THE DRUMMER, USA (Pennsylvania)

     First called DISTANT DRUMMER, this was a 1960s counterculture underground newspaper published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from November 1967 to July 1979. It changed titles several: from October 2, 1970 to August 12, 1971 (issues no. 105–151) it was THURSDAY'S DRUMMER, then FREE DRUMMER, and subsequently it was known simply as THE DRUMMER until its demise in 1979, after a run of 568 issues. It was a member of the Underground Press Syndicate and also used material from the Liberation News Service.
     Printed in a tabloid format, initially as a biweekly, it appeared on a weekly basis starting in January 1969. It was founded and edited by Don DeMaio, a former Penn State journalism major and Newsday employee.

Thank you to Eric Galzi.

6 April 1972. 'The Bob Dylan Issue': interview with Anthony Scaduto, review of THE CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH movie, AJ Webermann joins forces with David Peel in the Rock Liberation Front: free concerts, "No rock star has ever paid to see his audience".

#420, 28 September 1976

#499, 11 April 1978

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