Clem Burke's beat

The Blondie drummer's other big band

Clem Burke, the 70-year-old drummer in Blondie, died of cancer this week. The NYT obit is here. There’s a great 2022 interview with him for Tidal here.

There aren’t many drummers of the new wave era who are almost as well known as their band’s singer. In fact, are there any? Even I, a huge Talking Heads fan, have to think for a split second to come up wi…