Today is Stan Lynch’s 52nd birthday.<\/p>\n
Lynch was, of course, the long-time drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – and he has to be the most underrated American drummer in rock and roll history.<\/p>\n
Tom Petty:<\/p>\n
“Stan was a little younger than us. But he was a very good drummer and he was really conscientious, and he worked really hard. And he sang as well. He sang harmony. He was like our main harmony singer in the days before Howie [Epstein, the Heartbreakers’ long-time bassist, who died of an overdose a few years ago]. He was a powerhouse onstage. He reminded me sort of [like] Keith Moon in a way. He was so powerful I used to say he had this fifth gear that he could go into and just really make everything explode.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
A great, amazing drummer who ably split the difference between a Max Weinberg-like human metronome and a Keith Moon-ish powerhouse.\u00a0 Sort of an American John Bonham, without the drinking, drugs, and trashed hotels.<\/p>\n
Just saying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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