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Brendan Buckley
Brendan Buckley is on a roll. Besides touring and recording with South American superstar Shakira, he's been involved with co-writing and producing her Pepsi commercial and the track "Fool" off her first English multi-platinum CD, Laundry Service. "One of the…
Jordan Burns of Strung Out
'You can put a Rush record on and steal a drum fill today,' says Strung Out drummer Jordan Burns. 'It's endless just how many drum fills you can steal from Neil Peart.' Weaned on a strict diet of Peart ('my…
Brian Burwell of Neve
Just when Brian Burwell's studio drumming career looked like it was about to take off, along comes pop/rock band Neve, asking him to join. It looks like Brian's decision to put sessions like Michael Bolton aside for the rock life…
Teddy Campbell
After working as drummer and musical director for 98', Teddy Campbell was asked to join The Backstreet Boys band by Ricky Miner, who put both bands together. Campbell and The Boys have been touring constantly, with dates booked well into…
Keith Carlock: More Than Time For Sting
Making his Big Apple splash working with The Blues Brothers and Wayne Krantz, Mississippi-born Keith Carlock went on to record and tour with Steely Dan. A tremendous groove player who can also flatten your ears with his dazzling all-over-the-kit prowess,…
Michael Cartellone
It's been a little over a year since former Damn Yankees drummer Michael Cartellone joined Lynyrd Skynyrd. He came into the picture shortly after the band released Edge Of Forever, which Kenny Aronoff had recorded. Ironically, just the previous year,…
Torry Castellano of The Donnas
Each member of The Donnas has all just barely passed the mile marker of twenty-one years old. (Their latest Lookout Records release is titled Turn 21.) But drummer Donna C (real name: Torry Castellano, real age: twenty-two) has more accomplishments…
Jimmy Chamberlin: Update
When Smashing Pumpkins disbanded in late 2000, vocalist Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin decided to take a year off before working together on another project. Those plans quickly changed. "After three months of complete boredom," Chamberlin recalls, "Billy asked…
Dennis Chambers: Santana Now: A Force Of Nature
A rhythmic force of nature since its inception in San Francisco's Mission District in 1966, the Santana band has always set the bar high. And now, with superstar drummer Dennis Chambers joining percussionists Raul Rekow and Karl Perazzo, the bar…
Jim Chapin
It's a steamy tropical night in South Florida. I'm sitting out on Jim Chapin's lanai, watching the eighty-one-year-old drummer rip off amazing licks on his ever-present practice pad while the tree frogs and locusts in the backyard provide a symphonic…
Oliver Charles
It wasn't the Gospel songs that Oliver Charles was asked to play during The Blind Boys Of Alabama and Ben Harper sessions last spring that knocked him for a loop. It was the singers themselves. "The music fit in with…
Stephen Chopek
Who the heck is Stephen Chopek? Where did this guy come from? Just ask Charlie Hunter. You know, that famous guy on Blue Note who plays the eight-string guitar. A couple of years ago Chopek was studying with New York…
Jim Christie
Jim Christie will play just about anything. "I love playing polkas," he says. "I'll play Norte-o music all day long. I love playing straight-ahead jazz. I love playing country. I like playing anything, as long as it's good." Just as…
Mike Clark
Ironically, jazzman Mike Clark will go down in history as the guy who cut one of the slickest funk tracks in history, "Actual Proof." Recorded in the '70s with Herbie Hancock's Headhunters, it featured a nimble Clark splitting up running…
