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One that really caught me was Joe Morello. He was the first drummer I ever saw that could do a roll with one hand. He would turn his hand over and use his fingertips to get the stick bouncing. He could sit there with his right hand doing stuff on the cymbals and tom-toms while he was doing a roll with his left on the snare drum.
— Butch Trucks
Tags: sit, drummer, doing, me

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Once we started headlining at the Fillmore East, we were free to play all night, at least for the second set. 'Whipping Post' could get lengthy.
— Butch Trucks
Tags: get, play, free, night
'Enlightened Rogues' we made like the earlier ones: whatever tune came up, whatever direction it went in, that's the way it went. That's what we'll always do. I think if we ever stop doin' that, we ought to quit.
— Butch Trucks
Tags: always, way, stop, think
We were either listening to jazz or Robert Johnson, the old blues man, but not to our peers.
— Butch Trucks
Tags: blues, jazz, listening, man
We never thought that we would be more than an opening act.
— Butch Trucks
Tags: than, opening, more, never
Back when Napster first came along, I started telling everybody Napster was like shooting yourself in the foot because you're stealing music. The record companies don't pay for us to make records - the bands do.
— Butch Trucks
Tags: like, yourself, you, music
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