With my new band International Fateline, our first gig at the Henry's Fork Music Festival in Ashton, ID (photos by my brother)
In the second photo I'm playing an Octapad (covering "To Live and Die in L.A." by Wang Chung). I was using someone else's Tama kit with three of my own cymbals added: a 20" Paiste Colorsound Power Ride (from 1985), a heavy 16" A Zildjian (from the mid 1950s) and a cracked 18" Sabian HH Chinese that sounds wonderfully trashy.
We did ok for our first gig despite technical difficulties - which aren't surprising in a band with so many channels to mix.
William F Ludwig Jr. sent me a set of prototype stainless steel drums! I was a Perl endorsee now play on a set of custom oak DW's painted to match one of my Ferrari's
Three bands, three gigs: Playing some jazz with Rhia Foster and friends Feb. 9th, with the Michael Carlos Band (indie/Latin rock/punk/whatevs) Feb 24th, and with my classic rock covers band The 509s (formerly Velvet Elvis) on March 16th.
Just realized, I'm wearing the same hat all three gigs. Hilarious.
With my Tears For Fears tribute band. First pic was at the House of Blues Hollywood a couple years ago, the 2nd pic was right before a show earlier this month. You can see that I changed my front bass drum head from an ebony PS3 to a Gretsch fiberskyn with offset logo. Big improvement IMO.
Greetings from the UK! Here's my trio playing a typical English pub gig - never enough room in these places, so I specialise in compact kits made from various repurposed drums, like this one.
Public park gig. Before the heat wave. It was a perfect evening. Kids, parents, students, Frisbee golf, a cricket game, free lemonade & popcorn. And the FOH nailed the sound: not too loud, good balance (says a couple musicians in the crowd).
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