Trade Regrets: Ed Hamrick

On March 24, we received the following from NAMM‘s Dan Del Fiorentino:

We learned today that Ed Hamrick passed away on Wednesday. He was 72 years old.

Ed enjoyed playing the drums ever since he saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964. From that moment on, he played drums and in the early 1970s established his own drum shop outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Over the years the Atlanta Pro Percussion Shop has become one of the strongest dealers in the industry, providing top name clinics and introducing decade’s worth of new and innovative percussive products. Ed was an active member of PAS and NAMM and as well as sponsoring several local music events over the years. Ed passed in March 2022 and is deeply missed.