Nick Lauro: #Drummer #Writer #Dreamer #Fool!
Philosophical thoughts about life from Nick Lauro
On 14 November 2013, I lost a very special person from my musical family. Steve Brown was my long-serving partner in our band’s rhythm section, with a solid working relationship lasting 6 years. If it wasn’t for ill health, we would have had Continue reading “Steve Brown, 1954-2013”
I’ve let my children down; yes, it’s as simple and as brutal as that. “How?” you may ask. Let me explain…
Watching the recent Russell Brand/Jeremy Paxman interview, I realised just how far my generation have slipped into the trappings and comforts Continue reading “Letting Down Our Children”
Kids hey? Who’d ‘ave ‘em?
It all starts when you bring them home as new-born babes, cocooned in their layers of blankets, fresh out of a watery womb-world, launched naked into the unknown. At this point in time, as a new parent, you pretty much have carte-blanche control over what your precious cargo are exposed to. Essentially, they belong to you. The reality is, they are only ever on loan.
As your growing bundle of joy lies immobile on his/her back, staring up at you from the Fisher Price baby gym, just able to focus past the hanging shapes they naturally try to discover, your thoughts can easily Continue reading “Bereavement Without Death”
The following article about the death of Liverpool drummer Red Carter, is one I was asked to write for the website of Liverpool drum shop, ADC Drums.
Any drummer in the Liverpool/Wirral area who grew up in the 70’s and 80’s will be familiar with the name Red Carter, as being the numero uno drum teacher in the locality. If you were a self-taught drummer who had reached a brick wall in your playing and wanted Continue reading “Goodbye To My First Tutor, Red Carter”
