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Article Title:	People!: Drummer and songwriter Denny Fridkin recounts his life in music
Author of reported comment:	Bobby Jackson
Comment Date:	07:38 on Sep 17 2009
Comment:	I have a comment for Dennis Fridkin. So, you are the composer and drummer on the song "Apple Cider." I still have that 45 RPM record, and in 1968, I played it for my friend and fellow aspiring drummer Tommy Aldridge when we both lived in Jackson Mississippi. We were hip to the Cream and the Who, but that song was a milestone event for us as it was the first song we had ever heard on the radio that had the two bass drums doing 16th notes, even if briefly. We both flipped over it. We immediately combined our drum sets in my garage and set out to master that beat, and Tommy soon thereafter got his first double-bass drum kit. And, as they say, the rest is history. Tommy has gone on to distinguish himself as a paragon and exemplar of double-bass drumming, and is famous for it all around the world, playing drums with Pat Travers, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, etc. So, Denny, look what you unleashed! And it all started with "(I know a girl with lips like) Apple Cider." I just thought you might like to know this little anecdote from a fan, and what an influence you were on the drumming world. -- Bobby in Atlanta

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