Ron Bushy
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Ron Bushy is the drum
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

mer of the rock band Iron Butterfly
Iron Butterfly
Iron Butterfly is a US psychedelic rock band best known for the 1968 hit "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".Their heyday was the late 1960s, but the band has been reincarnated with various members. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is the 31st best-selling album in the world, selling more than 25 million copies.-History:The...

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He was born in Washington, D.C. on December 23, 1945. He grew up in a military family, living in approximately 34 states during his youth. He first learned to play the drums when he was in the sixth grade.

He is a writer and is highly respected for his lengthy drum solo in "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," with his primal drum patterns, that set the standard for generations of rock drummers. Ron is also highly skilled in the graphic arts and has created most of the logos and artwork as seen on the Iron Butterfly
Iron Butterfly
Iron Butterfly is a US psychedelic rock band best known for the 1968 hit "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".Their heyday was the late 1960s, but the band has been reincarnated with various members. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is the 31st best-selling album in the world, selling more than 25 million copies.-History:The...

 merchandise and advertising.

Other bands

Magic: 1977 to 1978 rock band with drummer Ron Bushy, drummer Walter Kibbey, guitarist/vocalist Ron "Rocket" Ritchotte, former Iron Butterfly members bass player/vocalist Philip Taylor Kramer and keyboardist/vocalist Bill DeMartines.

Gold: 1978 to 1980 rock band with drummer Ron Bushy, guitarist/vocalist Ron "Rocket" Ritchotte whose spot was filled later by guitarist/vocalist Stuart Young, lead vocalist/guitarist John Koehring and former Iron Butterfly bass player/vocalist Taylor Kramer. They recorded one album in Spring of 1979 that has never been released.

Drums set

He built his own plexi glass acrylic drum set and it is thought to be the first one built using plexi glass acrylic. It has a number of butterfly picture cut-outs taped to it. The bass drum is twice the depth of a normal bass drum, so it pushes a longer column of air. The air column was so strong that when miking the bass drum, small sandbag weights were used to keep the air column from pushing over the microphone.
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