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Extended Analysis

Tad Britton: Black Hills

by Jason West
July 23, 2007

Tad Britton Black Hills Origin Records 2007

It's unanimous. Of the 8 cuts on Black Hills - the debut release from a Seattle jazz trio featuring pianist Marc Seales, acoustic bassist Jeff Johnson, and drummer/bandleader Tad Britton - the overwhelming favorite is “Fire and Rain. This according to the latest VIP friends and family listening/focus group sponsored by Mr. Britton and Origin Records. Turns out Tad's lads back in his hometown of ...

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Interview

Tad Britton: The Coolest Thing in the World

by Jason West
November 17, 2005

In a recurring nightmare Dracula climbs a tree adjacent to Tad's bedroom window. Each moment in the dead of night brings the vampire closer until the boy, seized with terror, jumps out of bed, clutches his drumsticks, runs to the window and hurls his two wooden stakes at the Prince of Darkness.

Tad Britton's drumsticks saved him from Dracula, the Werewolf and the Mummy. They also succeeded in warding off the evils of growing up in Sturgis, South Dakota (pop. ...