Is it true that the drums on some classic Rock & Roll performances were actually pizza boxes or guitar backs?
A. Stan created many of his microphone placement innovations working with early Rock & Roll artists like Eddie Cochran – who used tape boxes as drums on some recordings. On Buffalo Sprinfields classic For What Its Worth, Stan came up with the spare – yet – complex drum figure by wrapping one of the guitar necks in paper to emulate a snare drum/high hat combination.
