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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS INTERSECTION - drummer Portraits of local drummer, Len Fidkalo, with his drum kit, the same one he's been banging away on for 50-plus years, with walls of memorabilia in his basement, chronicling his long, colourful career. What: This is for a profile piece on Len, a local rock'n'roll legend who's celebrating a few milestones - it's 65 years since Len, whose buddies back in the day were Cummings, Bachman, etc. etc., started drumming for a band - he was 10 when he was enlisted to join a group of 15-year-olds, the Untouchables; it's been five years since he joined Five Shades of Grey, a classic rock troupe and it's been 50 years since he touched a drop of liquor - he was a horrible drunk back in the day, one of the reasons the Quid, a group many expected to follow in the Guess Who's footsteps, broke up too soon Sept 6th, 2023