Buddy Gilmore

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Buddy Gilmore, sometimes spelled Buddie Gilmore, (born 1880) was a jazz drummer. [1] He deployed a greatly expanded drum kit as part of his vaudeville performances and was a showman as part of popular orchestras. [2] The Prince of Wales took lessons from him and performed with him. [3]

He was born in North Carolina.

Victor Talking Machine Company recorded him as part of the Europe's Society Orchestra performing "Castle House Rag". [4]

The Whitney Museum of American Art has a photograph of him. [5] John Gutmann painted a portrait of him in 1925. [6]

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