Sunday, May 26, 2013

Ed Shaughnessy, R. I. P.

'Tonight Show' Drummer Ed Shaughnessy Dies at 84 - The Hollywood Reporter: Ed Shaughnessy, a longtime drummer for The Tonight Show band, died at age 84 of a heart attack while at home Friday in Calabasas, Calif., the Los Angeles Times reports.

The jazz drummer played in Doc Severinsen's band from 1963 to 1992. Shaughnessy performed drums for artists as varied as Aretha Franklin, Johnny Cash, and Oscar Peterson, the Percussive Arts Society noted in a hall of fame profile.

Hat tip to Doc Quatermass.

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