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Bobby Crafford is the longtime drummer for Sonny Burgess and the Pacers. His favorite space is his office where he lines up all the dates for the band's performances.
Bobby Crafford is the longtime drummer for Sonny Burgess and the Pacers. His favorite space is his office where he lines up all the dates for the band's performances.

Bobby Crafford

Where I live: I live in the Kimberly Manor neighborhood of Maumelle with my wife of 48 years, Barbara.

Occupation: I am a musician, playing drums with Sonny Burgess and the Pacers band since August 1957.

My favorite space is: My home office, where I work, usually in the afternoons. I handle the group's record deals, and since 1960, have been handling all the bookings for the band, which performs about 60 shows a year. We have played all over the United States and the world.We're going to play on the Queen Mary in Long Beach this month and we're going to London in July and Brazil in October. Right now, I'm working on a deal with a promoter in the United Kingdom who has bought the rights to do a show about all the artists who were on Sun Records. It will open in the spring of 2016 and he wants us to play at the opening.

Why? It's where I contact people from all over the world and it also gives me a place to keep my business separate from the rest of the home.

If I could make one change to improve this space, I would: make it larger so I could add more of the posters that I collect and I could set up my drums. After 60 years, I need the practice. I have three sets of drums and none are set up here.

HomeStyle on 06/06/2015

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