The Camco Drum Company was originally a drum

Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...

 hardware manufacturer. The company did not begin producing drums until after a hostile takeover of the George H. Way drum company.

In 1977, Drum Workshop

Drum Workshop

Drum Workshop is a drum and hardware manufacturing company based in Oxnard, California. Their slogan is "The Drummer's Choice".-History:...

 (DW) and Hoshino Gakki

Hoshino Gakki

is the owner of the Ibanez guitar and Tama drums brand names.-History:The Hoshino company was founded in 1908 by Matsujiro Hoshino originally as the Hoshino Shoten bookstore which mostly sold books and sheet music and then gradually over the years also began to import musical instruments into...

 (the parent company of Tama Drums) jointly purchased Camco's assets. DW would receive Camco's inventory and manufacturing equipment, while Tama would receive the Camco name, the original design blueprints, and engineering rights.

In the 1975 Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...

 concert film "Welcome To My Nightmare

Welcome to My Nightmare (film)

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" Alice's drummer Pentti "Whitey" Glan

Pentti Glan

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 plays a white lacquer finish double bass "Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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" era Camco drum kit. This set was interesting as both bass drums were set up horizontally, like floor tom

Floor tom

A floor tom is a double-headed tom-tom drum which usually stands on the floor on three legs. However, they can also be attached to a cymbal stand with a drum clamp....

s.

Dennis Wilson

Dennis Wilson

Dennis Carl Wilson was an American rock and roll musician best known as a founding member and the drummer of The Beach Boys. He was a member of the group from its formation until his death in 1983...

 of the Beach Boys was a notable Camco player as well as Doug Clifford

Doug Clifford

Doug "Cosmo" Clifford played drums in the American rock band, Creedence Clearwater Revival...

 of Creedence Clearwater Revival

Creedence Clearwater Revival

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The legendary Jim Gordon

Jim Gordon (musician)

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 who played as a top session drummer during the late 60's and early 80's period (with John Lennon

John Lennon

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, George Harrison

George Harrison

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, Steve Winwood

Steve Winwood

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's Traffic

Traffic

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, Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton

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's Derek & the Dominos, Carly Simon

Carly Simon

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, Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

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, Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne

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 and a large number of high level musicians and projects) used to play a Walnut Stain finish Camco drum kit. As did Mike Botts

Mike Botts

Michael G. Botts was the drummer of 1970s soft rock band Bread and a studio musician.Born in Oakland, California, Botts grew up in nearby Antioch before moving to Sacramento. While in college, he began playing with a band called The Travellers Three and working as a studio musician...

 (Bread

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).