“You are the drum; we are the drum.”
When I saw Olatunji and his drums of passion perform before the Dead at Telluride, it made a lasting impression. Large drums, bigger than anything I had seen before, and played with as much passion as any live performance I’ve seen.
I saw Olatunji at RPI (Rensselaer) many years ago (around 1974 or so) — it was a phenomenal show that lingers in my mind and ears until this day. It was the root of my interest in Taiko which is hypnotic in its own right. For Taiko, try to see Eitetsu Hayashi, especially his incredible show “The Flight of Wingless Birds.”
oops … the actual title of Hayashi’s piece is “The Wings of Flightless Birds”