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From Melinda Moulton:
Jeff Salisbury taught drumset at the University of Vermont and was the vice-President of the Vermont Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society. He served as artistic advisor for the Discover Jazz Festival. Jeff played for the Albert King Blues Band and Cold Blood in the late 1960's. He has performed with B.B. King, Chuck Berry, and Bo Diddley and many other artists in R & B and Jazz. He performed with James Harvey, Pure Pressure, and the Sklar/Grippo sextet. He has studied with George Marsh, Bob Moses, and Pete Magadina and is a Drum Workshop drumset artist.
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A
A
B
Well,
there
you
go
well,
you
look.
Terrific
and
I
really
appreciate
you
being
on
my
show,
I'm
excited
to
share
with
my
viewers,
your
life
and
your
career.
So
let
me
tell
my
viewers
a
little
bit
about
you,
Jeff
Salisbury
teached
drum
set
at
the
University
of
Vermont
and
was
the
vice
president
of
the
Vermont
chapter
of
the
percussive
arts
society.
B
He
served
as
an
artistic
advisor
for
the
Discover
Jazz
Festival
Jeff
has
played
for
the
Albert
King
blues
band
and
cold
blood
in
the
late
1960s
and
he
has
performed
with
Chuck
Berry
and
Bo
Diddley
and
many
other
artists
in
the
r
b
and
Jazz
he
performed
with
James
Harvey
peer
pressure
and
and
the
scalar
Grupo
Sexton.
He
has
studied
with
George
Marsh,
Bob,
Moses
and
Pete
magadini
and
is
a
drum
Workshop
drum
set
artist.
B
A
A
It
was
very
good
for
me
because
I
was
spinning
my
wheels
at
the
age
of
14
and
not
knowing
anything
to
do
except
vandalize
and
shoplift
and,
like
those
you
know,
sort
of
middle
school
activities.
So
moving
to
San
Antonio
was
excellent.
My
brother
and
I
were
walking
along
our
street,
not
knowing
anyone
and
heard
live
music
coming
from
a
house.
We
sort
of
camped
out
in
the
yard
and
the
people
came
out
and
invited
us
to
come
in
and
it
turned
out.
A
Kenny
Edwards
the
guitar
player
called
me
up
one
day
and
said:
how
would
you
like
to
help
me
set
up
some
equipment
for
this
band?
That's
coming
to
the
team
Fair,
and
this
is
June
of
1964
I,
said
well.
What
band
is
it
some
band
from
England
called
The
Rolling
Stones,
so
we
got
some
equipment
from
Caldwell
music.
We
took
it
out
to
the
Joe
Freeman
Coliseum.
The
livestock
exhibition
Hall
set
up
the
equipment
for
the
Rolling
Stones
and
they
came
in
and
we
saw
them.
A
We
saw
their
sound
check
and
in
between
the
sound
check
and
their
concert.
Bill
Wyman
was
just
sitting
on
the
stoop.
There
were
very
few
people
there.
I
was
poorly
promoted
and
poorly
attended,
but
Bill
Wyman
was
just
sitting
out
on
a
step
and
we
approached
him
and
told
him.
We
had
a
little
band
and
invited
us
back
into
the
dressing
room
which
was
in
the
livestock
Hall.
It's
not
like
a
big
fancy
thing,
and
so
Bobby
V
and
Diane
Renee
and
the
Rolling
Stones
were
all
in
the
dressing
room.
A
Bill
Wyman
borrowed
teeth,
Richard's
guitar
and
had
Kenny
sit
down
and
he
took
his
little
acoustic
electric
base
and
accompanied
Kenny,
and
they
played
a
little
Blues.
And
then
we
watched
their
concert
and
I
thought.
These
guys
are
doing
this
I
I
can
I
can
do
this.
This
is
what
I
want
to
do,
and
so
I've
been
doing
it
ever
since,
and
as
long
as
they're
still
rolling
I
guess
I
can
as
well,
and
that
was
a
true
sort
of
light
bulb
moment.
A
A
moment
of
inspiration
and
later
on
the
next
year
I
saw
James
Brown
1965..
It
was
totally
rearranged
my
mind,
and
shortly
thereafter,
I
saw
the
Dave
Brubeck
Quartet
and
all
these
shows
had
a
profound
influence
on
me
and
my
direction
played
in
high
school
concert.
Bands
and
the
last
high
school
I
went
to
at
a
Stage,
Band
and
I
played
with
them.
A
It
was
my
first
experience
playing
any
big
band
jazz
at
all
and
then
I
attended
the
University
of
Texas,
although
I
used
that
term
attended
very
lightly
and
I
discovered
pot
and
girls,
and
that
was
a
lethal
combination
for
the
academic
progress
and
so
I
was
on
Scholastic
probation
and
some
guys
different
guys
from
another
high
school
band
called
me
up
and
said:
hey
Jeff
we're
going
to
Hollywood
to
start
a
band.
You
want
to
come
and
it
was
perfect
timing
after
I
had
failed
out
of
the
University
of
Texas
in
the
first
semester.
A
So
we
went
to
Los
Angeles.
We
found
an
apartment
in
Hollywood
who
that
was
managed
by
a
guy
who
did
some
band
management
with
a
group
called
The
Brain
train,
which
became
the
clear
light
and
eventually
got
a
contract
with
Electra,
but
that's
sort
of
incidental.
We
got
a
singer
and
a
bass
player
and
a
manager
and
the
manager
got
us
a
job
at
gazari's
on
the
Sunset
Strip.
So
we
played
there
six
nights
a
week
and
it
was
just
launching
us
one.
One
time
this
guy
came
in,
he
was
listening
to
us.
A
He
called
me
over
in
a
break
and
said
you
should
be
playing
with
better
musicians.
Only
years
later,
when
I
was
reading,
his
obituary
did
I
discovered
that
that
was
Warren,
zevine
and
so
I
took
his
advice.
I
got
with
a
band
that
was
the
lead.
Singer
was
Lynn
Carey,
who
was
the
daughter
of
McDonald
Kerry,
whose
famous
actor
back
in
the
40s
and
was
the
voice
of
of
the
Days
of
Our
Lives.
A
Mr
King
wants
to
talk
to
you,
so
I
went
in
there
and
he
he
offered
me
a
job
with
his
band
and
shortly
thereafter,
I
went
on
the
road
for
eight
and
a
half
months
with
him,
and
that
was
really
my
music
school.
That
was
my
learning
experience.
My
sociological
realization
that
my
historical
perspective
on
the
United
States,
the
Southern
United
States
We.
A
We
played
a
lot
of
the
Psychedelic
circuit,
the
Fillmore
East
Fillmore
West
Carnegie
Hall,
the
Electric
Theater
in
Chicago,
the
Electric
Factory
in
Philadelphia,
the
Grandy
Ballroom
in
Detroit,
the
rock
pile
in
Toronto.
We
planned
some
festivals,
the
we
opened
up
for
Jim
Morrison
and
the
doors
and
in
Phoenix
the
night
that
he
got
arrested.
A
A
May
he
rest
in
peace
as
I
realize
that
there
are
only
three
of
us
who
are
in
that
show
who
are
still
alive
as
Rod
Stewart,
Ron,
Wood
and
myself
so
but
other
than
playing
in
the
Psychedelic
circuit.
We
toured
the
south
in
what's
referred
to
as
the
chitlin
circuit
and
played
Arkansas,
Mississippi,
Alabama,
Tennessee
and
I
got
to
see
what
people
the
conditions
that
that
African-American
people
had
to
endure
and
I
was
the
only
Caucasian
member
of
the
band
at
the
time.
B
A
A
But
that
was
a
great
learning
experience
for
me
and
that
Larry
Davis
and
Son
seals
and
got
a
chance
to
play
with
them.
Larry
Davis
is
the
person
who
wrote
Texas,
Flood,
Stevie
Ray
Vaughan
had
a
big
hit
from
that
sun.
Seals
of
course
went
to
Chicago
from
Arkansas
and
became
a
famous
Blues
person
in
Chicago
and
met
David
Porter,
a
great
songwriter
for
Stax
folk.
We
stayed
in
the
Lorraine
Motel,
which
was
Infamous.
A
B
A
A
Well,
as
I
say,
I
I
started
in
on
drum
set
when
I
was
15
at
those
Jam
sessions
across
the
road
from
us,
but
I
had
started
banging
on
a
drum,
because
my
brother
had
one
that
he
lost
interest
in
back
in
Indianapolis,
so
I
played
in
the
elementary
school
band
and
Orchestra
and
then
in
the
the
first.
You
know
what
high
schools
were
four
years
in
Indiana
and
three
years
in
San
Antonio.
A
B
A
A
Their
two-day
workshop
called
the
drums
that
Max
Roach
taught
32
drummers
together
in
a
barn
at
Omega,
and
that
was
a
life-changing
experience
and
my
teachers,
George
Marsh
and
Pete
magadini
as
well
and
Bob
Moses
is
is
something
else
is
an
alternative
sort
of
influence,
but
I'd
say
Jack
did
Jeanette
and
Alvin
Jones
Tony
Williams
these
fantastic
musicians
who
played
drums
for
for
jazz
groups
and
had
their
own
groups
as
well
and
I
mean
that's
musically.
Those
were
my
influences
for
sure.
So.
B
B
A
A
I
hate
to
call
her
a
housewife,
she
was,
she
was
really
much
more
than
that
and
she
went
to
work
after
after
kids
had
grown
of
course,
and
worked
for
various
governmental
agencies
and
went
back
to
college
and
got
degrees
Etc.
But
they
were
very
supportive
of
of
my
efforts
on
our
first
band.
We
would
have
rehearsals
at
our
house
and
the
other
parents
would
come
over
and
they
would
hang
out
while
we
practiced
and
and
they
no
they
were.
They
were
extremely
supportive
and
they
always
loved
music,
and
they
just
figured.
A
You
know
the
way
that
I
was
going
was
I
mean
they
had
some
worries
when
I
was
out
in
Hollywood.
They
didn't
hear
from
me
Etc
and,
of
course,
the
The
Selective
Service
had
a
lot
to
do
with
my
status
in
their
minds.
You
know
my
my
father
had
been
a
bomber
pilot
of
B-24
pilot
in
World,
War
II
had
been
shot
down
over
the
North
Sea
and
and
was
rescued
by
British
Navy,
and
you
know
so.
A
It
was
very
formative
experience
in
his
life
and
they
were
conservative
people
politically,
but
they
loved
music
and-
and
they
wanted
me
to
do
what
I
wanted
to
do,
which
perhaps
was
rare
back
then,
but
I
I
mean
they
did
urge
me
to
break
up
with
my
girlfriend
at
the
time
who
became
my
first
wife
but
and
come
back
to
come
back
to
Texas
and
go
back
to
school
and
I
said
no.
Sorry,
it's
not
working
for
me
and
they
were
so
they
were,
they
were
concerned,
but
they
were
also
very
supportive.
B
So
I
mean
you:
were
you
were
making
music
during
the
during
the
60s
during
the
60s
period,
the
60s
Revolution,
so
I'm
going
to
ask
you
that
question.
You
know
we,
our
generation
was
transformational
only
17
of
Our
Generation
was
part
of
the
hippie
movement.
So
how
do
you
feel
about
music
today
and
helping
to
change
the
world?
And
how
did
you
see
it
when
you
were
making
music
back
then?
B
A
Well,
when
I,
when
I
realized,
you
got
to
hear
Bob,
Dylan's
music
and
got
to
hear
Staple,
Singers
and
and
various
people
who
were
making
political
statements
through
their
music.
It
was
something
I
definitely
thought
about.
I
was
not
in
a
position
to
really
do
much
politically,
although
I
was
confronted
or
confronted
myself,
the
The
Selective
Service
System
with,
but
that's
a
whole
other
story
that
we
don't
need
to
put.
B
Out
well,
no
I
mean
that,
but
that's
an
important
Story
I
mean
because
all
a
lot
of
men,
your
age
were,
were
you
know
we're
facing
that
of
how
of
having
to
be
drafted
so
and
a
lot
of
our
friends
went
into
the
war
and
a
lot
of
them
didn't
come
back.
So,
let's
move
into
moving
to
Vermont,
because
a
lot
of
people
of
Our
Generation
came
to
Vermont
for
a
lot
of
reasons,
to
settle
down,
to
be
able
to
buy
some
land
to
Homestead
and
also
to
be
close
to
the
Canadian
border.
A
After
playing
with
Albert
I
moved
to
San
Francisco
area
to
San
Rafael
to
play
with
a
band
called
Cold
Blood,
which
was
like
a
white
Soul
band,
Lydia,
Pence
and
four-piece
horn,
section
organ
guitar,
bass,
drums
and
I
did
a
couple
of
tours
with
them,
but
then
I
was
goofing
around
I.
Suppose
my
my
first
wife
got
very
interested
in
a
place
which
you
may
have
heard
of
called
synonym
Foundation
and
she
loved
to
go
in
there
and
play
the
synonym
game,
which
was
attack
therapy
in
groups.
A
It
was
a
very
curious
concept,
so
one
day
she
came
home
and
I
was
in
between
bands
and
she
said
well
I'm
moving
into
synagogue
and
you
can
come
if
you
want
or
I'm
not
or
you
can
stay
and
I
just.
We
had
only
been
married
geez
less
than
a
year
and
she
was
intent
on
moving
into
this
place,
and
so
she
was
a
legal
secretary
at
the
time.
A
A
Smoking
hippie
I,
wasn't
any
IV
drug
user,
but
so
we
spent
a
year
and
a
half
in
there
and
I
would
say
that
the
best
thing
that
came
out
of
that
for
me
was
learning
how
to
verbally,
defend
myself
and
also
having
the
opportunity
to
play
with
some
of
the
great
jazz
players
who
were
in
there
for
their
addictions,
art,
pepper
and
Frank,
rehat
being
among
them.
I
played
with
a
40
voice,
gospel
choir.
A
That
was
conducted
by
Matt
beard,
who
you
may
remember
as
stymie
from
The
Little
Rascals,
and
we
we
stayed
there
for
a
year
and
a
half
until
we
were
sick
of
hearing
you're
such
an
and
as
soon
as
you
walk
out
of
here,
you're
going
to
be
falling
down
a
manhole
cover
and
you're
you're
never
going
to
make
it
in
blah
blah.
So
her
her
sister
and
her
brother-in-law
came
out
to
California.
A
They
had
been
living
in
Plattsburgh
well
around
Plattsburgh,
actually
at
a
place
called
Highland
community,
which
was
rather
Infamous
now
in
Paradox
New
York.
So
we
moved
from
Los
Angeles
to
Plattsburgh
New
York,
which
was
culture
shock
they're.
The
only
thing
there
was
the
Air
Force
Base
I
was
going.
Oh,
my
God.
Why
are
we
here?
I
was
there
for
about
two
weeks,
took
a
ferry
over
to
Vermont
and
saw
Burlington,
and
just
said
yes,
this?
This
is
where
we
should
be.
We
should
have.
How
are
you?
How
old
were
you?
A
A
Jettison
the
music
business
just
because
of
some
negative
experiences
that
I
had
and
also
because
of
the
the
synonym
Foundation
experience
and
so
I
was
studying.
Animal
science
at
UVM
and
I
was
milking
cows
for
UVM,
and
then
we
went
out
to
California.
We
came
back
and
had
milked
cows
at
Shelburne
Farms
and
worked
in
agriculture,
and
then
I
was
downtown
Burlington.
One
night
and
I
heard
this
group,
the
large
Duggan
quartet,
which
was
Lord
Duggan
and
Jack
Von
Baron
and
Howie
Mitchell
and
Paul
asbell
and
I
thought
wow.
A
There's
there's
actually
some
good
music
around.
Here
then
I
I
was
taken
down
to
a
club
on
Lower,
St,
Paul,
Street
I
think
it
was
the
Bluetooth,
so
I'm,
not
sure
I
heard
Kip
Baker
in
a
band
called
Anvil
and
I
thought
well,
yeah,
there's
some
hope
around
here,
and
so
anyway,
my
first
wife
and
I
were
eventually
not
getting
along
that
well
and
I.
Just
I
was
starting
to
play
out
a
little
bit
and
my
exit
now
said
to
me
well
Jeff.
B
B
And
she's
and
she
was
a
veterinarian,
which
sort
of
follows
up
with
what
your
father
was.
You
know
kind
of
your
father's
career,
it's
it's
right
and,
and
so
it's
been
a
long
and
enduring
beautiful
marriage
and
Michelle
Tullis
is
one
of
my
favorite
people
and
she's
done
so
much
in
the
in
the
world
of
animals.
Let's
move
on
to
today,
because
we're
coming
down
to
the
end
of
this
half
hour,
Jeff
talk
to
me
a
little
about
about
music
today
and
what
are
you
doing
today?
B
A
Now
I
play
with
an
old
buddy
of
yours,
Dennis
Wilmot,
every
Saturday
at
Red,
Square
I
play
with
Bob
standard
whenever
he
has
jobs,
which
are
usually
festive
occasions.
I
have
a
couple
of
different
versions
of
my
band
with
several
different
musicians:
Bob
Butterfield
Steve
Hirsch,
Ben,
Webber,
Tom,
Buckley,
Paul,
asbell,
Terry,
Yao,
Clyde
stats,
Chuck,
Eller
I
play
with
Tom
Caswell
blues
band.
Now
Tom
was
a
young
guitar
player
from
Britain,
and
so
we've
been
playing
around
and
playing
at
Jericho
Cafe
and
Tavern.
We
plant
Twigs
up
in
Saint
Albans.
A
We
played
car
dealerships
around
the
area,
we
play
special
occasions
and
we
were
about
to
do
some
more
recording
of
stuff,
so
I
practiced
I
try
to
maintain
my
skills
and
I
I'm,
not
really
teaching
I
I
would
teach
here
and
there,
but
I
love
the
Burlington
area
and
as
far
as
the
music
business
and
how
things
are
streaming
and
how
people
are
getting
paid.
I
still
make
about
the
same
money
I
made
when
I
was
18
to
20
years
old.
A
So
if
it
hadn't
been
for
teaching,
I
would
have
had
to
seek
an
alternative,
perhaps
milking
in
cows.
But
you
know
that's
a
really
lucrative
profession,
so
it
it's
a
difficult
time
for
for
young
people.
Now
you
used
to
be
able
to
start
a
band.
You
used
to
be
able
to
rent
an
apartment
for
150
bucks.
You
used
to
be
able
to
feed
yourself
for
sixty
dollars
a
week.
A
You
know
these
days
if
the
pay
hasn't
changed,
but
the
conditions
certainly
have
and
everything's
expanded
to
about
10
times
the
cost
that
it
was
when
we
were
young
and
I
really
feel
bad
for
people.
How
can
you
start
a
band?
How
can
you
keep
it
together
unless
you're
really
Savvy?
Technologically
all
that
stuff
is
passing
me
by
and
I
don't
try
to
keep
up
with
it,
but
kids
have
to
promote
themselves
online
and
have
to
have
a
steady
appearance,
and
you
know
with
our
society's
fixation
on
Celebrity.
A
A
That's
an
old
story
and
I'm
not
mentioning
any
names
around
here,
but
you
know
what
happens
and
the
the
misogyny
that
goes
on
in
the
music
business
is
tremendous
and
ongoing
and
yeah
I
I
feel
really
bad
for
people
who
are
what
age
I
was
when
I
just
lucked
out
and
was
able
to
go
on
the
road
and
was
able
to
play
with
these
various
people.
But
that
stuff
I,
don't
I,
know
that
that
can
really
happen
with
the
situation.
These
days.
B
A
B
B
B
I
was
like
well,
this
is
the
end
you
know
I'm
walking,
but
that
that
will
never
happen.
So
listen,
Jeff,
Salisbury.
What
a
talent
I
think
you
should
write
a
history
book
on
or
write
your
Memoir
and
with
all
your
incredible
stories,
because
young
people
have
to
hear
hear
your
stories:
they're,
beautiful,
they're,
profound
they're,
hopeful
and
I
think
they're
inspirational
for
our
young
people.