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Let There Be Drums!

It came fromthe slave trade, and everybody picked up on it because thesewere the power...

[pitched drums playing] It came from
the slave trade, and everybody picked up on it because these
were the power rhythms

Full Transcript

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[pitched drums playing]
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It came from the slave trade,
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and everybody picked up on it
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because these were the power rhythms.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:50
Uploaded
Mar 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, music
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

"Let There Be Drums!" examines the personal struggles that so many musicians and their families have faced, the nature of how music passes from generation to generation, and the essential role that drumming plays in human life.
And that's what it was originally used for, - Let There Be Drums! 00:06
And that's what it was originally used for,
[music] - Let There Be Drums! 00:17
[music]
And it kind of does something to the brain cells. - Let There Be Drums! 00:05
And it kind of does something to the brain cells.
And that's the magic. That's the mystery. - Let There Be Drums! 00:05
And that's the magic. That's the mystery.
And then you think-- well, I mean, like I say, - Let There Be Drums! 00:09
And then you think-- well, I mean, like I say,
And that's my point as a drummer from Africa - Let There Be Drums! 00:07
And that's my point as a drummer from Africa
- Exactly. - Stoner boys, - Let There Be Drums! 00:05
- Exactly. - Stoner boys,
They weren't just a "boom-cha, boom-cha." - Let There Be Drums! 00:06
They weren't just a "boom-cha, boom-cha."
I call myself a four-sided schizophrenic, - Let There Be Drums! 00:09
I call myself a four-sided schizophrenic,
You have to be able-- it's more than patting your head - Let There Be Drums! 00:06
You have to be able-- it's more than patting your head
When you get that down in music, - Let There Be Drums! 00:07
When you get that down in music,
And that is really fine, 'cause you sit back there, - Let There Be Drums! 00:06
And that is really fine, 'cause you sit back there,
[music] - Let There Be Drums! 00:13
[music]
And Jerry calls me and says, "Hey, you wanna be in a band?" - Let There Be Drums! 00:07
And Jerry calls me and says, "Hey, you wanna be in a ba...
[Jerry] So, I talked to him, and he was-- - Let There Be Drums! 00:08
[Jerry] So, I talked to him, and he was--
He was just like... [speaking gibberish] - Let There Be Drums! 00:09
He was just like... [speaking gibberish]
For something about this guy, - Let There Be Drums! 00:08
For something about this guy,
I didn't realize what a truly strange person he was - Let There Be Drums! 00:06
I didn't realize what a truly strange person he was
Then that was a whole other-- - Let There Be Drums! 00:05
Then that was a whole other--
You know why? 'Cause every time - Let There Be Drums! 00:15
You know why? 'Cause every time