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Cronkite: A Cool Drummer, Too

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(Newser) – Yeah, he was the most trusted man in America and all that, but Boing Boing points out a different reason we're going to miss Walter Cronkite: The man had rhythm. "True fact, Walter Cronkite was a hot drummer," the site quotes John Perry Barlow, the Grateful Dead lyricist, as tweeting. "Once saw him play with Mickey Hart, Mike Gordon, & Mutatator." Click on the link below to get to the video. Cronkite makes an appearance about halfway in, next to Phish's Gordon.

Walter Cronkite, in 2005.
Walter Cronkite, in 2005.   (AP Photo/Arizona State University by Scott Troyanos.)
Walter Cronkite testifies before a Senate sub-committee on freedom of the press in 1971.
Walter Cronkite testifies before a Senate sub-committee on freedom of the press in 1971.   (AP Photo/File)
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DJM420
Jul 18, 09 11:26 AM CDT
preempting the freaks for laughs: liberal facist! Reply
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Jul 18, 09 12:52 PM CDT
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TerrifiedCitizen
Jul 18, 09 12:20 PM CDT
Anyone who can feel the rhythm is okay with me. Reply
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Mad
Jul 18, 09 5:38 PM CDT
Brother Walter, laying down some boss licks! (Check out the video: Righteous) Reply
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ed_faunce
Jul 18, 09 6:41 PM CDT
Check out Cronkite's expose on "The Disastrous Drug War", Walter was a true progressive in all the sense of that word. We should all be more like him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfZgzTpZFac&feature=related Reply
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