More from the Deerhead Inn (photos?) (Paul’s drums?)

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I just picked up the Keith Jarrett (with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian) album “The Old Country-More from the Deerhead Inn” and I was thinking that I’ve never seen any photos of this gig. I guess 1994 (when it was recorded) was before the heyday of iPhone cameras and even if they were in use Jarrett was a notorious stickler for certain protocols. This leads to the ultimate question of what drums (and cymbals) was Paul using. He didn’t like to use his own drums if he didn’t have to so…?
 
I’ve also been back down the Deer Head Inn rabbit hole after hearing The Old Country release. An outstanding recording, Paul and Keith are really something together. I had to preorder the vinyl box set as soon as it was announced, and I’ve been driving my wife crazy playing it in the car lately.
Gear wise, the cymbals are for sure his old A and an SCDR. The Deer Head Inn isn’t that far away from NYC so it’s plausible that it’s his natural maple Gretsch Kit on there but not 100%. It does sound like the snare is his Gretsch 8x14 to me.
 
That first Deerhead is one of my very favorite recordings so I'm going to have to jump on this second disc. Thanks for the reminder!
 
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The drums belonged to the record producer Bill Goodwin. Still doesn’t identify the brand or the cymbals .

Not many people knew about the Deer Head then,” said drummer Bill Goodwin, who produced both albums. A Los Angeles native, Goodwin moved his family to the Poconos in 1970, the year he and Jarrett — a friend since 1966 — toured and recorded with Gary Burton. Goodwin recalled a picnic at Jarrett’s nearby home in western New Jersey, where Chris Solliday (Jarrett’s piano tuner) and his wife Dona (the daughter of original Deer Head proprietors Bob and Fay Lehr, and Jarrett’s friend since both were young) revealed that they’d purchased the business from her parents. Soon thereafter, Jarrett told Goodwin his plan to perform a benefit for the Deer Head, and asked if Motian could use his drums. Goodwin agreed, and asked Jarrett to allow him and Kent Heckman, owner of nearby Red Rock Studios, to document the evening. “As long as you don’t get in our way,” Jarrett said.
 
Love love love that first record.

Buying old country NOW
 
pork said:
Bill Goodwin…now there’s a drummer not mentioned often enough.
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Agree. I've met Bill many times. He was Phil Woods brother-in-law. Phil married Jill Goodwin. I was at The Showboat Lounge in Silver Spring, MD in 1976 when The Phil Woods Six Live from The Showboat was recorded. This was the first time I heard Bill Goodwin. I can't count the times I've seen Phil, Steve Gilmore and Bill Goodwin together. There were many times at The Deer Head Inn. I did shots of bourbon and took a drum lesson with Bill on stage during a break. I sat with Phil's family while they were playing, and when I said Phil was a legend, his wife said, "In his own mind." I was at The Deer Head for Phil's final recording. In fact, I got there very early. I was walking around the building, and I heard music coming from inside and saw them through the window. I walked around back and went in through the back stairwell to take a peek. I had seen them so many times they knew who I was. Goodwin waved me in and said hello, then told me to just sit at the bar and keep quiet. Watching them put the evening's act together was better than the actual show. Fantastic memories.
 
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pork said:
Bill Goodwin…now there’s a drummer not mentioned often enough.
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No doubt. The Phil Woods Quintet records with Goodwin, Galper, Harrell, and Gilmore are among the best straight ahead jazz recordings of the era.

I saw them at the Jazz Estate (or was it The Oasis?) in Milwaukee in about, oh, maybe 1990. The whole place holds about 80 people. What a show.
 
Brushup said:
The drums belonged to the record producer Bill Goodwin. Still doesn’t identify the brand or the cymbals .

Not many people knew about the Deer Head then,” said drummer Bill Goodwin, who produced both albums. A Los Angeles native, Goodwin moved his family to the Poconos in 1970, the year he and Jarrett — a friend since 1966 — toured and recorded with Gary Burton. Goodwin recalled a picnic at Jarrett’s nearby home in western New Jersey, where Chris Solliday (Jarrett’s piano tuner) and his wife Dona (the daughter of original Deer Head proprietors Bob and Fay Lehr, and Jarrett’s friend since both were young) revealed that they’d purchased the business from her parents. Soon thereafter, Jarrett told Goodwin his plan to perform a benefit for the Deer Head, and asked if Motian could use his drums. Goodwin agreed, and asked Jarrett to allow him and Kent Heckman, owner of nearby Red Rock Studios, to document the evening. “As long as you don’t get in our way,” Jarrett said.
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If I'm not mistaken, Bill Goodwin's drums were/are 18/12/14 Slingerlands with a Ludwig 402.
 
I’m pretty sure these are the drums that Bill Goodwin used for many years. I downloaded the photos from a drum repair site. Bogart drum repair. They repaired the bass drum. 12x20 bd, 8x12 and 14x14.
 

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multijd said:
I’m pretty sure these are the drums that Bill Goodwin used for many years. I downloaded the photos from a drum repair site. Bogart drum repair. They repaired the bass drum. 12x20 bd, 8x12 and 14x14.
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Nice that they fixed that hole (nasty!), but too bad they scraped off all the grease, er patina!
 
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