Yup @slaw, that’s exactly to whom the lyrics refer. I can’t overstate the depth of the extremely high regard in which the musicians in The Swampers are held by other "good" musicians. When you hear Jim Keltner---a drummer who is heard on the recordings of Ry Cooder, J.J. Cale, Bill Frisell, John Hiatt, Lucinda Williams, Bob Dylan, T Bone Burnett, Richard Thompson, George Harrison, John Lennon, Roy Orbison, Harry Nilsson, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Steely Dan, Tom Petty, Randy Newman, Leon Russell, Jerry Lee Lewis, Joe Cocker, Delaney & Bonnie, Boz Scaggs, Neil Young, Brian Wilson, Charlie Watts, even the damn Pink Floyd---say how much he loves the drumming of Roger Hawkins, and how he wished he played more like him, well, you know he is something really, really special. I know of no better drummer (okay, except for Neil Peart ;-). And the other Swampers are just as good!
