ANTON FIG
Anton Fig (born 8 August 1952 in Cape Town, South Africa), known as “The Thunder from Down Under”, is a South African/American session drummer, noted for his work in David Letterman’s house band, the CBS Orchestra. Letterman often refers to Fig as “Anton Zip” or “Buddy Rich Jr.” (More from Wikipedia)
More recently, I have picked up both albums that Link Wray recorded in 1977 and 1978 with the “bad boy of rockabilly”, Robert Gordon, When they quit playing together, Wray took most of the band with him, including drummer Anton Fig, and began touring on his own. Anton Fig would later join David Letterman’s band in 1986 that was led by Paul Shaffer called The World’s Most Dangerous Band; they later added a horn section, and he still plays with what is now known more tamely as the CBS Orchestra.
(February 2013)
