Emil Richards also known as Emilio Radocchia was one of the finest percussion players in the business. Known for his wide array of instruments and corresponding skills, he was always first call. Emil talks about the
Would love to hear the rest of the Milt Holland (our late father) story (looks like the edit cut it short), I think he used to lend some instruments to colleagues and finally would recommend they do just that. I might have a drummers' mag interview with the exact same story.