The Most Influential Drummers of All Time

Carter Beauford (the Dave Matthews Band)

DMB should be called the Carter Beauford Band because he completely owns pretty much all of their songs. DMB would be nothing without Beauford, no offense to Dave Matthews, he’s a great songwriter, but DMB without Beauford would have never left the ground. Also, Buford set a Guinness World Record for having the largest touring drum set in music history in the early '90s. 

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The More You Know

  • Dolly Parton once entered a drag queen celebrity impersonator contest AS HERSELF and lost.
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd is named after a high school teacher, Leonard Skinner, who suspended students for having long hair.
  • Chuck Berry, the Godfather of Rock ‘n’ Roll, originally only performed music to buy photography equipment to support his aspirations of becoming a professional photographer.
  • Eric Clapton wrote “Layla” with the intention to steal George Harrison’s wife.
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