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Times Remembered: James Blades: Part 1

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Chris Dunkley talks to James Blades.
James Blades started his drumming career in a circus. Now - theoretically retired - he still lectures on percussion at the Royal Academy of Music. He recalls some of the events including accompanying silent movies, drumming in the great dance bands of the 1920s and 1930s, and playing percussion for the London Symphony Orchestra.
(James Blades's letter: page 58)

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Interviewer:
Chris Dunkley
Interviewee:
James Blades
Director:
Jenny Barraclough
Producer:
Ivor Dunkerton
Source: Radio Times

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