Living A Ludwig Life with Jim Catalano
Drum History18 Aug 2020

Living A Ludwig Life with Jim Catalano

Jim was the director of marketing at Ludwig for 36 years and was the right hand man to Bill Ludwig II, aka "The Chief". He shares amazing stories about his time he had with the chief, and his four decade career in the drum industry with Ludwig, and also Premier and Slingerland. Jim brought The Chief out of retirement and back into the company after he had sold the company to Selmer, then he had a great rest of his career with Jim by his side. This episode is a great blueprint for how to work your way up the ladder in the drum industry while treating everyone with respect. Jim is basically a member of the Ludwig family and is full of behind the scenes stories that you wont hear from anyone else. Enjoy!

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