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Bobby Previte’s first stage appearance came in 1956 at the Niagara Falls Community Talent Show where, dressed in an over-sized suit, and slinging a guitar, he belted out a solo rendition of Elvis’ hit, “Hound Dog.” Figuring music was a great way to get girls, at thirteen he fashioned his first set out of a rusted iron garbage can turned on its side (the bass drum), two pieces of linoleum crimped together, stuck through with a wire coat-hanger, wound into a spring and crowned with a rubber ball (the kick pedal), four upside-down rubber trash bins (the toms), a box with loose junk rattling around inside (the snare), and three plungers with aluminum pie plates nailed on top (the cymbals), set them up in his basement, and practiced for months on end with a lone spotlight shining on him. When the band he was in finally got a job, he was fired for not having ‘real’ drums. Vowing to go it alone, he got a paper route, bought his first set, a 1965 Rogers Holiday model in blue sparkle, fell in love with the sound, and never looked back. Traveling the world, he has sat behind the drums in a prodigious array of venues,from the Palace Burlesque House in Buffalo, N.Y. to Gloria’s Corral Club in the Kentucky backwoods, to Carnegie Hall, South America, Europe, Russia, Japan, Australia, and back. One fine afternoon in 1968, while walking in the west village, he spotted Jimi Hendrix stopped in a limo, quickly unfurled the life-sized poster of Jimi he happened to have just bought, and then looked on in astonishment as Jimi smiled and flashed him the peace sign. The rest, as they say, is noise.

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Title	Ensemble Type	Composed	Duration	Media
TOPS OF TREES	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble		00:00:00
PAN ATLANTIC	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2009	00:00:00
110	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2009	00:00:00
SET THE ALARM FOR MONDAY	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2008	00:00:00
THE SEPARATION	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2007	00:00:00
ALTITUDE	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2007	00:00:00
THE COALITION OF THE WILLING	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2006	00:00:00
LONGITUDE	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2005	00:00:00
LATITUDE	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2004	00:00:00
COME IN RED DOG, THIS IS TANGO LEADER	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2003	00:00:00
COUNTERCLOCKWISE	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2003	00:00:00
JUST ADD WATER	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2002	00:00:00
THE 23 CONSTELLATIONS OF JOAN MIRÓ	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2002	00:00:00
MAZE	Unspecified Instrument(s)	2000	00:00:00
DANGEROUS RIP	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1998	00:00:00
MY MAN IN SYDNEY	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1997	00:00:00
TOO CLOSE TO THE POLE	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1996	00:00:00
HUE AND CRY	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1994	00:00:00
SLAY THE SUITORS	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1994	00:00:00
OCTAGON	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1994	00:00:00
WEIRD NIGHTMARE:MEDITATIONS ON MINGUS	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1993	00:00:00
POLKA DOTS AND MOONBEAMS	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1992	00:00:00
FIRST PROGRAM IN STANDARD TIME	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1992	00:00:00
THE MUSIC OF THE MOSCOW CIRCUS	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1991	00:00:00
WEATHER CLEAR, TRACK FAST	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1991	00:00:00
CORPORATE ART	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1991	00:00:00
EMPTY SUITS	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1990	00:00:00
RELACHE	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1989	00:00:00
BRING YR CAMERA	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1989	00:00:00
CLAUDE’S LATE MORNING	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1988	00:00:00
THIS NEW GENERATION	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1988	00:00:00
HALLWALLS	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1987	00:00:00
PUSHING THE ENVELOPE	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1987	00:00:00
DULL BANG, GUSHING SOUND, HUMAN SHRIEK, and the film, BOUGHT and SOLD	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1987	00:00:00
from the film, BRUTAL ARDOR	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1987	00:00:00
CHAIN LETTERS	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1985	00:00:00
BUMP THE RENAISSANCE	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1985	00:00:00
SEVEN CIRCLES	Keyboard	1983	00:00:00
AN AUTUMN MORNING	Orchestra	1981	00:00:00
PULL TO OPEN	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1979	00:00:00

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