When I'm not touring with Adam Hood, I play with Spoonful James, Wynn Christian, Sam Stone, Justin Johnson & His Band, Buffalo Black, Tony Brook, The Erin Mitchell Band, and, occasionally, Taylor Hicks.
Influences
Vinnie Colaiuta, Manu Katche, Keith Carlock, Levon Helm, Dennis Chambers, Steve Smith, Steve Gadd, Stewart Copeland, Charlie Watts, Steve Gorman, Jeff "Apt. Q-258" Sipe, Max Weinberg, Buddy Miles, Chris Fryar, John Bonham (of course), and, yes, Phil Collins (the OLD stuff). Also, Sting, Steely Dan, Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits, Paul Simon, Miles Davis, and Freddie King.
Sounds Like
Delbert McClinton, Steve Earle, Willie Nelson, Derek & the Dominoes, Van Morrison, North Mississippi All-Stars, Rolling Stones...music rooted in the South.
Spoonful James with Taylor Hicks sitting in at Ona's Music Room in Birmingham, AL, on 5/10/08:
Adam Hood at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, TX:
Here's some Sam Stone for you:
My musical training goes back as far as I can remember. I was singing in church from a very early age. My parents gave me a drum set for my 14th birthday because the piano lessons didn’t take. They would soon regret it, as I played them incessantly. They could be heard down the street—there was no escape. After high school, I marched at Auburn University for a year and then joined a bar band in Auburn and never looked back.
That band was Passing Through, and Taylor Hicks was our lead singer. I played in other bands with Taylor (Fletch Lives, Taylor Hicks & the EZ Widerz, the Taylor Hicks Band) on and off through 2005, when he went to audition for American Idol.
I also became the drummer for Spoonful James around 1998. The band’s style is blues/rhythm & blues/soul/country. We have shared the stage with many legendary acts, and Taylor still sits in with us from time to time. Spoonful currently books dates sporadically around the Southeast.
For two years I played with a North Mississippi Hill Country Blues act called Tennessee Hat Co. that now goes by Sam Stone. We were finalists at the 20th International Blues Challenge in Memphis.
I currently tour nationally with Little Dog Records recording artist Adam Hood of Opelika, AL. We regularly open for acts like Leon Russell, Miranda Lambert, and Taylor Hicks all over the country.
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