When James Dillard isn’t out pumping septic tanks in and around Annapolis, Md., odds are he’s marching to the beat of a different drummer: himself.The 51-year-old owner of Dillard’s Septic Service, a business he established in 1989, has been pounding the skins since he was just 7 years old. The inspiration for his longtime hobby? A drum solo on “Live Album,” a gold record put out by classic rock mainstay Grand Funk Railroad in 1970.“That drum solo – and the audience’s interaction with it – totally blew me away,” Dillard recalls. “I never really had much of an interest in
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