Taylor Hawkins obituary

Drummer, singer and songwriter with Foo Fighters who combined showmanship and humour with supreme technical skill Drummers have had to learn to live with satirical jokes about their musicianship or aspects of their personalities, but Taylor Hawkins proved that the drummer could be a star in his own right, and also that being a drummer could co-exist happily with being a singer, songwriter and bandleader. Hawkins, who has died suddenly aged 50 while on tour with Foo Fighters in Colombia, had been...