I wonder if this is when Dad first set up this drum kit. From my point of view, this is the only kit my dad has ever owned. Its wood veneer is warm and worn, always here, steady and holding the bands together in the studio here on Song Farm. I found a piece of tin in our scraps that Dad had jaggedly cut, and already had a hole in it to attach, as a symbol of symbol in this painting. We used my brother’s “Nibbler” to cut out the oval shape and I painted it to blend in.
In the original image, my dad is conveniently surrounded by plywood walls. The salvaged piece of wood I used had a bit of black spray paint on it from a past project, probably my dad spraying speaker boxes and stands.
Sitting on his throne at his kit was definitely my dad’s happiest of places.
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