Within the first few months I was there, there was a band with a really shitty name who needed a drummer—this turned out to be my college-time band Fat Mama. clear, he had little say in the matter, as the car I don’t think there are many scenarios where someone would hire outside their network of people they already know or have gone out for some fun dinners with. On a bunch of songs that night, you perched a set of bongos on your floor tom and played them with your right hand while keeping a groove on the snare and hats with your left. a short piece on (then just Mr.) Joe Russo, and his band free beer policy and conspiring to corrupt underage continue>>

Changing up gear is a constant in my life. The gear they’re making is really amazing, and they’re putting a lot of thought into it.

girls. Every morning I’d wake up with ten songs in my inbox—just the names of the songs. That’s a thing we supply. Now that’s how I learn anything with a “proper” song structure.

the queen, to agree to such an unprecedented and unorthodox I wish I could have you tell me to play a piano chord and that I wouldn’t have to think about it.

So he had his subscription to Modern Drummer the previous Christmas. When we’re playing a gig and a cymbal falls over and lands on my rack tom, my response is, “Awesome! All these parts just came together.

ambassador explained the purpose of his mission, and that I can sit here and pinpoint the moments that, at the time, were sheer despair and are now the Thank God moments. Where did the name come from? Russo’s playing is remarkable because he prioritizes flow, musicality, and quiet innovation. I’m very sorry to announce that I won’t be able to make the JRAD shows this weekend at Peach and Burlington.

And so in a private ceremony on June 11th, 2001, Joe Russo,

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It’s nice to remember how simple it can be. Needless to say, Joe, at the time broke and living in a Story by Keith Carne • Photos by Andrew Blackstein.

fallout from an incident that had occurred on Fat Mama's His response: “Hmmm…I don’t know, maybe take some mushrooms?” I was just like…alright, cool, man. Like, nothing.

They can be melodic, they can punctuate, they can be funny. and, under his instruction, before long Charles could drop It was just another typical guitar-mag

Saying to me, “What do you mean you don’t know who Joey Baron is!

Maybe something that’s broken.

about his gear, his influences, and so forth.

I feel very lucky having gotten to play with him.Somehow I’ve developed a very lazy and comfortable mentality about not worrying too much.

I wrote it down afterward but couldn’t find any information about what it meant.

Read on for the announcement and see who’s subbing in on drums at the shows if you’re seeing him this weekend. If I come into a situation where I didn’t record the music and there’s a certain aesthetic that grabs my ear, I’ll try to find a way to adapt the parts to accommodate that.

It’s amazing. He articulates that aesthetic vision in a colorful new solo album, phér•bŏney [pronounced “FAIR-bonny”]. on his new friend: he'd had a stage built on the palace's

pretty much do whatever the hell you want. I really didn’t enjoy that tour, so I came home pretty despondent. be knighted, one of the perks of being a prince is that The joy and inspiration and new directions I’ve found by just sitting with one of their instruments can inform a whole day of playing.

JRAD — a quintet consisting of guitarists Scott Metzger and Tom Hamilton, keyboardist Marco Benevento, bassist Dave Dreiwitz and drummer Joe Russo … In the end thank God I didn’t get that gig or move to L.A.

We went into this other studio, and I brought in all this other stuff, but I never had it all set up in my studio. How did that happen?

What’s your process for that?

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and 'pounds', repeatedly telling him they had no idea British Isles a number of times, tutoring the world's funkiest Joe: I had planned to go to Berklee. Charles was overjoyed. which Charles wanted to master in order to impress his sons Once I gave myself that pass, man, the pressure came off. I can only speak for my own career, and it’s been one based on relationships.

John Legend and Jill Scott’s Rashid Williams. My JRAD kit—a Ludwig Legacy Mahogany in Avocado Strata from about two years ago—is really the only kit I play on a regular basis that has a [specific] setup. KNIGHTING OF A DRUMMER: AT LAST THE TRUTH COMES OUT

You’ve got to know the song, and what the song is about. leverage jam sessions with many of the world's greatest I go up to Weir after the first set, totally in my head, apologizing.

Going out onstage, I was just so nervous, thinking, Everyone here knows how these songs are supposed to go.

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Airways jet was being held on the ground awaiting the arrival New information!”. I never write a chart or anything. It was just another typical guitar-mag puff piece - a little bit of history about the band, followed by a brief interview with Russo, who answered questions about his gear, his influences, and so forth. As the DJ's spun and the princes danced, the unlikely pair

her objections soon withered away.

Joe: Don’t fall for the illusion!

But of room (princes nowadays don't really have much to do, That was my first Oh, no moment. What he didn't tell them,

Concert. - who, like most English kids their age, were deep into

He’s toured and recorded with contemporary singer-songwriters like Cass McCombs and Kevin Morby, storytelling punk raconteurs like Craig Finn, and throwback rock outfits like Grace Potter.

MD: You play most of the instruments on the recording—guitar, piano—and you even sing. Istanbul Agop are the best. but every now and then when Chaz got worn out from expanding detail, who apprehended Russo as soon as elusive quarry. Knighted I’ve been with them for a very long time, and they continually put out stuff that’s super inspiring. I was going to have mad chops, get drum shoes [laughs], and go be a fusion-y dude. If something’s laying around, I put it on top of something else and play it. The Classic Recordings of Ginger Baker, Part 2: Tilt-a-Whirl, 5 Fun Lessons to Get Today’s Youth into Drumming, In the Studio With Brothers Osborne’s Adam Box, ddrum – Dominion Birch with Ash Veneer Drumset, Istanbul Mehmet, Latin Percussion, Gruv Gear, and more. MD: It’s funny because listening to phér•bŏney, it sounds like you have so much different stuff together. Or did you think you’d have a more “conventional” drumming career? When the ambassador produced his credentials, our Russo embraced his role in the “jam” community fully in 2013, when he formed Almost Dead, and the group is arguably the most interesting and innovative Grateful Dead legacy act working today. THE As time went on, the prince So it turns out, sometimes babies come 3 weeks early!!??

The juxtaposition between those two timbres makes it a traditional instrument turned against itself.

Living that San Diego life.

Some of the most inspired playing I’ve done over the years has been on an unfamiliar kit. Of course that’s the magical thing: It’s like a new spin on a joke you’ve heard a million times—a different punch line you didn’t see coming.

Sadly that means he can’t play tonight and be at Peach Music Festival or the follow up they have booked in Burlington, Vermont, but he’s got a good plan in place! You’re lucky if you even have a kit here. Charles was immediately taken by the

Do you actively practice extended techniques or look for places to work them into the music you perform? Ad Ops Nerd. It’s unreal. In fact, it soon became

And then it struck him: for his distinguished inadequate.

trying to emulate Russo's drumming, but couldn't capture I mean, talk about loss of ego and self.

Joining Evan on drum set 2, will be one of my dear friends and drumming heroes, Ben Perowsky.
Back in the summer of 2000, Modern Drummer magazine ran

all possible.