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Influences
Victor Lewis, Andrew Fisenden, Elvin Jones, Terreon Gully, Roy Haynes, Billy Degnats, Ben Perowsky, ?uest love, Tony Williams, Dennis Mackrell, Thomas Pridgen, Motown drummers in "The Funk Brothers"
John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Uri Cane, Ray Brown, Christian Scott, Avishai Cohen, Joshua Redman, Christian McBride, Kenny Barron, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Ron Carter, George Coleman, Horace Silver, Charles Mingus, Russell Gunn, Wayne Shorter, Woody Shaw, Kenny Garrett, Chick Corea, Esbjorn Svensson Trio, The Philadelphia Experiment, VOID, Bentzon Brotherhood
Muse, We Are Scientist, The Tender Idols, Billionaire, The Underwater, Brazil, Erykah Badu, The Roots, Fiona Apple, Flickerstick, Jimmy Eat World, The Mars Volta, Ray Charles, The Temptations, From Autumn to Ashes, Gavin DeGraw, The Goo Goo Dolls, Justin King, Joss Stone, John Mayer Trio, Dave Mathews, The Gabe Dixon Band, Hope of the States, R.A. The Rugged Man, Mute Math, Fleet Foxes
The first quarter of the year has been fantastic. I've been able to do a lot of traveling and performing... with the Well Reds' Florida Keys residency and the R.O.E. SPIN Magazine party in NY being the definite highlights. Elli Perry's C.D. release party was also quite fulfilling. It served as a good send off for Elli as she now moves her base of operations to New York. Personally, it was a nice culmination/representation of our combined efforts over the past couple of years. I am in the market to do more sideman singer-songwriter work (in light of Elli's moving), so please keep me in mind if you or someone you know needs a drummer.
Studio 281 News: The Flickering Candle Trio will now be housing the 281 Jam. Come on out to hear the originals we have been working on. NO COVER!!!
Please feel free to contact me.
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Some of my favorite venues/events/groups/performances include:
-- Smith's Olde Bar, Eddies Attic, The Peach Drop, (Atl) and Rick Beato's Studio w/ Elli Perry
-- The Bitter End (NYC) the Fire in Philadelphia, and Burlington w/ HUGO
-- Studio 281 (Atl) w/ The Dave Naylor Trio and The Eric Fontaine Quartet
-- The 5 Spot (Atl) w/ The Flickering Candle
-- The Loft (Atl), The Evening Muse (NC), and Sloss Furnace (Birmingham) SPIN NY w/ Rantings of Eva
-- Titanic (Mia) w/ Carlos Ramos
-- Crescent Moon Studios (Mia) w/ Ian Rose
Hey just picked up SPIN. Dude, you had to hold onto the drum sticks of course. You know, a whole Lew class can be had evaluating your position in the picture. I am so proud of you dude. You're awesome!
dude how's stuff going? I'm moving up to NYC in June so if you ever come up you gotta look me up, plus I'll be driving through atlanta I think on the way up so we should hang.
Thanks for coming out to the jam session last night! You were killin on them drums. I wish you would have played more than one song! But it was cool. Definitly come back out when you can!
Glad to see your doing so well. As soon as I get out of Iraq I will be able to get that album off Itunes and check you guys out more. Hopefully I will be heading your way this summer. Keep up the awesome job. Tell everyone I said hello and I love them. Talk to you soon
Hey man, Things are going well, still banged up after our accident we had in October but healing well. Just about to release a new album this month. I'm planning on seeing you guys at Eddie's, hope I can make it. How are things on your end?
haha...soooo sorry it's taken years to respond, but thanks for the comment. It made me laugh. Good times. Anyways, things are good, I'm still in DC with the same label and such. How are things with you? Let me know if you're ever in the area! Take care :)
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