Exploring Calfskin Drum Heads with Rob Cook

Rob Cook joins me to discuss all things calfskin drumheads in this interesting and educational episode! We talk about the differences between calfskin and other animal skin heads, the level of durability, how temperature affects them, what happened to the industry when plastic heads came along and much more! Rob Cook is the founder of Rebeats, runs the Chicago Drum Show and is a renowned author and historian. Here is a quick link to all of Rob's previous episode she has done on Drum History: https://www.drumhistorypodcast.com/episodes/search/rob%20cook and here is Rob's YouTube channel which features his calfskin head videos: https://www.youtube.com/@robcook4953 Here is a link to Rob's Calfskin Drum Head Book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3PQUhve ---- **DRUM HISTORY MERCH** https://www.teepublic.com/stores/drum-history-podcast?ref_id=26024 ** CHECK OUT MY GEAR ON SWEETWATER ** https://imp.i114863.net/yRYRGN ** 30 DAY FREE DRUMEO TRIAL ** https://drumeo.pxf.io/c/3607735/1268414/14652 **JOIN PATREON** https://www.patreon.com/drumhistorypodcast **I record interviews with Riverside.FM - I highly recommend it. use code DRUM to save 15%*** https://riverside.fm/?via=bart-vanderzee