Rhythm Traders Through the Years 1991-2021
Eastern Region of Ghana 1991
Mamady Keita Drops by Rhythm Traders 1998
Bootsy and Patricia Collins at the Namm Show, Anaheim
424 NE Broadway
2004 Workshop with Famoudou Konate
Bryan Hopkins, Djembe builder extraordinaire receives a Guinea shipment
Near Tamale, Ghana 1991
Brad, Caton, & Duffy at the Namm Show
Buddies Gabriel and Benny
El Machin Sandoval models the new merch
Renovating the ML King Storefront, about 2006
Luis Conte drops by the Traders
Oregon Big Beat 2010
Donny Osborne and Mel Brown drop by the Traders
Store Manager Faith doesn't whine!
Namm Show
Brothers from another mother w/ Carmine Appice
Our own Bryan featured in Drum Magazine
Early Ads
With Mehmet Tamdeger of Istanbul Cymbals
Namm's Best in Show Panel
A visit to the Zildjian Factory in Boston
Rhythm Traders Crew, circa 2010: Mario, Sarge, Brad, Nicole, Tony, Scott, Lynn, Bryan and Martin
Mario's jokin around
Merch Brothers
Poker night at the Traders
Namm Show
Rhythm Traders owner, Brad Boynton featured in Music Inc.
Drum Shop Titans, Portland Drum Fair 2010
2 on 2 in the Traders parking lot
2 on 2 in the Traders parking lot
Hey Ben, what happened to your left arm??
Rhythm Traders Roadtrip to Bangkok
Rhythm Traders Roadtrip to Istanbul
Early ads
Early ads - Still called African Rhythm Traders then
Hangin with Louis Bellson at the Namm Show
Brad chooses Big Fat Snare Drum for Best in Show
Traders clinic circa 2012 James, Gabriel, Sarge, Pettitt, Mario, Benny, Alex & Brad
Oregon Big Beat 2010
Sarge & Bryan 2004
Rhythm Traders Roadtrip: Havana 2004
MLK Storefront
Traders, makin the newsreel again!
MLK Storefront Before
The one and only Bobby Torres, drops by the Traders
Rhythm Traders
MLK Before
Moving Day: Brad, Tobias, Jeff, Milko and Crucial Cammie
Rhythm Traders Roadtrip: Dakar 1995
Where it all began in 1992: 920 W. Burnside right by Powell's Books
First clinic, circa 1998: Marty Leonard, Raul Rekow, Orestes Vilato, and Brad
First use of "The Drummer's Toy Store" 2000
Bongoman, our first logo
That's a big drum! Brad with an Atsiemevu from Ghana, West Africa 2001
Rhythm Traders Roadtrip, Istanbul
Rhythm Traders Roadtrip: Seattle World Rhythm Festival circa 2000
2015 Crew: Wes, Mitch, Bryan, Lynn, Wayan, Tony, Brad
Our house branded drums
Miles and Jarrett give thumbs up to our djembe bags, 2009
Sarge and Calixto like our 14" Super Tumba 2005
Oregon Big Beat 2011
Fresh batch of Guinea shells
Hey OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Roadtrip to Namm 2019: JT, Pettitt, Brad & Scotty Mac
Traders crew headed for the honky tonk: Faith, Tony, Ben & Pettitt
Christmas 2020 with Don Worth
Drummer's Toy Store
Rhythm Traders Owner, Brad Boynton
John Wayne Airport 2016
Lynn for the Win!
Mitcholada doesn't monkey around
New diggs grand opening 2008
shenNAMMigans
Brad and JT get up on it
2020 Crew: Bryan, Ben, Scott, Brad, JT, Sarge, Sean, Matt & Wes
SheNAMMigans
Oregon Big Beat - Look at that custom MAPEX snare we gave away !!
Brad and Scotty at the Namm show
Music Inc, feature
SheNAMMigans
Lynn hams it up with Carmine and Vinnie
Country Kevin takes delivery of his new #pearl snare
1992 our first ad - trying to put drums into context !
Rhythm Traders
Sarge throwing down street beats back in 2004
Oregon Big Beat 2010 on our house branded mahogany kit
Ben and Wes with Sally (the SA in SABIAN)
424 NE Broadwday
With Vic Firth himself. Brad told him his VF5A wood tips were his favorite sticks, and Vic replied, "Mine, too!"
With Mamady Keita 2012
2018 Swap Meet, with Rhythm Traders owner Brad Boynton with Portland drumming legends Reinhardt Melz & Caton Lyles
It all started in a small village in West Africa, in 1991 w/ owner Brad Boynton
Early days, literally at the 825 Broadway location. We used an old bar for the checkout counter.
Hope is Vital - Our mural at 424 NE Broadway
Picking up used gear for the shop
Rhythm Traders Roadtrip: Havana 2004
Early Ad Circa 1998 - We still sold videos !
Namm Show 2004 with Caton, Duffy, Arthur, & Brad
Shootin the bull with Raul Rekow
With Remo Belli himself ! Namm show a loooooooon time ago
Rhythm Traders owner Brad Boynton, with LP founder Martin Cohen at the Musikmesse in Frankfurt, Germany 2008
Alejandro like our new Skyndeep heads.
SheNAMMigans
A visit from our dear friend Derek Rieth
In other news....
Our house branded caste aluminum snare 2005
Yeah. We have djembes.
Nuevo Generacion at NAMM
Drum Builder Extraordinaire, Bryan Hopkins 2015
Jazz Hands
Fred Armisen drops by Traders
SheNAMMigans with Luis Conte
Portland Drum Brothers
Traders Crew 2010: Sarge, Nicole, Tony, Martin, Lynn, Bryan, Mario, Pettitt, Brad
Friends since 1987, with the legendary Obo Addy
SheNAMMigans Brad & Mitch
Peter likes his tacos
Traders Crew hangs out on MLK Jr. Blvd.
Lynn wants a bigger mallet
A little Rumba for ya, 2008
SheNAMMigans
SheNAMMigans with Pettitt & El Machin
A visit to the DW factory with Thomas Lang
Rhythm Traders Roadtrip: Bosphorus Cymbal Factory, Istanbul with Tim Ennis
First ad 1992 - we don't even know if ethno-percussion was a real term!
Tony Coleman stops by the Traders
Reppin the Fola Hats
Drummer's Toy Store
Oregon Big Beat, 2010
A good Day at the Traders: Bobby Torres, Luis Conte, Miguel Bernal, Caton Lyles, Carmelo Torres, & JT
Sinbad drops by the Traders 2016
New Diggs
Holiday Party at the Traders 2019
Rhythm Traders owner, Brad Boynton
With our buddy Derek Rieth
2020... still OPEN !!