I went to the basketball game with my old friend Kevin Barry last week and somehow conversation landed on this band, Rare Earth. He had friends that grew up with them in Detroit. I told him that I always loved them too, the best white Motown band and definitely underappreciated.
The drummer Peter Rivera aka Peter Hoorelbeke was both an incredible player and vocalist.
Coincidentally the next day I was reading an interview with guitarist Skunk Baxter and they asked him who his favorite drummer was all time. You might think Gadd, or Mitch Mitchell, Porcaro, Bonham or Peart. Nope. Who was the first guy he mentioned?
Peter Rivera.
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