I've been blessed to play with so many different people: Katharine Whalen's Lucky, Patrick Sweany, Jay Lang, the Alcazar Hotel, Seth Libbey's Liberals, Mr. Tater the Music Maker, the Captain Midnight Band, the Big Tasties, Lucas Leigh & Friends, Earthbound, all of the Kudzu Kings' members in other incarnations, George McConnell, house drummer @ the Big Truck Theater, Jim Dickinson and the Yalobushwackers, Davis Coen, Johnny Bennett, Stewart McNair, Big Wooley Mammoth, Sam Gunderson, Buffalo Black, the Back Row Baptists...
Influences
Right now I'm listening to: Them Crooked Vultures, Alhaji Bai Konte, Bill Frisell, MGMT, Ry Cooder, Anything w/ Jim Keltner drumming on it, Joe Cocker, Superfly Soundtrack_ Curtis Mayfield foreva!, Sigur Ros, old live Jeff Buckley by himself...
In short- I am on a constant search for inspiration and productive creativity. My search for the heart of musical and artistic creation has led me to settle in the south for the majority of my young adult life. Born in Nashville, grew up in Cincinnati, and cut my early chops in Birmingham, gauged the Memphis scene for a minute, and settled in Oxford, MS. I became even more enthralled--not just with specific artists, but more with-- the spirit of the music/ folk art of North MS and how the style is created and celebrated. While I have years of experience with drumming and art, I do feel as if most of my experience up until now has been based on observation and has served as a learning ground for the creations to come.
{In the past two years since graduating from Ole Miss w/ a degree in Fine Art (Graphic Design) I have managed a venue, toured nationally, opened for legends, played the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, recorded w/ various artists, and have resettled in Birmingham to promote my drumming/ creative services out of this area. You can reach me by messaging me here. Peace.}
Video for Katharine Whalen's Lucky... www.monkeywhale.com
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2 or 3 ... Patrick Sweany Band • Minnesota Deep Blues Fest
The Alcazar Hotel video for "Come On! Dig the Unified Theory!"
Brad, thanks a lot for the support man. I hope things are going well for you. I'm playing with a band out of Birmingham in a couple weeks called The Jacks. You ever hear of them?
seriously two seconds..... lame. sorry i wasn't available after the show. i really wanted to say hey. what's new? i kicked all the investors in the mouth and told them that i run this shit.... then i set the whole place on fre and told them if they didn't let me make my own menu that i would turn their kitchen into an ashtray. lol.....j/k. i'm just still grindin' ... keep in touch, you rule.
brad porter commented on my page.. and can i say i feel pretty damn cool.. actually i feel really damn cool... he's cool drummer... im at cass's right now watching teen witch... has you're cycle started... sorry we thru the maxi's
oh yeah, still @ Waltz. Walt actually got fired a week or two ago and they gave me his job, so next time you're in town, stop on by. P.S. we still jam your "80s fuckin' Rock" CD.....
