows own 50th Anniversary tour, Berkshire Shadows club has organised a gig for Children in Need day, Friday 20th November at Loddon Valley Leisure Centre in Earley near Reading. [More]

A Blog from Chris Wright: Saturday 26th September gave me one of the best musical experiences of my life when I went to see Cliff Richard and The Shadows perform as part of their 50th Anniversary Tour at the O2 arena. [More]

A blog from Chris Wright. On September 24th my son Oz and I were privileged to go to an event called ‘The Sunflower Jam’, organised by Jacky Paice, wife of Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice and their family. [More]