Banging the Drums Steadily
With Pistol Allen

As one of three Funk Brothers whose specialty was that instrument, Richard "Pistol" Allen joyfully beat the Motown music from his kit. The songs below would be much less propulsive, pleasurable, and creepy without his four-on-the-floor timekeeping, shuffling, or tom-tom-imitating.

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Banging the Drums Steadily With Pistol Allen