* Early Years: He first gained attention in the 1960s with The Roulettes, who served as the backing band for singer Adam Faith.

 * Argent (1969–1976): As a founding member, he played on hits like "Hold Your Head Up" and remained with the group until they disbanded.

 * The Kinks (1984–1996): Henrit replaced original drummer Mick Avory and performed with the band until their split in the mid-90s. 

* Session Work: He has a prolific session history, contributing to tracks such as Unit 4 + 2's "Concrete and Clay" and working with artists like Roger Daltrey and Dave Davies.

  * Author & Historian: In 2013, he published his autobiography, Banging On, and has written extensively for music publications like International Musician.

 * Business: He owned Henrit's Drum Store in London, a famous hub frequented by legendary drummers including Ringo Starr and Keith Moon. 

* Recent Years: Henrit has been open about his Parkinson's disease diagnosis, discussing how he manages the condition while staying active in the music community. 

 Bob is without doubt one of my favourite people and a fabulous drummer, he has so many remarkable stories to share and is always happy to do so! if you are lucky enough to see Bob at a drum show or event go and have a chat with him, you won’t regret it! Thanks for your time Bob!

Vicky O'Neon is an award-winning session drummer, percussionist, and educator originally from Finland and currently based in the UK. She is widely recognised for her high-energy performances and her extensive work as the touring drummer and percussionist for American pop star Anastacia. 

* Collaborations: Vicky has worked with legendary artists such as Brian May (Queen), Hans Zimmer, Nile Rodgers, and Clean Bandit. 

* TV Appearances: She is a member of the house band for the American TV show Name That Tune. 

* Technology Integration: A specialist in Ableton Live, she often incorporates electronic loops and hybrid drumming setups into her live sets and masterclasses.  Education

 * Academic Background: She graduated with a BMus (Hons) in Popular Music Performance from BIMM London (formerly Tech Music School), where she received the "Top Overall Drummer Award". 

* Social Impact: Vicky is a co-founder of the non-profits Girls Rock London and Rock Donna, which aim to empower girls and gender non-conforming individuals through music education. 

* Online Content: She created the educational YouTube series Drumming Through The Decades, exploring the history of female-identifying drummers. 

 Huge thanks to Vicky for finding time in her busy schedule to chat. 

www.vickyoneon.com

 Brandon is a professional drummer, author, and educator best known as the Content Director and on-camera host for Drumeo, the world's leading online drum education platform. Drumeo Host & Producer: Since 2014, he has produced and hosted popular series like "Hears For The First Time" and "Genius Of," where he analyzes the styles of legendary drummers.

 Author: He is the author of The Drummer’s Toolbox and co-author of The Best Beginner Drum Book.

 Educator: Beyond digital content, he is a seasoned educator who has taught thousands of students through Drumeo and private lessons. 

Performer: He performs internationally, including a 2025 appearance at the UK Drum Show. Education: He holds a Bachelor of Music in Jazz and Contemporary Popular Music from MacEwan University. 

Influences: His playing style is influenced by a diverse range of drummers, from classic rock legends like Neil Peart to modern técnicos like Matt Garstka and Larnell Lewis.

 Gear Endorsements: He is an official artist for Gretsch Drums, Istanbul Cymbals, Vater Percussion, and Evans Drumheads. 

Huge thanks to Brandon for giving up his lunch hour at Drumeo to chat to me! much appreciated. 

www.drumeo.com

 Bob Knight is a prolific London-based session drummer, musical director, and "fixer" who has worked with some of the biggest names in the international music scene for over two decades. 

Bob Knight - Session Drummer.

 A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music's jazz performance course, Knight is widely recognized for his versatility across live performances, studio recordings, and television shows. His extensive list of high-profile collaborations includes:

 Pop & Soul: CeeLo Green, Jason Derulo, Nicole Scherzinger, and Rita Ora.

 Rock & Folk: The Pogues, James Taylor, and Nik Kershaw. 

Jazz & Standards: Alison Moyet and Rumer.

 Musical Directing and "Fixing" In addition to playing drums, Knight is the founder and director of BEK Music, a agency that supplies musicians for major recording projects, tours, and TV/radio promotions. He often serves as a Musical Director (MD) and a "fixer"—a person responsible for sourcing and managing the right musicians for specific high-level gigs. 

Huge thanks to Bob for giving us a fascinating insight to his crazy busy career (at least a part of it, we can talk about his role as "fixer" next time.)

Drum Doctors LLC , owned by Ross Garfield (aka "The Drum Doctor"), is a premier drum service and rental company in the Los Angeles area known for providing expert tuning and vintage drum rentals for countless platinum-selling albums and major artists. 

Known for their expertise in achieving specific, high-quality drum sounds, Ross Garfield and his team have worked with artists like Metallica, Nirvana, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Michael Jackson. 

Join Ross and myself for a very rare podcast appearance where Ross tells us all about his amazing career so far from his humble beginnings through to working with the late great Jeff Porcaro throught to supplying the now legendary snare drum The bell brass drum nicknamed " The Terminator" that has been heard on so many legendary recordings including Nirvanas classic album Nevermind and also tells us how he supplied set up and tuned the Gretsch set to Metallica to record the iconic Black album featuring the single Enter Sandman. 

huge thanks to Ross for this incredible conversation. 

please checkout the Drum Doctors Website www.drumdoctors.com

 Tom Werman boasts an incredible career as record producer in the late 70's to the 90's he has been responsible for producing such legendary albums as

 Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent 

Treasure - Cheap Trick

 Molly Hatchett - Flirtin' With Disaster Dream 

Police - Cheap Trick

 Blue Oyster Cult - Mirrors

 Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil

 Motley Crue - Theatre Of Pain

 Motley Crue - Girls Girls Girls 

Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry

 Dokken - Tooth and Nail

 Poison - Open up and say ahh! 

So Tom is more than qualified to talk about some of the incredible drummers he has produced over the years including Tommy Lee, Rikki Rockett, Bun.E . Carlos and many more. Join us as Tom share his fascinating insights in plus many many more!to his incredible career. This is totally different to any conversation i have had before, and do you know what......? i loved it! 

Huge thanks to Tom for giving up his time so generously and please check out his most excellent book - Turn It Up, My Time Making Hit Records In The Glory Days Of Rock Music! 

www.tomwerman.com

 Drummer and Musical Director Matt Brooks already has a CV full of household names such as Nicole Scherzinger, Meghan Trainor, Raleigh Ritchie, Conor Maynard, Jason Derulo and many more.... 

However for almost 9 years now Matt has been providing the groove for the sensational artist Raye, this year has been the biggest so far for Raye and her huge band after the smash hit Where is my husband? took thw world by storm! 

Matt kindly managed to find some time to talk to me amidst a punishing schedule of transatlantic flights almost every week to appear on the biggest talk shows in the US whilst trying to record a new album. 

Matt is a very nice guy and a monster drummer, i really hope you enjoy our chat about his career so far and his very hectic schedule!!

Greenie is a British Drummer with a very healthy CV already boasting such names as Sam Fender, Reef, Vant, Ricky Wrwick, Little Comet, Andy Taylor (From Duran Duran ) and most recently he has made up half of the rhythm section for the legendary Adam Ant alongside his rhythmic partner in crime Jola Drums.

 Join Greenie and myself as we talk about his career and journey into becomig a professional drummer and of course he gives us a great insight into playing for the 80's icon Adam Ant. 

Greenie, thanks so much for giving up your time so generously! what a pleasure.

. Ed is a graduate of The Royal Academy Of Music, he has already had an incredible career, equally at home as adrummer for TV and Film Sessions, Orchestras, West End Shows and with amazing artists such as Taylor Swift, RAYE, Noel Gallagher, Van Morrisson, John Wilson, Pixie Lott, Mica Paris, Clare Teal, Gregory Porter, Seal and many more. 

Late last year following the late great former Squeeze & Jools Holland drummer Gilson Lavis' retirement from playing, Ed got the nod to join The Jools Holland Orchestra with a glowing endorsment from Gilson himself. Ed tells us all about this prestigious gig from getting the call to touring with the band and of course performing at the event synonymous with New Years Eve, the annual Hootenany! 

To cap off an incredible year Ed signed with Slingerland Drums and performed a quite phenomenal debut clinic at the UK Drum Show in October 25 Huge tanks to Ed for this hugely interesting chat!

 When you think of four words, Emanuel Harrold name comes to mind: Fashion, community, music and love. Emanuels music legacy stands three generations. If you enjoy artists such as Gregory Porter, Robert Glasper, Max Roach, Miles Davis, Gospel, Classical, Jazz, Electro and any music that moves you, Harrold likes it too. Born into the artistry of music by way of St. Louis, MO, USA, Harrold is a multiple Grammy-nominated and winning musician. Emanuel's father being a pastor whilst growing up, the appetite for singing and playing instruments grew. There were many musical outlets, those being his grandfather's Memorial Lancers Drum and Bugle Corps, church gatherings and family reunions. Harrold did not seriously pursue his current instrument until after high school. In St. Louis, Emanuel was involved with Off-Broadway musicals with The Black Repertory Theater, traditional jazz and local gospel scenes.

 Harrold is a self-taught musician and inspired by many great people on his musical journey to date. He has performed or recorded in no specific order with: Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, Robert Glasper, Ronnie Mathews, Keyon Harrold, Damon Auburn, John Hicks, James Spaulding, Shedrick Mitchell, Marcus Strickland, Stevie Wonder, Kidz in The Hall, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Ben La Uncle Soul, Gregory Porter, Ambrose Akinmusire, Revive The Live Big Band, Jonathan Batiste, Keyon Harrold, Laura Mvula, and too many other great amazing musicians to name in this short bio.

 I truly Love Emanuels, stylish, dynamic and subtle drumming and im very grateful that he was kind enough to give up an hour from his busy schedule.

 www.emanuelharrold.com 

Huge thanks to The UK Drum Show for sponsoring this episode 

www.theukdrumshow.com 2026 drum show dates - October 24th & 25th 2026 ACC Liverpool

 Since 2013 Hannes has been the powerhouse drummer with Swedish Power metal band Sabaton.

 Join us as we chat about his career so far from his beginnings through to joining the mighty Sabaton in 2013. we talk about the upcoming new album being released on October 17th, his love for Metallica, epecially the Ride the Lightning album, the difficulty of finding left footed double bass drum pedal of decent quality in the early days and Hannes speaks of his excitement about getting his new drum set up and running! 

Thanks so much to Hannes for finding the time out of his crazy schedule to fit this in! 

they are on tour in the UK this December - Dont miss them.

 December 4th 02 Arena - London

 December 5th Co-op Live - Manchester 

December 6th Motorpoint Arena - Nottingham

 Check out the bands website too - www.sabaton.net

 Spanning more than four decades as an educator, Master Teacher Bruce Becker has been bringing forward unique concepts in developing “The Flow”! Drawing from his more than thirty-year association with drumming guru Freddie Gruber, Bruce is carrying on the torch of a unique approach in getting the student to understand the natural principles of the physical body’s interaction with the drum set.

 Through the years Top Drummers like David Garibaldi, Tris Imboden, Mark Schulman, Daniel Glass, Glen Sobel, Tim Carman and many more have sought his guidance. 

Bruce Becker co-led the David Becker Tribune for 35 years recording 10 CDs. He has performed/recorded with Ron Carter, Mike Stern, Russell Ferrante, Barbara Dennerlein, John Abercrombie, producer Ken Caillat, Frank Gambale and many others. 

Bruce is performing some very exclusive masterclasses in the UK between September 27th and October 3rd. 2025 if you are in the South and would like to attend a masterclass, 

the great news is, there are tickets still available for one of the events at Planet Drum in London on October 3rd = here is the link for event  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bruce-becker-the-ultimate-guide-to-technique-tickets-1426104339469 

Huge thanks to Bruce for sharing his story, knowledge and insights with us!

Rich is an award winning touring and recording drummer based in Nashville & Los Angeles, he either played/recorded or performed with the likes of Jason Aldean, Carrie Underwood, Ludacris, Bryan Adams, Kelly Clarkson, Joe Perry and Garth Brooks to name but a few! 

He was voted country drummer of the year by Modern Drummer Magazine in 2010, 2016, 2017 & 2018, and has 30 No 1 hits under his belt. Rich doesnt rest on his laurels in his downtime though, he is a motivatonal speaker, and author an actor and a fellow Podcaster with the hugely succsseful Rich Redmond Show. 

Huge thanks to Rich for somehow finding the time in his crazy schedule to talk to me! 

please check out his website www.richredmond.com

With over 25 years of experience Simon Merry is one of the UK’s most in demand drummers. His style and professionalism has been sought after over the years for touring and recording by such artists as: George Michael, Ronan Keating, Boy George, Natalie Imbruglia, Gene Pitney, Olly Murs, Sophie Ellis Bextor, One Direction, Gary Kemp, Paul Young, Boyzone, Bananarama, Go West and Rick Astley. 

Join us for a fascinating conversation as we pick through some of the amazing highlights of his remarkable career so far. We of course talk about his gig with the legend that is Rick Astley (also a mean drummer as many of you will have seen) 

Simon also tells us how he got the Gene Pitney gig as a teenager, Simons dad was Gene's musical director and offerd the gig to Simon, not without a proper auduition first though, so certainly no favours and he had to and indeed did deliver the goods until Pitneys death in 2006. 

Simon, thank you for an absoloutely fascinating conversation! 

www.simonmerry.com

Joining me today is Stan Bicknell. New Zealand born Stan Bicknell has worked with Kimbra, Miami Horror, Ecca Vandal and his own band The New Caledonia, he is currently touring the UK and Europe with Natasha Bedingfield.

 He has worked hard to develop a very strong online presence, this was noticed by Jared Falk the owner and creator of the mighty Drumeo, the quite remarkable Canadian based drum education platform where he spent two days creating online content with them . 

Earlier this year Stan was one of the drummers given the opportunity to audition for Primus in a hugely entertaing and beautifully filmed and edited documentary that has been viewed hundreds of thousand of times. 

Stan and myself spoke about all this and much more in our Late Night /Early Morning conversation, including how his day starts at a ridiculously early time to ensure that his drumming doesnt affect his family life too much! 

Stan - Thank you for giving up your time so freely, it was a pleasure talking to you. 

Huge thanks to  @wincentdrumsticks for sponsoring this episode - please visit their website www.wincentdrumsticks.com and check out all of the wonderful products that they make and the incredible roster of artistes that play them! Facebook @Wincent Drumsticks - Official Instagram @wincentdrumsticks

Join us as we talk through Bill's amazing story from assembling his first ever drumkit as a teenager made up from different drums and how he wrapped them to make them look the same, through to working for DW Drums in there very early days and of course onto 1987 when Bill founded the Iconic Pork Pie Drums, a company that still proudly producing some of the finest drums on earth to this day. 

This really was a fascinating conversation, Bills knowldege of drums and drum building is second to none, no wonder that he is building shells for the mighty Rogers brand aswell as continuing to produce Pork Pie Drums. 

Bill, Thanks for giving up your time so generously! 

Please check out the Pork Pie Website www.porkpiedrums.com

Gabi is a session drummer / percussionist who has worked with likes of Declan McKenna, CMAT, Two Door Cinema Club, Ed Sheeran, Years & Years and most recently playing percussion for The 1975. 

If you watched any of the recent Glastonbury Festival you will have seen Gabi with The 1975 headlining the Friday night on the Pyramid Stage!

 Join Gabi and myself as we have a good old chat about her drumming life including the then upcoming Glasto performance, her very first Drum Clinic at the UK Drum Show in 2024 ( i sadly missed this as it clashed with Keith Carlock)

 We also talk about her lack of audition for the 1975, she was asked to play for the band on The Jonathon Ross Show followed by a five week tour with no rehearsals!! 

Thanks so much to Gabi for giving up her time so generously.

 Matt has an enviable CV including such incredible names as The Cult, Guns N Roses, Velvet Revolver, Slash's Snakepit, Hollywood Vampires and his current gig with Billy Gibbons. 

Matt joins us from his beautiful home in Palm Springs for a great conversation about all things drums and music.

 Matt's love and enthusiasm for music is so obvious, and this comes across in the conversation! 

This was recorded on the day that Clem Burke sadly passed away, so of course we had to talk about the legendary drummer. 

Huge thanks to our lovely friend Simon kirke for connecting me up with Matt. 

Massive thanks to Matt for the great conversation. 

Joining me today is the wonderful Dave Mattacks. Dave is a british drummer ( now living in Boston ) with a quite remarkable career under his belt - he is known as the Folk Drummer (much to his occasional chargrin) Having played for Fairport Convention for a long time, however he has a lot more up his sleeve, check this out for a recording and live CV.......... Paul McCartney, Elton John, XTC, George Harrison, Chris Rea, Jethro Tull, The Proclaimers, Joan Armatrading, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Richard Thompson, Steeleye Span and many many more!

 We had the most wonderful conversation about his career including the moment he went from trying to impress, with flashy, busy drum parts to stripping it back and playing for the song, something that is now synonymous with Dave's name. 

Huge thanks to our mutual pal Nigel Constable for connecting us up! Many thanks of course for giving up his valuable time to do this! 

www.davemattacks.com

 Harry has been playing for British band McFly for over 20 years. As well as his drumming career, Harry has found time to win Strictly in 2011, took part in Celebrity Race Across The World with his mum in 2023, Co-Host Binge Podcast with Alex Jones and is also a very keen runner.

 We had such a great conversation, starting from the very beginnings of his drumming journey, theough to auditioning for McFly. 

2025 is a huge year for the band with several fetival appearances including a slot at Download Festival and a co-headline nationwide tour with fellow brits Busted, we of course talk about both of these things at length.

 Harry, Thanks for giving up your time so generously!

 its none other than Homer Steinweiss! 

check out his incredible discography. 

www.homersteinweiss.com

 Tony is a British drummer that now lives in the US, he has a remarkable career under his belt having played for and recorded with some of the biggest names in the Business including The Babys, Rod Stewart, Roy Orbison, Eddie Money, Jeff Beck, Bernie Taupin and Jimmy Barnes. 

In 2024 Tony Joined a star studded band with Aerosmith bass player Tom Hamilton called Close Enemies, the band have so far released 3 singles and are touring the states again this summer.

 As well as all the playing, Tonyhas his own studio and specialises in engineering and production.

 Join us for a fascinating conversation about his incredible career so far, including how he handles a rather hectic schedule and some wonderful anecdotes along the way including one or two about John Bonham no less! 

Thanks to Tony for giving up his time so freely and huge thanks to our pal Adam Parsons for introducing us! 

www.closeenemiestheband.com

If you are on social meda and havent yet heard of Asomvel then it wont be long before you do! For almost 12 months they have dominated my social media feed with hugely entertaining content, including footage from rehearsals, tours, recording, they even make the mundane day to day stuff interesting!

 Sleepy Harrogate isnt known as a breeding ground for loud and raucous rock n roll, however Asomvel have certainly made a mark on their hometown. Join Ryan and myself as we talk about the band, including the recent huge support tour with Aussie hard rockers Airbourne and how their set was almost as big as the headline acts set, again with the whole wall of Marshall stacks turned on and up! 

we talk about Ryans early days as a drummer right through to joining the band in 2023! this band are only going one way....... UP!

 sit back and enjoy our chat. Thanks for the great conversation Ryan. 

www.asomvel.com

We once again delve into Brian's amazing career, we kick off talking about Brian's time at the revered Berklee college of music in 1986 and how a drum clinic by a young (26 years old) Dave Weckl inspired him and still does to this day.

 Brian's enthusiasm and love for music shines through more than any other person i have ever spoken too, he delights in telling us about how he felt learning his first few simple grooves on the drums and the excitement that this brought him.

 We also talk about his current gig with the legendary Gene Simmons from Kiss! Kiss were the band that grabbed his attention as a young boy and how it felt when he got the call offering him in the gig.

 I have loved speaking to Brian for both of these episodes, he speaks total sense and has almost a childlike joy for music, be it making it or listening to it, i dare you to listen to these converstions and not be inspired by them. what a wonderfuly guy. Thanks Brian. 

 Brian is the current drummer for Hall & Oates, Daryl Hall and has toured the world with them for almost 8 years. Brian is also the drummer on Live from Daryls House where he has recorded shows with Billy Gibbons, Sammy Hagar, Jason Mraz, Rob Thomas, Kenny Loggins, Darius Rucker, Joe Walsh, The Ojays, Cee Lo Green, Ben Folds, Joe Walsh and many more! if you havent seen this then it is a must watch! 

Brian has also performed / recorded with the likes of Patti Austin, Chuck Loeb, Ariana Grande, Cory Glover, Chaka Khan, Flo Rida, Ashanti, Sharon Jones, En Vogue, Carly Rae Jepson and again many more! 

He also has his own Production Facility (Back of the Bus Productions) where brian can record drums for anyone requiring live drums for their project. Huge thanks to Brian for great conversation and for giving up his time so freely! 

please check out Brian's website - www.briandunnedrums.com

 Jay is best know as the drummer in Slipknot from from 2014 to 2023 replacing the late great Joey Jordison, he also filled in for his father Max Weinberg for a tour with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in 2009. Since Jay's departure from Slipknot he now plays for Suicidal Tendencies and Infectious Grooves.

 Join Jay and myself as we talk about his amazing career so far (he is still only 34 years old) we talk about his early days with his parents musical influences, through to sitting in with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band for the first time as a kid! no oressure eh? 

Jay tells us how he was taken along to the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (Jays dad Max is the drummer on this show and has been for a long time) to see a new upcoming Nu Metal Band called Slipknot play, and how taken he was with them as a youngster, of course we all know this would eventually be his gig! 

i dont want to give too much away as Jay is a wonderful talker and quite happy to share his story with us, we had a good long chat. 

Jay, thank you so much for giving up your time so generously, especially on Superbowl Sunday!! its really appreciated. 

please enjoy this conversation, and do feel free to share it with your friends.

 You must have have been living under a rock for the last 5 years if you havent seen Emma on social media, Since Covid she has a huge presence on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

 She delivers her short lessons in a wonderfully unique, quirky, funny and most importantly incredible effective way! Join Emma and myself as we chat about her remarkable success on social media in the last 5 years, we talk about the amount of work that goes into all the amazing content that she and her team produces, and how she handles the pressure of recording live content at such shows as the UK drum Show and NAMM. 

This was such a fun conversation, im a huge fan of all the content that Emma produces and long may it continue - Thanks to Emma and also thanks to our mutual friend Adam Parsons for introducing us!

Originally from Holyhead in North Wales, Spike has a formidable CV with some of the biggest names from the Punk/Alternative genre appearing on including Morrissey, The Damned, The New York Dolls, Killing Joke, Sham 69, H.R. (Bad Brains) and many more. 

Join Spike and myself as we talk about his remarkable career so far, we find out why he moved from his native Holyhead to Peterborough where he know lives with his family. 

We chat about his early years in North Wales and the suprisingly vibrant punk scene that was happening in the area at the time that ignited his love of this genre of music. 

Spike tells us about joining Memoriam, a midlands based Death metal band and how it took quite a bit of thinking about before finally commiting to the band as this was a genre he had played very little of before.

 It was only right to talk about the late great Robin Guy, Robin was a great friend of Spikes and they used to cover eachothers gigs quite frequently. Robin was a great former guest on the podcast, a lovely man and a great drummer, if felt right to pay tribute to Robin with Spike. 

We had such an enjoyable chat, Spike is such a great and very popular guy, it was a pleasure to have such a great natter with him! 

Cheers spike. check out his website - www.spiketsmith.com

 Chris was born and bred in Luxembourg, he came over to the UK in 2006 to continue his musical studies and to further his career, he has since played for/collabarated with The Pierces, Maggie Rodgers, Mumford and Sons and of course his current huge gig with Sting that has been touring around the globe for the last 18 months as Sting 3.0! 

Join Chris and i as we talk about his amazing career so far including his musical education in Luxembourg and how he found his way over to the UK in 2006 finding a college to continue his musical education, taking a year off to work and never acrtually returning. 

We of course talk about the Sting gig, including the pressure of the remarkable cast of drummers that have gone beore him! Chris shares a wonderful story of how Sting took him to lunch to discuss going out as a Trio, Chris had no idea he was goinig to ask him to be the drummer and was asking eagerly which drummer was going to get the gig! 

This was a mindblowing experience to chat to Chris and i would like to thank him or giving up his time so generously! im sure you will enjoy every second.

Joining me today is Drummer, Programmer, Musical Director and Tutor Donavan Hepburn. 

Donavan already has a glittering career under his belt having recorded or toured with the likes of Mis-Teeq, Lemar, Adele, Ms Dynamite and many more his current gigs are with Take That, Gary Barlow and Jeff Lynne's ELO! Huge gigs! 

Join Donavan and myself as we pick through some of his remarakable career so far, including how the Take That gig came about and what it entails to pull of this huge gig! 

We of course had to talk about his gig with Jeff Lynne's ELO and how Don worked really hard to replicate the sounds and wonderful drumming of former ELO Drummer Bev Bevan. 

We also talk about the different approaches to each different gig that are neccesary to be the first call session drummer that Donavan is! 

We had the most wonderful chat, Don is very easy to get on with and a remarkably humble gentleman - Thank you for giving up your valuable time so freely to talk to me!

Joining me today is Peter "Dougal" Butler.

Peter was personal assistant to one of the most iconic, influential, famous and possibly infamous drummers of our time, the late great Keith Moon.

Join Peter and myself as we chat about this huge chunk of his life from the late 60's as he tells us how he joined The Who as a roadie (hugely exciting for a young Mod as Pete was) how the job eventually turned into being personal assistant for a young Keith Moon.

 i dont want to give to much away about our incredible conversation, but.... Pete does share some incredible stories about his time with Keith,including the time when Keith got onstage with Led Zeppelin to jam with John Bonham during his solo masterpiece Moby Dick at the Forum in Los Angeles, And how Keith NEVER Practiced and infact had little interest in drums unless he was playing them!

 Im not saying anymore as i would like you to listen to it!!

It was quite remarkable to chat to Peter and get this incredible information first hand, Pete, you are a gentleman and i cant thank you enough for giving up your time so generously and for sending me some of your photographs of your time with Keith.

Peter's remarkable book - Full Moon : The Amazing Rock and Roll Life of Keith Moon is available to buy in Paperback, Kindle and Audiobook versions from Amazon.

Many thanks also to our mutual pal Bill Sanders for connecting us up - much appreciated!

Take 11 minutes out of your day to watch / listen to this - you wont regret it!

Joining me today is Kris Gustofson.

Kris has been the drummer since the early 80's with Bay Area Thrash Metal Titans - Trauma, in 1984 their debut album Scratch and Scream was released with great success, the band were keeping high profile company in the Bay area, gigging and recording alongside the likes of Exodus , Testament and of course the mighty Metallica. 

 The late and legendary bass player Cliff Burton famously left Trauma to Join Metallica before the release of Scratch and scream.

 Join Kris and myself as we talk about his career in drums including his many influences, suprisingly many of them jazz/big band drummers.

 Kris talks candidly about why Trauma split up in 1985 and how they ended up reforming in 2015 releasing the album Rapture and Wrath, then the follow up in 2018 As The World Dies and the stunning new album ( and arguably the heaviest album yet) Awakening.

Trauma are on tour very shortly supporting Queensrÿche on their US Tour, hope you manage to catch them live!

Thanks to Kris for giving up his time so generously and thanks to Chipster PR & Consulting for connecting us up.

Joining me today is Greyson Nekrutman.

Greyson has set the internet on fire over the last few years with his remarkable drum videos showcasing his incredible talent, from playing note for note blistering Buddy Rich solos (alongside the original video footage) Through to playing Tool , Black Sabbath and Messhugah covers whilst wearing his trademark suit!

Join Greyson and myself as we pick through his remarkable musical journey so far!

At just twenty years old Greyson really has taken the world by storm, we talk about him recently winning the Drumeo Tony Williams award, how he prepares for the videos that he regurlarly posts , how his peers react to him when on drum shows with multiple drummers, his forthcoming appearance at the UK Drum Show in October 2023 and so much more.

This was a real treat to speak to this very humble young man, he really does have the whole world at his feet, you know you are doing well when non musicians recognise your work!

Greyson, thank you so much for taking the time from your very busy schedule to talk to me!

www.greysonnekrutman.com

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Joining me today is Roy Mayorga

Roy has had the most incredible career so far playing with bands at the heavier end of the musical spectrum from the late 80's with NY Hardcore band Nausea - NYC, Soulfly ( With Max Cavelera formerly of Sepultura) Stone Sour, Hellyeah and as well as Stonesour Roy is currently the drummer with industrial metal legends Ministry.

Join Roy and myself as we talk about his amazing career so far from his early days as a drummer being a huge KISS fan as a teenager, through to living in a squat while playing for NY Hardcore band Nausea, Roy also tells us how he worked as a soundman at legendary NY venues such as CBGB's & Wetlands inbetween gigs to keep the money coming in.

It was really interesting to hear Roy talk about when he was asked to play with Hellyeah to complete a tour filling in for his friend and lengendary metal drummer, the late great Vinnie Paul and how at first he turned the gig down. He talks about the difficulties of learning Vinnie's incredible and at times slightly unorthadox grooves.

This was a great interview for me to do, so incredibly interesting, i really hope you enjoy it.

Roy, Thank you for doing it! 

Hugh thanks to our buddy John Tempesta for hooking us up!

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Joining me today is Kyle Stevenson.

Kyle is best know for being the powerhouse drummer for the last 16 years for American alternative metal band Helmet 

Join Kyle and myself as we talk about his career from the very beginning of his music career from starting as a 14 year old with a rented Percussion Plus drum kit through to moving to LA in 95 to go to film school, this didnt last too long before Kyle joined a band called Flash Point and how they toured on Ozzfest in 1999 as an unsigned band with Black Sabbath, Slayer, Primus and more!!

 Kyle explains how how go the audition with Helmet in 2006 after the band parted company with John Stanier, he also tells us how his first gig with Helmet was opening for Guns n' Roses on a stadium tour and how the band were pelted with bottles and coins by the impatient Guns n' Roses fans!

 We also talk about Kyle's other band Attempt Survivors and the difficulties of writing and recording when the band members are spread across different states in the US and how hopefully the new album recorded this summer will be out soon!

 Kyle - Thank you for giving up your time so generously to do this!

Many thanks also to our mutual friend and former Helmet Drummer now of The cult John Tempesta for connecting us up!

We are firmly back in the legends lounge today with legendary New York drummer Joe Franco.

Join Joe and myself as we chat about the highlights of his remarkable career so far, from his early days with The Good Rats (if you havent heard this band, you must. check out Tasty and be prepared to be blown away!)

We had to talk about Joe's incredible Double Bass drumming book that is celebrating its 40th anniversary, Joe explains the concepts behind this book and talks about the accompanying & groundbreaking VHS that accompanied the book that i and im sure many other thousands of young drummers owned back in the 80's.

 Joe talks about his time with Twisted Sister having taken over the drum chair from AJ Pero and his dissapointment that the bands producer decided to use Joe's programmed drums on the album Love is for suckers... This was only intended for demo purposes, i think its testamant to Joe's talent as a drum programmer, to create such great sounding drum tracks with the limited resources available to him in the 80's.

 Anybody who knows me knows that i have a mild obsession with Premier Drums, Joe was the poster boy for Premier in the 80's and 90's along with Rod Morgenstein so we had to talk about Joe's incredible and long lasting relationship with Premier

What a way to spend 45 minutes, chatting to one of your drumming Hero's!

Joe, thank you so much - you are a gentleman.

please check out Joe's website www.beatstreetnyc.com

Many thanks also to our mutual pal John Macaluso for connecting me up with Joe

Firmly back in the legends lounge today with one of the most requested interviews, the fabulous John Coghlan.

John played drums for Status Quo from 1962 - 1981 with the classic line up with Francis Rossi and the late Rick Parfitt & Alan Lancaster playing on the first 14 albums with countless gigs and tours to back the albums up! 

John set up John Coghlans Quo, playing all the classic Quo songs with an incredible band performing all over the world.

Join John and myself as we chat about his career, including his early days, including how he ended up playing in Staus Quo in the early 60's, through to the manic schedule of the 70's some years recording and releasing 2 albums in a year (unheard of these days) as well as lengthy tours to back them up!

 we had to talk about some of the amazing drums that John has used over his career including Ludwig Drums, Yamaha Drums and of course Premier Drums which John is very well known for playing! (it is a drumming podacast after all, what did you expect!)

 We also talk about the Classic Quo reuninon and Documentary Hello Quo and the tour that followed, alledgedly selling out in 20 minutes, how it felt to be back onstage with that classic line up and how much touring had changed (for the better in the last 20 years )

 It was a thrill to spend an hour chatting to John, he is genuinely a lovely guy with an obvious passion for music!

 John, thank you for giving up your time so generously, and thanks to his lovely wife Gillie for setting it up. Thank you both.

www.johncoghlan.com

Joining me today is without doubt one of the most talented young drummers in the UK today, Joel Barford.

At the tender age of 25 Joel has already secured endorsments with industry giants such as Gretsch Drums, Zildjian Company cymbals and Vic Firth drum sticks, as well as playing with some remarkable musicians!

 Join Joel and myself as we talk about his career so far, including how his presence on social media helped him get some high profile notice, including a message from the remarkable Benny Greb when Joel was just 19 years old asking if he could have a lesson with him when he was in the country!!!!

 We also talk about his musical education (another drummer starting out on violin!) and how he progressed to where he is at the moment playing with some incredible bands, The Nigel Price Organ Trio and UK Trumpet Virtuoso Louis Dowdeswell big band to name but two!

 We also talk about Joel's first major drum clinic performance on the mikedolbear.com Stage at the The UK Drum Show in April 2022!

 one or two of you may not be too familiar with Joel's name yet, but trust me YOU WILL! Joel is a remarkable young drummer with a very wise head screwed on his shoulders, i am in no doubt that he is going to be a megastar of the drum world!

 Joel, it was a pleasure talking to you, thank you so much for giving up your time so generously!

www.joelbarford.com

Joining me today is Pete Marshall.

Manchester born and bred Pete has an icredible wealth of experience as a session drummer having played for Liam Frost, Stephen Fretwell, The Courteeners, Karima Francis and Lucy and the Caterpillar. For the last 9 years Pete has held the coveted drum stool with one of the finest singer /song writers in the UK Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott

 Join Pete and myself as we talk about his amazing career so far, from starting off his musical life playing Violin (He still does) and switching to drums and percussion very last minute for a school concert and how this changed his career path!

 We of course talk about his gig with Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott, how he got the gig ( and how he keeps the gig!) Pete explains how there are no click tracks and even no In ear monitoring is used on those shows and how this allows the songs to breath and move in a live situation.

 We briefly talk gear, Pete is an endorser for the fabulous and very local (Stockport based) British Drum Co and Amedia Cymbals.

This was a lot of fun to do, Pete, thanks so much for sparing me the time during a manic fetival season!

Thanks to Mathew Priest from Dodgy and our mutual pal Richard Charles for putting myself and Pete in touch!

Joining me for todays conversation is Math Priest.

Math is a founder member, song writer and drummer for UK Pop/Rock band Dodgy producing such incredible songs as Good Enough, Staying out for the summer and Grassman as well as many studio and live albums.

 Aswell as playing for Dodgy, Math has also played fo the likes of The Lightening Seeds, The Electric Soft Parade, The yellow Moon Band and Ian McNabb in The Icicle Works plus many more.

Join us as we talk about Math's career from his early days with his first thrown together drum kit and how he is a completley self taught drummer and the problems this created onto searching for a vintage drum sound for an album and buying a used Gretsch Roundbadge Drum Kit from Steven White, through to playing the Pyramid stage at the mighty Glastonbury Festival!

 We also talk about his drumming work with other bands such as the Lightening Seeds and The Icicle works.

 Math is a really great chap, and a very funny guy to boot, this was such a fun experience to spend an hour in his company, Yes, there is some swearing and yes there is a section where Math gets a beer from the fridge and isnt wearing trousers! (it was a very warm day!) i dare you not to enjoy this!!

Math, thanks so much mate, it was a total pleasure, many thanks also to our mutual friend Chris Hawkins for connecting us!

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Joining me today is British Drummer Stuart Elliott

Stuart has had an incredible career so far having started his career with Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel playing on 3 top 10 albums and of course the Number 1 single Make Me Smile.... Come Up and See Me.

Stuart has also toured with and played on a staggering 10 The Alan Parsons Project Albums!!

Stuart is perhaps best known for his work with the remarkable Kate Bush having played on the likes of Babooshka, Wuthering Heights, Breathing and of course Running Up That Hill!

If thats not enough, then he has also worked with Al Stewart(Having payed on the Year of the Cat) Kenny Rogers, Chris Rea, B.A. Robertson, Toyah and many more.

Join Stuart and myself as we chat about his remarkable career from the beginning of his musical career right through to the incredible success of the Kate Bush Song - Running Up That Hill, recently featured in the Netflix Sci Fi Horror Drama - Stranger Things, it has now become a Global Number 1 hit (This means a number 1 hit in most countries worldwide) 

We Talk all things Cockney Rebel, Alan Parsons and of course Kate Bush!

Stuart, thank you for giving your time up so generously to chat and celebtrate your incredible career so far, its was totally fascinating!!!

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We are firmly back in the legends lounge for this episode.

Joining me today is Drummer, Composer, Arranger, Pianist, three times winner of the Ivor Novello award, Brian Bennett, OBE.

Join Brian and myself as we celebrate some of the highlights of his remarkable career.

Brian shares with us at the age of 82 years old he still writes and records every day in his studio, this just proves that age is merely a number!

We talk about Brian's early years and how after a year of violin lessons he realised it wasnt for him, on to the gig as house drummer (shared with his life long pal and another remarkable UK drummer Clem Cattini) at the legendary 2i"s coffee bar in Old Compton Street, Soho, said to be the the birthplace of British Rock n Roll, a small cramped venue that hosted some of the biggest stars of the day, Brian explains it was this showcase that got him most of his work at that time including the gig with the hugely popular Oh Boy a BBC Music show featuring many huge stars.

 Of course we had to talk about The Shadows and how Brian didn't initially want to join after 10 years of solid touring, however he did and the remarkable results are there for all to see!

 I ask Brian a couple of questions from a previous guest on the show and another legendary british drummer, founder member of both Free & Bad Company Simon Kirke for whom Brian was a huge influence when beginning his musical path.

 It was an absoloute pleasure chtting to Brian, i really appreciate him finding time in his incredibly packed schedule!

 I also have to thank our mutual friend and wonderful drummer Ian Palmer for putting us in contact initially.

Joining me today is the wonderful British Drummer Chris Whitten 

Since the early 80's Chris has made his mark as one of the finest session and touring drummers in the UK.

Join Chris and myself as we talk about his amazing career from starting out as a youngster playing mainly orchestral percussion (rather than drum kit) including some time playing with the Welsh National Youth Orchestra, through to his time studying at Leeds college of music.

 Chris chats openly about his time with The Waterboys and of course his wonderful playing on the smash hit song "The Whole Of The Moon"

 We talk about how a session with Jerry Marotta sharing some of the drumming duties on an album recording really helped Chris develop the incredible drum sounds he is known for across the globe.

 We had to touch on the iconic Paul McCartney album Flowers in the dirt album that Chris Played on with a whole host of incredible Producers, Musicians and Co Writers, and of course the huge tour that followed the release of the aformentioned album.

 Closely following Chris' time with Paul McCartney, he tells us about his time on the road with Dire Straits after the hugely succesful On Every Street album had been released and getting to recreate the intricate and stunning drum tracks that been recorded by late great Jeff Porcaro.

 Chatting with Chris was really fascinating, he has played on so many remarkable albums and songs and continues to do so! Chris, Thanks so musch for giving up your precious time to talk to me.

Please check out Chris's website www.chriswhitten.com

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Joining me today is Historian and Curator of every Drum Kit used by Ringo Starr throughout his career with The Beatles - Gary Astridge

 Today is all about Ringo, when i ask the many drummers i speak too, a few names constantly appear, Buddy Rich, Steve Gadd and yes.... Ringo Starr!

 Im very grateful that today i get to chat to not only a personal friend of the man himself, but an absoloute authority on Ringo and all of the equipment that he has used over the years, from his early days with Premier Drums through to the brand that his name has become synonymous with Ludwig Drums.

 We chat for a full hour about all things Ringo and the Beatles, pop the kettle on, sit back, relax and enjoy.

 Many thanks to Gary for giving up his time so Generously, its much appreciated!

 - Please check out Gary's website www.ringosbeatlekits.com

 Also many thanks to our mutual friend Terry McCusker for connecting Gary and myself.

Please check out Terry's website for the book i featured in our conversation.

www.ringostarrandthebeatlesbeat.co.uk

Joining me today is Ian Haugland

Since 1984 Ian has been the drummer with Swedish rockers Europe

Join Ian and myself as we chat about his amazing career from his early influence by Cozy Powell after attending a Rainbow gig with Powell on drums in 1976, then onto almost blowing up a gig venue with some home made pyrotechincs at a very early gig with one of his first bands!

 Ian also reminisces about an "interesting" audition with a young Swedish guitar god - Yngwie J Malmsteen!!

 Then of course onto getting the gig with Europe and the recording of Ian's first album with them in 1986 (the bands 3rd) The now iconic - The Final Countdown.

 We talk at length about the Final Countdown and where the instantly catchy keyboard hook originated from and of course THAT fill into the gutar solo!! in my mind that is one of the most iconic drum fills of the 1980's!

 What a thoroughly fascinating and enjoyable hour spent in the company of Ian Haugland, Thank you so much for giving up your time so generously.

Many thanks also to Adam Parsons of Siren Artist Management Inc for putting us in touch! Much appreciated.

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Joining me today is Nigel Glockler

Nigel is best known for powering British NWOBHM Legends Saxon since 1981. Join Nigel and myself as we talk about his incredible career from his beginnings with early influences taken from both the drummers with The Shadows - Tony Meehan and Brian Bennett and American drummer Sandy Nelson.

 Nigel also talks about his time with Toyah in the very early 80's and the recording of her seminal album "Anthem"

 We also talk about Nigel's time as an endorsee with Premier Drums and of course his more recent relationship with Stockport based British Drum Co.

 We talk about the new Saxon album "Carpe Diem" and its incredible Songs, Musicianship and production plus we chat briefly about the 2021 album "Inspirations" an album made of cover versions including the Toto classic "Hold the Line" this version got a big thumbs up from Steve Lukather

 What a joy chatting to Nigel, one of the friendliest and nicest guys in the business! Nigel - Thank you for giving up your time so generously!

 Many thanks to our mutual friend (and Nigels former drum tech) Paul Copeland - Watts for connecting us both.

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Joining me today is a guy with one of the most interesting stories you will ever hear - John 'JD ' Douglas.

 John has one of the most remarkable and succesful careers in music that i have ever heard of!

 He is a phenomenal artist, a highly skilled drummer and one of the most respected and trusted drum tech's in Rock n Roll!

 Currently on tour teching for Bon Jovi's Tico Torres, John kindly found some time to talk about his amazing career so far.....

 John Started out by customizing his own drum kits by painting them, he got spotted in his native Texas while gigging with his band by Frank Beard of ZZ Top who asked John to paint some of his drums, this led to him customizing drums for so many incredible bands including ZZ Top, Van Halen, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Aerosmith, Pantera, Lynryd Skynyrd, Slash, Bon Jovi and many more!

 This led to teching for many of the bands in that list including ZZ Top whom he had 2 cover 3 gigs for for the injured Frank Beard, Teching for Slash where he had to cover the drum chair for Brent Fitz who stepped in on bass for 2 gigs with no notice for 2 gigs, as if thats not enough he has covered the last 35 shows and will continue to do so for immediate future for Joey Kramer with Aerosmith!!

 Join John and myself as we talk about his incredible and varied career so far including all of the above plus so much more, including how the experience of working for one of my drumming heroes was - 

Joining me today is Lloyd Ryan

 Lloyd is a british drummer and drum teacher, he has an incredible career behind him having played for some of the biggest names in British showbusiness.

 Join Lloyd and myself as we chat about his beginnings as a young drummer, throught to working his way up to work with such iconic names from the 70's and 80's , such as Matt Monro, Tony Christie, The Brotherhood of man, Gene Vincent and PJ Proby. 

 also joining this impressive list are 3 great British Comedians, Tommy Cooper, Bob Monkhouse and Bobby Davro.

 We also touch on the remarkable list of Lloyd's former drum students, including Phil Collins, Ralph Salmins, Graham Broad, Derrick Mckenzie & John Coghlan!!! Lloyd obviously has the midas touch when it comes to teaching!

 Many thanks to lloyd for inviting me around to his teaching studio - it was a total pleasure to sit and chat for the best part of an hour.

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Something a little different today, the first non drummer ever to appear on Percussion Discussion, but.... he is a monster musician, the wonderful bass player Guy Pratt

 Guy is one of the most respected and revered bass players on the planet, having carved out an incredible career beginning with the Australian band Ice House, Robert Palmer, Womack & Womack, Bryan Ferry, The Smiths, Pink Floyd, David Gilmour, Saucerful Of Secrets to name but a few!

 I feel very Privileged to have guy along to chat about his experiences playing with some of the finest drummers in existence today!

 Of course we had to start off with Pink Floyd drummer and founder member Nick Mason (Official) whom Guy has been performing with since the mid 80's and continues to do so with the Saucerful of secrets.

 We talk about the wonderful drummer and percussionist and mutual friend of both Guy and myself Ged Lynch, Guy and Ged were both involved with a recent recording project with legendary The Who guitarist Pete Townshend.

Other notable names mentioned in our chat are Jeff Porcaro - Ginger Baker - Jerry Marotta - Andy Newmark - Vinnie Colaiuta - Jonathon 'Sugarfoot' Moffett and many more!

 We had to chat about the incredible No1 ranked podcast hosted by Guy & Gary kemp ,

Joining me today is the wonderful Swiss drummer Roman Roth.

For pretty much the last decade Roman has been playing for Mick Hucknall as a solo artist and for the mangnificent Simply Red

Join Roman and myself as we chat about his career so far, from the beginning of his musical path which started out with the violin, how he switched to drums aged 9 after hearing Art Blakey being played by his music loving father. 

 We talk about his incredible journey from studying drums at universtity in Zurich through to getting the Simply Red gig, and how the gig requires competence in so many diverse styles to get through it!

Roman really is all about the groove and the feel, he has some lovely organic drum sounds both live and on recordings, this is of course made easier by having some top quality equipment, we talk about Paiste Cymbals(also Swiss of course)and Gretsch Drums.

 Roman, many thanks for giving up your time so generously. its much appreciated!

 Special thanks to our mutual friend and top class UK touring/session drummer Steve Barney - Drummer for putting us in touch!

Joining me today is the wonderful Dom Famularo.

 Dom is a fantastic Drummer, Educator, Author and Motivational speaker.

If you are looking for motivation and inspiration then this is the one for you to watch / listen to. 

 Join Dom and myself as we talk about his remarkable and lengthy career, life as a youngster in the Famularo household when on one cold Sunday evening on February 9th in 1964 Dom witnessed the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show, this was the key moment for Dom when he knew that the drums were going to be the instrument for him!

 Dom talks about the remarkable drummers he has been lucky enough to study with along his journey including Papa Jo Jones, Joe Morello, Jim Chapin, Shelly Manne and Louis Bellson to name but a few.

 We also chat about The Sessions Panel, where Dom comprehensively interviews the finest musicians in the world, passing on knowledge to a new generation of musicians. There is also a really interesting story of how this materialised.

 This was a wonderful conversation to be part of, Dom tells some very funny and some equally poignant stories throughout our chat, i hope you enjoy it as much as did.

Dom - Thank you for giving me the time from your incredibly hectic schedule!

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Joining me today is super talented Actor & Musician Max Beesley.

You may have seen Max acting in many programmes such as Suits, Bodies, Mad Dogs, Homeland ,The History of Tom Jones and many many more.....However, we are here to talk about Max' remarkable talent as a Percussionist, Drummer, Pianist, Song Writer, Producer etc....Max has played for the likes of Incognito, TheBrand NewHeavies, Take That, Paul Weller, Omar, Robbie Williams and many more!

Join Max and myself as we talk about Max's incredible career so far, from his early days attending the prestigious Cheethams School of music as a Chorister, onto getting the gig with Paul Weller on Keyboards & Percussion after a chance meeting with Paul's drummer Steve White.

 We also chat about Max's latest solo album featuring a heavyweight rhythm section featuring 2 former Percussion Discussion guests Dr. Steve Gadd and Luis Conte on Drums and Percussion respectively. As well as Max on Vibraphone.

 We had a fantastic conversation that is full of little gems, including a very late, and very last minute jam session with Omar and Stevie Wonder no less!

 I hope you enjoy this chat as much as i enjoyed doing it!

Max, i cant thank you enough for giving up your valuable time so generously!

Joining me today is the wonderful Sarah Thawer

Sarah has played with some incredible artists such as Steve Vai, Sheila E., Jacob Collier George Watsky and many more!

Join Sarah and i as we talk about her incredible career so far, including her recent move to LA from her native Toronto, she tells us how she has been playing since the age of 2, we talk about how Indian and Western music influenced her to become the remarkable drummer she is today.

 We also chat about about her stunning performance at Zildjian Live and her presence on Social Media and how she cleverly used this to get her name and talent out around the world in the early part of her career.

 i dont think there is a drummer on the planet who hasnt seen one of her fabulous online videos. 

It was a real thrill chatting to Sarah and i thank her for giving up her time so generously.
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Firmly back in the legends lounge today!

Joining me is session legend and one of the most recorded drummers in history John JR Robinson.

Non drummers may not be too familiar with his name BUT, you will have heard his beautiful drumming on so many hit songs that you will hear everytime you switch your radio on - Higher Love - Steve Winwood, Give me the Night - George Benson, Rock With You - Michael Jackson, Aint Nobody - Rufus & Chaka Khan, All Night Long - Lionel Richie, the list goes on and on....

 Join JR and myself as we talk about his amazing career so far, including how he likes to record at his own studio facility, this of course has been incredibly useful over the last two 'Covid" years!

 We chat about his long time friendship with legendary musician, composer, song writer and producer David Foster, of course we had to touch on his musical relationship with the iconic Quincy Jones, Jones openly states that JR is his favourite drummer, some accolade!

 Jr Talks about some of his current projects including The JR Robinson Experience - a star studded band performing some of the many hits that JR has played on or been involved with. 

Also JR's Hands for Drummers Foundation that is doing great work helping underprivileged musicians create music.

Many thanks to JR for giving his time so generously to talk to me, it was an absoloute thrill!

Joining me today is british drummer Jeff Rich.

Jeff has played for some incredible bands and artists including Judy Tzuke, Climax Blues Band Stretch, Def Leppard and of course the mighty Status Quo

Join Jeff and myself as we chat about his amazing career, starting from his humble beginnings havent to scrimp and save to put a drum kit together, through to his early gigging life.

 We couldnt not talk about when Jeff played alongside Rick Allenof Def Leppard as he was getting to grips with playing his new Electronic Drum Kit after losing an arm in a horriffic accident.

 And of course, this leads us on to his time with the mighty Status Quo and his debut album with the band - In th Army Now.

 Jeff also shows us in the video a beautiful 1979 engraved Ludwig Drums Black Beauty Snare Drum, this was gifted to him by Rick Allen and was the snare drum used by Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich on their classic Ride The Lightening Album!!

Jeff - Thank you so much for giving your time up so generously, it was a fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable conversation.

Joining me today is Pete Riley 

For as long as i can remember Pete has been scrambling our brains as a monthly contributor for Rhythm Magazine with his incredible Technical Difficulties feature, i am pretty certain he has kept me and many others busy over the years trying to master some of these excercises!

 Aside from this Pete is a very busy and in demand drummer over in the UK having p,ayed for the likes of Republica, Phil Hilborne, Fast Eddie Clarke, KEITH EMERSON, ABC, Tony Hadley & Guthrie Govan to name but a few!

 We have a great chat about his career, including lessons with the late great Bob Armstrong, Rhythm Magazine, Gigging, Playing and life in general!

 Pete is a quite remarkable drummer and a very nice guy, it was a real pleasure to spend an hour chatting to him and i hope you enjoy our conversation!

 Join Bill and myself as we talk about Bill's early years in the Ludwig Factory alongside his father and grandfather, the man responsible for creating the bass drum pedal, Pedal Timpani and Ludwig Drums as we know it! 

 Bill has some incredible stories, including one about presenting Ringo Starr with a gold plated snare drum, you need to watch though, im not going to give it away!

 These days after a good break from drums Bill is back stronger than ever with his incredible WFL III brand of drums, these as you can imagine are instruments of the highest quality!

 Many thanks to Bill for giving up his time so generously, i cant tell you how much i enjoyed listening to his heart warming and at times very funny stories and memories. i hope you enjoy it as much as i did!

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Joining me today is the remarkable Percussionist Pete Lockett.

Pete has an incredible CV from working with Björk, Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, Amy Winehouse, The Pet Shop Boys and Nitin Sawhney through to performing on blockbuster movie scores for Several James Bond 007 films and the likes of Moulin Rouge and Snatch sound tracks.

Join Pete and myself as we talk about the incredible technical and logistical challengesinvolved in his hugely succesful recent joint performance with Thomas Lang at the annual Percussive Arts Society (PASIC) event in Indianapolis.

We also talk about the dedication that it has taken to master so many vastly different styles of Percussion that Pete firmly has in his locker! I think i describe Pete as the Swiss Army Knife of percussion!

 Pete has many projects on the go as well as many fabulous books that he has written Including Indian Rhythms's for the drumset, Kanjira, A Beginners Guide and many more, We also talk about DrumJam, the incredible App that Pete helped develop, including a demonstration of what it can do by the man himself!

 Pete, Thanks so much for giving up your time so generously - it ws a joy to spend an hour in your company!

 www.petelockett.info

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For many years i have had a fascination with double drums, so i have decided to put together a compilation dedicated to this very subject! I hope you enjoy it.

Steve Gadd talks about playing alongside Grady Tate with Simon and Garfunkel at the legendary Central Park concert and with Sonny Emory with Eric Clapton, plus Steve discusses the pros and cons of double drumming.

Former Adam and the Ants Drummer & Producer Chris Merrick Hughes talks about the process to get double drums sounding good, of course Adam and the ants famously used two drummers, Joining me on this one is my good friend and fantastic British touring drummer Steve Barney.

Gregg Bissonette talks all things double drums for his regular gig playing next to Ringo Starr no less in the Ringo Starr All Star Band!!

Legendary American session drummer Rick Shlosser recalls an incredible and very funny story about playing double drums with Ringo on Harry Nillsons - Flash Harry Session.

 Again Rick (with Steve Barney) recalls his sessions doing double drums through his career, In his own words "i think it was only with Ringo Starr & Jeff Porcaro"!!

And Finally Chad Smith recalls a hilarious story about playing double drums with Free/ Bad Company drummer

Thrilled to be once again joined by the wonderful Nic Collins for a brief chat about the huge success of the recent UK and US The Last Domino Tour.

Join Nic and myself as we talk about how if felt to finally play in front of an audience after an intense rehearsal schedule.

 For the drum nerds (as we all are) we chat about some of the original Simmons Drums sounds from the albums that were triggered live in many of the Genesis songs on the tour and how this was achieved.

 We had to mention how Nic recently finding himself at Number 2 in the MusicRadar Poll for Best Progressive drummer!! 

 We also talked how was it to get back gigging in clubs with his own band Better Strangers after playing to 20,000 people a night inbetween the UK & US legs of the tour.

Many thanks to Nic for giving up his valuable time once again, Nic, you are a gentleman!!

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Joining me today is an incedible Drummer who has pushed the boundaries of his instrument to a whole different level, Multi-Instrumentalist, Composer, Educator and Producer Thomas Lang

 Thomas has had a remarkable career as a drummer since picking up his first pair of drum sticks in his native Vienna, Austria. 

 his first big break was playing with his fellow countryman Falco on the mega hit Rock Me Amadeus! since then he has palyed with some of the biggest names in music including Peter Gabriel, Glenn Hughes, Steve Hackett, PAUL GILBERT and many more!

 Join Thomas and myself as we talk about his recent incredible performance alongside the fabulous percussiont Pete Lockett at thePercussive Arts Society Covention. Thomas talks about the preperation that went into this well in advance of the performance and how he and Pete didnt actually manage to play together on instruments! Just on pillows in a hotel room for a short while before the performance!

 Thomas also shows us around his incredible facility, where he can give high quality remote lessons, record, compose, hold drumming bootcamps and pretty much anything else drum related!

 Thomas, thank you for giving up your time so generously - it was a total pleasure to chat with you!

Joining me today is the fabulous british drummer Ian Mosley, Ian has been playing for legendary british band Marillion since 1984!

 Join Ian and myself as we talk about his incredible career, from having a great teacher at school, through to working at the legendary drum shop - Drum City, where Ian would ask famous visiting drummers to show him something that he could play, and how he was once required to go to Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club to repair Buddy Rich's drum kit!!

 We also talk how he got a job playing in the West End as a teenager playing in Hair with very little rehearsal, we also talk about his time playing for former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett and of course how he got the Marillion gig.

 We had to talk about Ian's recent move to British Drum Co and the wonderful drum kit they have provided for him that will be used on the forthcoming tour, speaking of the tour, we talk about the Marillion fans, arguably the best most loyal fans in the world!

It was a huge pleasure chatting to Ian, I have been a fan of his magnificent drumming for a long time - Thank you for giving your time so generously.

Many thanks to our mutual pal Bill Sanders for putting us both in touch.

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Joining me today is one of the most (if not THE most ) recorded British drummers in history, The legendary Clem Cattini.

Clem has played on a staggering 42 uk number 1 hits throughout the 60's and 70's including - Shaking All Over -Johnny Kid & The Pirates, Telstar - The Tornados, The Sun Aint Gonna Shine Any More - The Walker Brothers, You Dont Have To Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield, Hot Love - T.Rex, Green Green Grass of Home - Tom Jones!

 Join Clem and myself as we chat about his remarkable career, from his beginnings playing at the 2i's Coffee Bar, Backing the likes of Marty Wilde & Billy Fury through to joining Johnny Kid & The Pirates, then on to became Joe Meek's in house drummer.

 Clem chats openly about his time with Meek and his legendary fiery temper, plus how James Corden came round to Clem's house for a few tips and pointers before playing Clem in the Joe Meek Film!!

 This conversation is just crammed full of amazing little pieces of music history, it is one i thoroughly enjoyed doing. Clem is a lovely, humble and down to earth chap. Clem, thank you so much for giving up your time so generously.

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Firmly back in the legends lounge once again as i am joined by legendary Hard Rock / Heavy Metal drummer - Tommy Aldridge.

Join Tommy and myself as we chat about his incredible career spanning 5 decades of playing drums at the very highest level, playing for the likes of Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Oak Arkansas, Pat Travers, Ranndy Rhoads, Tony MacAlpine and of course Whitesnake/David Coverdale.

 We crammed so much into this hour, including - how he got interested in drums, early influences, Practicing drums with his bare hands in his shed!! we talk about about what Tommy got upto over the lockdown periods, Recording, Equipment, Soundchecking, The solo with Bare hands and so much more!

This was a real pleasure - Tommy, Thank you so much for giving up your time so generously.

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Steve is undoubtedly one of the most influential and finest drummers on the planet today. His remarkable CV speaks for itself.

Join Steve and myself as we chat about his new book - Gaddiments. 

We Delve into his approach to playing double drums, referring to the legendary Simon & Garfunkel concert at Central Park back in 1981 where Steve shared the drumming duties with Grady Tate and of course his more recent tour in 2021 with Eric Clapton where Steve was partnered up with the magnificent Sonny Emory.

 We also chat about Steve's thoughts on Drum Clinics, does he enjoy or dread them!

I feel incredibly honoured and privileged to have spent some of Steve's valuable time chatting to him. Steve - Thank you so much!

Hugh thanks also to my good friend John DeChristopher for setting this up!

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Joining me today is metal drumming legend - Charlie Benante.

Since 1983 Charlie has been the powerhouse drummer for Thrash Metal Kings - Anthrax as well as playing for S.O.D

Join Charlie and myself as we chat about his incredible career with Anthrax from way back in 1983!

We chat about Charlie"s love of British heavy metal - Particularly Motörhead and how Lemmy showed up at the first UK Anthrax gig!

Also talked about was that Charlie in his mid teens turned up to audition for the mighty KISS after Peter Criss parted company with the band!

What a pleasure talking to one of the originators of Thrash Drumming and the blast beat, Charlie thank you so much - it was a thrill!

Many thanks to our mutual buddy John Tempesta for setting this up!

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Paul has enjoyed an incredible career from picking up drum sticks for the first time in 1965 he is best known for his work with 10cc, he has aslo played live and recorded with many other bands and musicians including Jethro Tull, Magna Carta, Camel, Joan Armatrading, Alvin Stardust, Gloria Gaynor, The icicle works, Jerry Donahue & The Helecasters.

 Join Paul and myself as we talk about his early days and how he found his way into Joining 10cc and the recording of the iconic 1977 album Deceptive Bends.

It was so incredible to hear all these stories first hand - i really hope you enjoy them too.

Paul, Thank you for giving your time so generously.
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We are firmly back in the legends lounge today with legendary British drummer, author and drum historian Bob Henrit.

Bob has played and recorded for such an incredible list of bands and musicians over the last 4 or 5 decades including Argent, The Kinks, Adam Faith, The Zombies, Jim Rodford, The Roulettes, Unit 4+2 and many more.

Join Bob and myself as we chat about his fabulous career including a section on his drum shop Henrits Drum Store and how it was trying to juggle life as a touring/recording musician and trying to run a drum shop.

 There are some wonderful stories about Bob's good friend, the late great Keith Moon.

 We also talk about the recent Netflix Drumming Doucumentary - Count me in , Bob of course featured in this, he was also an executive producer no less!

 This was a joy to record, Bob can tell a wonderful story, i really hope you enjoy it.

Bob - Thank you so much for giving up your time so generously.

 We talk about so much in 40 minutes including former gigs with Michael Schenker, former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman, Billy Idol and many more!

At the moment you can find him on a US Tour with former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach on the 30th anniversary of the iconic Slave To The Grind album.

Many thanks to Jeremy for giving up his valuable time to talk to me

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 Join Simon, Brian and myself as we talk about what its like touring post lockdown, we also talk about Squeeze and Hall & Oates, The incredible back catologue of songs to choose from and the magnificent list of drummers that have played for both great bands in the past!

 We of course had to touch on Live From Daryl's House where Brian of course is the drummer - Daryl Hall invites some of his musical friends along to his house to jam. The results are stunning!

 This was such a fun interview to do - this was just after Soundcheck on Friday 24th September 2021 from the Ameris Bank Amphitheatre, Alpharetta Georgia.

 These 2 fabulous drummers are clearly good friends and lots of fun to talk to - I thank to them both for giving up their time so generously.

Darby Todd is without doubt one of the most talented drummers in the UK Today, he has a remarkable talent for playing drums and applying it to any style!

Join Darby and myself as we chat about his amazing career so far from his early days taking lessons with legendary uk drum teacher/educator Colin Woolway and the world renowned Thomas Lang.

Darby has played for some incredible bands and musicians including Justin Hawkins, The Darkness, his regular gig with Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre, Alan Price, Gary Moore and many more.

we also chat about his recent solo album that features contributions from some of the finest musicians on the planet including Don Airey, Kee Marcello, Adam Wakeman, Laurence Cottle, Marco Minnemann and Andy Newmark to name but a few!

We had to talk about Darby's recent gig with Canadian mega star singer/guitarist Devin Townsend, headling the Bloodstock Festival with very little rehearsal time! Since the interview Darby has gone on to recorded the drum parts for Devin's new album, so i think we can safely assume that he was impressed with Darby's incredible talent!

 it was a total pleasure chatting to Darby, i thank him very much for finding the time in his ridiculously busy schedule to do this!

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Since 2016 Cherisse has been the drummer with Simple Minds.

She has previously played for such legendary performers as Paloma Faith, Kelly Jones, Bryan Ferry and MIKA

Join Cherisse and myself as we chat about her incredible career from here initial visit to "Drum Club" in school through to getting her first pro gig with a band signed to Polydor - THE FADERS then of course onto her incredible musical journey with global pop icon Mika.

Cherisse also talks about having to be versatile, having played in a band with former Extreme metal band Venom guitarist - Mantas through to playing on the latest Marvel epic Black Widow.

Many thanks to Cherisse for finding time in her VERY busy schedule to chat to me, it was a fantastic conversation and one i hope you will really enjoy!

Since 2015 Mike has been playing drums for Canadian Megastar Shawn Mendes.

 As well as playing for Shawn Mendes he has performed with a huge and varied list of artists including Francesco Yates, Shawn Desman, Conor Maynard and many more.

Join Mike and myself as we talk about his early memories of music and his first taste of drumming, through to finding himself playing on the Rock Remix of Katy Perrys' I Kissed A Girl!

We also chat about how the gig came about with Shawn Mendes and what life is like playing for one of the biggest stars in the world, including a few eye opening stories!!

This was hugely enjoyable hour spent with a fabulous drummer and an incredibly nice and humble human being! Mike - thank you so much for giving your time so generously!

Many thanks to Andrew Thornton for connecting us both.

Join Dane and myself as we chat about the amazing guests he has had so far on his podcast - including Mikkey Dee and Matt Sorum!

 We also talk about how he got into drums. What was life like growing up with your dad being the guitarist in one of the Biggest Rock n Roll bands in the world - Motörhead.

 We had to talk about Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons of which Dane is the drummer with dad Phil On Guitar and Dane's 2 brothers on guitar and bass!

This was a fascinating conversation, one i really enjoyed - please check out Danes Podcast - Drum For The Song - if you like mine then i am certain that you will like his too!

Dane, thank you for your time!

 John is also a fantastic drummer with over 35 years experience, Join us as we chat about his journey as a drummer from learning as a youngster in his home town of Preston throught to playing drums with the Buddy Rich big band.

 We also talk about his involvement with many drum events across the UK and of course getting to play some of Phil Collins best known drum parts in front the man himself on The Jonathan Ross Show.

 Many thanks to John for giving up his valuable time, he genuinely is an incredibly busy chap! 

Join Rhani and myself as we talk about his incredible career so far, from his childhood in Morocco and learning percussion at a young age, through to moving to Germany to Study. 

He also talks about how Drumming legend Manu Katche recommended Rhani to Sting when he was looking for a percussionist....... the rest as they say is history.

we also talk about how Rhani has to adapt his style when playing with some of the best drummers in the world including Vinnie Colaiuta, Keith Carlock and many others!!

This was a fascinating and really enjoyable conversation, Rhani is without doubt one of the nicest people on the planet and i thank him for giving his time so generously.

Many thanks to my good friend Steve Barney for connecting us!

Joining me today is the incredible Zachary Alford, a hard hitting drummer with an impeccable groove! 

Zachary has an amazing CV having played for some legendary names including The B-52's, Bruce Springsteen and of course David Bowie as well as being the house drummer on Saturday Night Live

 Here we chat about his amazing career, including his early days plus selected highlights from his incredible back catalogue! 

 Huge thanks to Zachary for giving up his time so generously. 

Many thanks also to Mike Cusick for connecting me with Zachary

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I’m absolutely thrilled to be joined by UK session drumming great... Graham Broad

Graham & I chat about his incredible career, including the 26 years holding down the drum seat with Roger Waters - contributing to many of Roger’s studio albums and World tours - including the legendary 1990 Berlin performance of ‘The Wall’ .

We cram so much into this hour including some wonderful stories about his drum lessons with Max Abrams & Lloyd Ryan, through to his incredible session career in the late 70's and 80's... including playing on huge hits for Tina Turner, Wham!, AHA!, Boy George & Culture Club, ABC, Go West , The Beach Boys... and many more ! ! 

We also talk about Graham’s long term gig with Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings. 

This interview was a total joy to do and is crammed full of amazing and funny stories - Graham has done very few interviews over his drumming career, so please enjoy it! 

Mr Broad - thank you for giving up your time !

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Lynyrd Skynyrd since 1999 as well as being a founder member of the Damn Yankees alongside Ted Nugent and Tommy Shaw. Join 

Michael Cartellone and myself as we chat about his incredible career so far both as a Drummer and an incredibly gifted artist. I really hope you enjoy this interview, please feel free to share it far and wide.

Join Nic and myself as we chat about his influences as a very young drummer through to touring with his dad 
Phil Collins at the tender age of 15. 

Now of course, Nic is occupying one of the hottest drum seats in the music world 
Genesis

We chat in depth about the preparation and rehearsal required for the upcoming 2021 Genesis “The Last Domino Tour” and of course, we had to talk about the famous Phil Collins almost signature style 
Gretsch concert tom drum kit ! 

Nic also shares his excitement for working with his own band project, 
Better Strangers - some great new music coming from them.

It was a total pleasure chatting to Nic, a very wise head on very young shoulders and a magnificent drummer! 

Nic, thank you for giving your time so generously.