INTERVIEW: DETROIT DRUM DREAMS (VIDEO)
- May 2, 2016
- 1 min read
Daru Jones discusses his drumming evolution: cutting his teeth in the church band as a young child to currently recording cutting-edge chops and touring with Jack White. Follow Daru’s “Yellow Brick Road,” as he journeys thru influential Michigan music legends, spanning from gospel classics to hip hop prime ministers via Detroit Drum Dreams: and original, reality-based web series.
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