It is my belief that we as drumming bretheren should all influence one another in as both positive and musical ways possible. But (in no particluar order) these are some of my faves:
Roger Hawkins,
Hal Blaine,
Jim Keltner,
Ringo Starr,
Steve Ferrone,
Shelly Manne,
Al Jackson,
Rick Marotta,
Andy Newmark,
Earl Palmer,
Sly Dunbar,
Fred Below,
Charlie Watts,
Kenney Buttrey,
Clyde Stubblefield,
Nigel Olsson,
Art Blakey,
Russ Kunkel,
Prairie Prince,
Sonny Payne,
D.J. Fontana,
George Raines,
Jim Gordon,
Ron Tutt,
Jeff Porcaro,
Steve Gadd,
Philly Joe Jones,
Gene Krupa,
Bernard Purdie,
Levon Helm,
Idris Muhammad,
Howard Grimes,
Floyd Sneed,
Pete Thomas,
Topper Headon,
Mick Fleetwood,
Joseph "Zig" Modeliste
Born in the sixties, native San Franciscan Paul Revelli has been playing drums for most of his life. Diverse skills, a passion for playing and listening to all genres of music, and his intuition as the consumate sideman are at the heart of this drummer’s beat.
As a member of the mid-eighties rock group Red 7, Revelli recorded two albums with the band, both on MCA. The first, Red 7, was produced by Mike Rutherford of Genesis and Mike and the Mechanics fame. A second album entitled When The Sun Goes Down was released, followed by extensive worldwide touring before the group disbanded in 1987.
In 1989, Revelli joined Joe Louis Walker and the Boss Talkers, recording four albums with them: Live at Slim’s, Vols. 1 and 2 (on Hightone), Blues Survivor (on Verve) and J.L.W. (also on Verve). Additionally, he recorded a track on B.B. King’s Blues Summit album (MCA) for Joe Louis Walker’s duet with the blues legend. During his five years with the Boss Talkers, Revelli toured the United States, Canada and Europe and Scandinavia several times over. Along the way, he has shared festival stages with some of the greatest names in Blues and R & B, an incredible journey to say the least.
From there, Revelli worked with roots rock artist Chuck Prophet and can be heard on three of Prophet’s releases: Feast of Hearts (on China), Homemade Blood (on Cooking Vinyl) and The Hurting Business (on Hightone). Formerly of the band Green on Red, Prophet’s reputation in Europe found Revelli once again playing some of the great festivals and venues there as a result.
Now as a freelance musician, Revelli maintains a healthy schedule working in the studios on album dates and playing live with a list of artists that has included Angela Strehli, Lou Ann Barton, Tracy Nelson, Carlene Carter, Marcia Ball, Bonnie Raitt, Huey Lewis, Dan Hicks, Bonnie Hayes, Barbara Lynn, Howard Tate, Charlie Musselwhite, Tom Heyman, Maria Muldaur, Annie Sampson, Linda Tillery, Elvin Bishop, Bo Diddley, Frankie Ford, John Vanderslice, Roy Gaines, Rusty Zinn, Los Mocosos, Pinetop Perkins, Phil Guy, EC Scott, Danny Caron, John Nemeth, Tom Rigney & Flambeau, Mighty Mike Schermer, Jackie Payne, Tainted Love, Big Bang Beat, The Pinder Brothers, Earl Thomas, Frank Bey, Phil Aaberg and Mark Hummel.
Paul Revelli plays D’Amico Drums exclusively.
Member of American Federation of Musicians, Local 292.
Hey Paul, last night was really something else. Whew!!! Thanks for some truly awesome music, I'm still a little stunned :) I wrote it up in my blog, you might enjoy the audience point of view...
Hey Paul, Happy belated birthday! Mine's on Sunday! One step closer to Five-0, Yikes! Anyway, thanks for heads up regarding the great Nilsson article in Mojo. Contrary to what they said, I thought that "Son of Schmilsson" was a good record. Though, it was in the bargain bin almost immediately after released. Hope that you are well, have a fun weekend.
