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Rhythm Traders Through the Years 1991-2021

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Eastern Region of Ghana 1991

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Mamady Keita Drops by Rhythm Traders 1998

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Bootsy and Patricia Collins at the Namm Show, Anaheim

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424 NE Broadway

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2004 Workshop with Famoudou Konate

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Bryan Hopkins, Djembe builder extraordinaire receives a Guinea shipment

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Near Tamale, Ghana 1991

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Brad, Caton, & Duffy  at the Namm Show

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Buddies Gabriel and Benny

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El Machin Sandoval models the new merch

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Renovating the ML King Storefront, about 2006

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Luis Conte drops by the Traders 

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Oregon Big Beat 2010

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Donny Osborne and Mel Brown drop by the Traders

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Store Manager Faith doesn't whine! 

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Namm Show

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Brothers from another mother w/ Carmine Appice

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Our own Bryan featured in Drum Magazine

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Early Ads

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With Mehmet Tamdeger of Istanbul Cymbals

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Namm's Best in Show Panel

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A visit to the Zildjian Factory in Boston

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Rhythm Traders Crew, circa 2010: Mario, Sarge, Brad, Nicole, Tony, Scott, Lynn, Bryan and Martin

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Mario's jokin around

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Merch Brothers

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Poker night at the Traders

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Namm Show

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Rhythm Traders owner, Brad Boynton featured in Music Inc.

HEREDrum Shop Titans, Portland Drum Fair 2010


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2 on 2 in the Traders parking lot

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Namm Show

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Hey Ben, what happened to your left arm?? 

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Rhythm Traders Roadtrip to Bangkok 

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Rhythm Traders Roadtrip to Istanbul

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Early ads

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Early ads - Still called African Rhythm Traders then

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Hangin with Louis Bellson at the Namm Show

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Brad chooses Big Fat Snare Drum for Best in Show

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Traders clinic circa 2012 James, Gabriel, Sarge, Pettitt, Mario, Benny, Alex & Brad

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Oregon Big Beat 2010

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Sarge & Bryan 2004

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Rhythm Traders Roadtrip: Havana 2004

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MLK Storefront

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Traders, makin the newsreel again!

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MLK Storefront Before

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The one and only Bobby Torres, drops by the Traders

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Rhythm Traders

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MLK Before

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Moving Day: Brad, Tobias, Jeff, Milko and Crucial Cammie

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Rhythm Traders Roadtrip: Dakar 1995

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Where it all began in 1992: 920 W. Burnside right by Powell's Books 

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First clinic, circa 1998: Marty Leonard, Raul Rekow, Orestes Vilato, and Brad

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First use of "The Drummer's Toy Store" 2000

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Bongoman, our first logo

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That's a big drum! Brad with an Atsiemevu from Ghana, West Africa 2001

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Rhythm Traders Roadtrip, Istanbul

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Rhythm Traders Roadtrip: Seattle World Rhythm Festival circa 2000

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2015 Crew: Wes, Mitch, Bryan, Lynn, Wayan, Tony, Brad

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Our house branded drums

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Miles and Jarrett give thumbs up to our djembe bags, 2009

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Sarge and Calixto like our 14" Super Tumba 2005

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Oregon Big Beat 2011

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Fresh batch of Guinea shells

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Hey OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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Roadtrip to Namm 2019: JT, Pettitt, Brad & Scotty Mac

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Traders crew headed for the honky tonk: Faith, Tony, Ben & Pettitt

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Christmas 2020 with Don Worth

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Drummer's Toy Store

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Rhythm Traders Owner, Brad Boynton

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John Wayne Airport 2016

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Lynn for the Win! 

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Mitcholada doesn't monkey around

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New diggs grand opening 2008

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shenNAMMigans

 

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Brad and JT get up on it

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2020 Crew: Bryan, Ben, Scott, Brad, JT, Sarge, Sean, Matt & Wes

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SheNAMMigans

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Oregon Big Beat - Look at that custom MAPEX snare we gave away !!

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Brad and Scotty at the Namm show

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Music Inc, feature

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SheNAMMigans

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Lynn hams it up with Carmine and Vinnie

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Country Kevin takes delivery of his new #pearl snare

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1992 our first ad - trying to put drums into context  !

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Rhythm Traders

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Sarge throwing down street beats back in 2004

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Oregon Big Beat 2010 on our house branded mahogany kit

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Ben and Wes with Sally (the SA in SABIAN)

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424 NE Broadwday

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With Vic Firth himself. Brad told him his VF5A wood tips were his favorite sticks, and Vic replied, "Mine, too!"

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With Mamady Keita 2012

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2018 Swap Meet, with Rhythm Traders owner Brad Boynton with Portland drumming legends Reinhardt Melz & Caton Lyles

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It all started in a small village in West Africa, in 1991 w/ owner Brad Boynton

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Early days, literally at the 825 Broadway location. We used an old bar for the checkout counter. 

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Hope is Vital - Our mural at 424 NE Broadway

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Picking up used gear for the shop

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Rhythm Traders Roadtrip: Havana 2004

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Early Ad Circa 1998 - We still sold videos !

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Namm Show 2004 with Caton, Duffy, Arthur, & Brad

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Shootin the bull with Raul Rekow

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With Remo Belli himself ! Namm show a loooooooon time ago

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Rhythm Traders owner Brad Boynton, with LP founder Martin Cohen at the Musikmesse in Frankfurt, Germany 2008

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Alejandro like our new Skyndeep heads. 

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SheNAMMigans

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A visit from our dear friend Derek Rieth

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In other news.... 

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Our house branded caste aluminum snare 2005

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Yeah. We have djembes. 

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Nuevo Generacion at NAMM

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Drum Builder Extraordinaire, Bryan Hopkins 2015

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Jazz Hands

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Fred Armisen drops by Traders

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 SheNAMMigans with Luis Conte

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Portland Drum Brothers

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Traders Crew 2010: Sarge, Nicole, Tony, Martin, Lynn, Bryan, Mario, Pettitt, Brad

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Friends since 1987, with the legendary Obo Addy

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SheNAMMigans Brad & Mitch

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Peter likes his tacos

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Traders Crew hangs out on MLK Jr. Blvd.

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Lynn wants a bigger mallet

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A little Rumba for ya, 2008

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SheNAMMigans

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SheNAMMigans with Pettitt & El Machin

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A visit to the DW factory with Thomas Lang

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Rhythm Traders Roadtrip: Bosphorus Cymbal Factory, Istanbul with Tim Ennis

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First ad 1992 - we don't even know if ethno-percussion was a real term!

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Tony Coleman stops by the Traders

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Reppin the Fola Hats

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Drummer's Toy Store

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Oregon Big Beat, 2010

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A good Day at the Traders: Bobby Torres, Luis Conte, Miguel Bernal, Caton Lyles, Carmelo Torres, & JT

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Sinbad drops by the Traders 2016

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New Diggs

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Holiday Party at the Traders 2019

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Rhythm Traders owner, Brad Boynton

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With our buddy Derek Rieth

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2020... still OPEN !! 

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