I’ve seen Sammy Davis Jr. do a lot of things, even the Camel Walk, but I’d never seen him playing drums and vibes! Check this clip from The Ed Sullivan Show of Sammy gettin’ silly and then gettin’ DOWN!! The man has CHOPS!
And here he is playing drums on “A Message from Goldfinger,” as a tribute to his close friend Eddie Condon. I’m stoked to see this side of Sammy; I only knew him as a rat-pack/actor/pop-singer/entertainer type gent, like he was a face, a voice, a Las Vegas character. Speaking of Sammy Davis Jr., I wonder if Anna Minard ever ate the Sammy Davis’s Jr. Mint Slog Out voted she should eat “for $100, daintily with a knife and fork.” Well, Anna? DIDJA?