After a decade adrift, the Muffs have gotten their melodic pop groove back. Frontwoman Kim Shattuck has reunited with longtime backing members Ronnie Barnett (bass) and Roy McDonald (drums) for Whoop Dee Doo (Cherry Red/Burger). The Los Angeles-based trio will also be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand-new feature on the band.
McDonald: Bobby Gregg is one of the great unsung drummers in the history of rock. His playing on Bob Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited is sheer perfection. Gregg had a laid-back, behind-the-beat style that worked perfectly on songs such as “Ballad Of A Thin Man” and “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues.” Outside of overdubbing the drums on to the acoustic version of Simon And Garfunkel’s “The Sounds Of Silence,” Gregg didn’t play on anything else particularly noteworthy. But his work with Dylan alone makes him one of the giants of rock drumming. It is, after all, his mighty snare hit that begins “Like A Rolling Stone.” The shot heard around the world, indeed.
