History of the Groove, Healing Drummer

An autobiographical and historical account of the evolution of Rock and Roll and Rhythm n Blues rhythms and its impact on our consciousness from an experienced drummer, teacher, producer, author, and artist.

Russell Buddy Helm was classically trained from the age of eight and has performed and recorded with many greats; Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Tim Buckley, Allman Brothers, Frank Zappa, Bethlehem Asylum, Mike Bloomfield, Kinky Friedman, Big Joe Turner, and many others. Also soundtracks for Ron Howard and other filmmakers. He wrote the Star Wars comic strips for George Lucas. He was also Post Production Supervisor for Dallas, Falconcrest, Knotts Landings, and other Lorimar television shows. Since 1987, he has been teaching drumming meditation in Santa Monica, California. He previously toured the US and Europe as a rock drummer in the Seventies then began touring again in 1990 across the US , Australia and Japan teaching healing drumming meditation to a growing number of people who are not always drummers but instinctively feel the desire to play a hand drum to experience healing grooves.

A classically trained musician since the age of eight, Russell Buddy Helm has toured and recorded with many great acts: Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Tim Buckley, Frank Zappa, Mike Bloomfield, Allman Brothers, Big Joe Turner, Bethlehem Asylum, Kinkie Friedman, and many others. Also Film and Television production with George Lucas as writer of the Star Wars Comic Strips, Polaroid Commercials with Jim Garner, soundtracks for Ron Howard and others. Then Post Production Supervisor at Lorimar for Dallas, Knotts Landing, Hunter, Falconcrest and others. He has focused on developing a healing drum therapy that he teaches in Santa Monica, California, across the US, Japan and Australia.