Peter James (Part 2) - Drumming behind the legends of stage and screen
Season 2, Episode 2, Mar 09, 2022, 04:45 PM
The second part of our conversation with Pete James where he continues telling us about his career after The Blackjacks. Hear about what it was like working the clubs in Wales, backing the best artists and performers of the day including Alan Randall, Freddie Starr, Bob Monkhouse, Ricky Valence, Alf Garnett and Max Wall.
Pete also talks about how he started collecting Ludwig drums, ending up with about 60s kits at one point, and talks us through some of his favourite ones.
There are some great tales in this episodes and Pete give us a unique Welsh prospective of what life was like for a professional musician in Wales from the 1970s.
You can see and hear Pete playing here: