Get Your Shit Together
MEMPHIS, Tenn. ‰ÛÓ A conventional bio of Hunt Sales would start by noting his famous associations, recounting his much-revered work as a sideman for Todd Rundgren, Iggy Pop and David Bowie. It would trumpet the fact that he‰۪s long been considered one of the world‰۪s greatest drummers, a secret weapon deployed in the service of rock royalty. But that‰۪s not how Sales identifies, nor how he sees himself. ‰ÛÏI‰۪m gonna fucking tell you who I am,‰ says Sales with gruff candor. ‰ÛÏWhat I really am is my kids‰۪ father and my wife‰۪s husband. And I‰۪m a heroin addict. A bad heroin addict for 40 years. I‰۪ve been a crackhead. And I‰۪ve been a criminal. Those are the facts. But I don‰۪t do drugs anymore. I'm sober now. All I do is make music ‰ÛÓ so let‰۪s not be late for the show.‰ In a career that began when he was teen in the mid-‰۪60s, Sales has seen and done it all. Beyond his impressive rock ‰۪n‰۪ roll c.v. he‰۪s played blues for the legendary Lowell Fulson, recorded with funk master B