on drums

idiom

: playing the drums
That was Miles Davis on trumpet and Max Roach on drums.

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The tour was to have featured all three original members — Setzer on guitar and vocals, Lee Rocker on upright bass and vocals, and Slim Jim Phantom on drums and vocals. Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025 The Kiszka brothers, who make up Greta Van Fleet with sibling Josh on vocals and Danny Wagner on drums, strike their best bar-band poses onstage at the Pony, and even have a speaking line outside on the Asbury Park sidewalk following a gig. Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2025 People beat on drums and toddlers banged on kitchen pans with utensils. Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025 Questlove on drums, Pino Palladino on bass, Saadiq dropping in, Roy Hargrove tracing trumpet lines through the ether. Marcus J. Moore, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for on drums

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“On drums.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20drums. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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