“When singing songs, my background as a drummer certainly helped me when I was composing. When I’d start from scratch to compose a song, the first thing I’d work to was a beat. An example…would be “Juke Box Hero” because it starts out very dark and dirgey on a rhythmic level, but …then the tempo really picks up…That’s an example of a song where I came at it with a rhythmic impulse.” - Lou Gramm
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“When singing songs, my background as a drummer certainly helped me when I was composing. When I’d start from scratch to compose a song, the first thing I’d work to was a beat. An example…would be “Juke Box Hero” because it starts out very dark and dirgey on a rhythmic level, but …then the tempo really picks up…That’s an example of a song where I came at it with a rhythmic impulse.” - Lou Gramm
(Photos from the 1981 ‘4’ World Tour)
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