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E190: Live From My Drum Room With Keio Stroud!
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - April 23, 2024 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMy guest is Nashville session and touring drummer, Keio Strode. Keio discusses moving to Nashville from Athens, GA and breaking into the scene. The importance of having a positive attitude, working hard, being prepared and being dependable. His friendship with first call Nashville session drumme...
E189: Remembering Freddie Gruber With Special Guests! Part 2
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - April 19, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn Part 2 of Remembering Freddie Gruber, the stories and laughs continue as we reminisce about our friend and legendary drum guru, Freddie Gruber. I'm joined by Jim Keltner, Steve Smith, Dave Weckl, Adam Nussbaum, Bruce Becker, David Bronson, Jay Dittamo, Don Lombardi, Rob Wallis and Colin Schof...
E188: Remembering Freddie Gruber With Special Guests! Part 1
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - April 16, 2024 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsI'm joined by an incredible group of legendary drummers and friends, as we remember drum guru to the stars, the one and only, Freddie Gruber. Jim Keltner, Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Smith, Dave Weckl, Adam Nussbaum, Bruce Becker, Mark Schulman, David Bronson, Jay Dittamo, Don Lombardi, Rob Wallis an...
E187: Live From My Drum Room With Chad Gracey!
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - April 10, 2024 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMy guest is Chad Gracey - drummer and founding member of "LIVE." Chad and I discuss his stellar drumming on the band's hugely successful record "Throwing Copper" released 30 years ago this month. We do a deep dive into the recording process, songwriting, and Chad's approach to creating tasteful ...
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Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - April 06, 2024 19:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsHey everyone! I'm celebrating four years of "Live From My Drum Room" with my official Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! t-shirt! Made of 60% cotton/40% polyester for a soft and comfortable fit! Available in XS-XXL. $25 including shipping in the contiguous USA. For orders outside ...
E186: Jeff Porcaro's 70th Birthday with Robyn Flans and Gary Katz!
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - April 02, 2024 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsA special episode in honor of Jeff Porcaro's 70th birthday! I'm joined by Robyn Flans, author of "Moments In Time: Jeff Porcaro Stories" available through Hudson Music, and legendary Steely Dan producer, Gary Katz! Gary shared some wonderful stories about Jeff, including the first time he met Je...
E185: Live From My Drum Room With Zack Alford!
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - March 26, 2024 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMy guest is Zack Alford! Zack and I do a deep dive into his long and stellar career, including The B-52s, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Billy Joel, Gwen Stefani, The Psychedelic Furs and more! Lots of great stories and we play one of Billy Joel's tracks Zack played on, "All About Soul" So come...
E185: Live From My Drum Room With Zach Alford!
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - March 26, 2024 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMy guest is Zack Alford! Zack and I do a deep dive into his long and stellar career, including The B-52s, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Billy Joel, Gwen Stefani, The Psychedelic Furs and more! Lots of great stories and we play one of Billy Joel's tracks Zack played on, "All About Soul" So come...
E184: The Best Of Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Vol. 1
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - March 19, 2024 19:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsAs I approach the 4th anniversary of Live From My Drum Room and close in on 200 episodes, I've put together a "Best Of" show with clips from episodes going back as far as 2020. My guests include Stan Lynch, Gary Mallaber, Micky Curry, Steve Gadd, Vinnie Colaiuta, Rick Marotta, Andy Newmark, Jim ...
E184: Best Of Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Vol. 1
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - March 19, 2024 19:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsAs I approach the 4th anniversary of Live From My Drum Room and close in on 200 episodes, I've put together a "Best Of" show with clips from episodes going back as far as 2020. It's a mixed bag of fun and laughs and not in chronological order. My guests include Stan Lynch, Gary Mallaber, Micky C...
E183: Live From My Drum Room With David Uosikkinen!
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - March 12, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMy guest is drummer, producer and a founding member of "The Hooters," David Uosikkinen! David and I discuss how he became interested in music, The Beatles on Ed Sullivan and becoming a drummer. Playing in bands as a teenager and ultimately forming "The Hooters" in 1980, recording their first maj...
E182: Live From My Drum Room With Denny Fongheiser!
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - March 05, 2024 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMy guest is drummer, producer and composer, Denny Fongheiser! Denny talks about moving from his home in the San Francisco Bay area to Los Angeles at age 20 and breaking into the LA session scene in the 1980s. We talk about Denny's exquisite drumming on Tracy Chapman's 1988 debut record, her smas...
E181: Joel Selvin - "Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey Of Jim Gordon."
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - February 26, 2024 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMy guest is Joel Selvin, author of "Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey Of Jim Gordon" available Feb 27th on Diversion Books. Joel and I do a deep-dive into the incredible and prolific career of legendary drummer, Jim Gordon, as well as the tragic circumstances of his mental illness. So come alon...
E180: TrackTalk With Andy Newmark!
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - February 21, 2024 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsLegendary drummer Andy Newmark and I do deep-dive into three of his iconic recordings: Carly Simon's "Anticipation," Gary Wright's "Love Is Alive," and John Lennon's "Nobody Told Me." So come along for the ride and please subscribe! Contact Andy - e-mail: [email protected] telephone: +4...
E179: 60th Anniversary of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show!
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - February 14, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsI'm joined by friends and legendary drummers Jim Keltner, Andy Newmark, Joe Vitale, Stan Lynch and Kenny Aronoff, to celebrate and discuss that historic evening when The Beatles made their first US appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964. An estimated 73 million people tuned in that...
E178: Celebrating Hal Blaine's 95th Birthday!
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - February 07, 2024 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsHal Blaine's recording credits are simply staggering. Hal would have turned 95 on Feb 5th, 2024 - he passed away on March 11, 2019 at age 90. I'm joined by Jim Keltner, Don Randi, Denny Tedesco, Clem Burke, Dennis Diken and Don Lombardi, to celebrate Hal Blaine's 95th Birthday and share memories...
E177: TrackTalk: Rick Marotta on "Breakdown Dead Ahead"
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - February 02, 2024 14:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode of TrackTalk, Rick Marotta and I do a deep dive into his driving shuffle in Boz Scaggs' "Breakdown Dead Ahead." So come along for the ride and please subscribe to my YouTube channel! "Live From My Drum Room" is hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, a...
E176: TrackTalk: Myron Grombacher on "All Fired Up" "Shadows of the Night" & "Invincible."
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - January 26, 2024 01:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode of TrackTalk, Myron Grombacher discusses his playing on Pat Benatar's "All Fired Up" Shadows of the Night" and "Invincible." Come along for the ride and please subscribe! Watch the entire episode: https://youtu.be/It7sQRms6b8?si=DdH15xLsgYxDwFMy "Live From My Drum Room" is hos...
E176: TrackTalk: Myron Grombacher on "All Fired Up" "Shadows Of The Night" & "Invincible."
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - January 26, 2024 01:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode of TrackTalk, Myron Grombacher discusses his playing on Pat Benatar's "All Fired Up" Shadows Of The Night" and "Invincible." Come along for the ride and please subscribe! Watch the entire episode: https://youtu.be/It7sQRms6b8?si=DdH15xLsgYxDwFMy "Live From My Drum Room" is hos...
E175: TrackTalk: Tris Imboden on "Footloose" & "I'm Alright"
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - January 18, 2024 05:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis episode of TrackTalk is an excerpt from Live From My Drum Room With Tris Imboden. In this episode, we do a deep-dive into two of Kenny Loggins' biggest hits that Tris recorded: "Footloose" and "I'm Alright." Tris shares insights on each song, including him singing the bridge on the "live" v...
E174: Live From My Drum Room - "Gadd: A Life In Time"
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - January 11, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this episode, we do a deep dive into Hudson Music's retrospective on Steve Gadd, "Gadd: A Life In Time." My guests are the legendary Steve Gadd himself, along with Rob Wallis and Joe Bergamini of Hudson Music. Rob and Joe share insights on the development of the book, which includes interview...
E44: Live From My Drum Room With Dave DiCenso (Lost Episode!)!
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - January 09, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis episode aired live/was recorded on June 22, 2021 and due to audio issues, it was never released as a podcast (only available on YouTube. ) However, I feel the content in Dave's episode is too good not to release as a podcast, even with the echo, so here it is! My guest is drummer, educato...
E173: Live From My Drum Room With Adam Deitch!
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - January 04, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMy guest is four-time grammy nominated drummer, composer, arranger and producer, Adam Deitch. Adam and I do a deep dive into his creative process for composing and recording. Growing up immersed in music, where both parents are drummers. His bands "Lettuce" "The Adam Deitch Quartet" and their la...
E172: A Tour of My Drum Room, Vintage Drums and Music Memorabilia!
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - December 30, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsClosing out 2023 with a tour of my drum room and memorabilia. A look at my vintage drum collection, along with some background on each kit. And a look at the various memorabilia, Gold and Platinum Records and more, I've accumulated from my years working in the Drum Industry. Please excuse any au...
E171: 2023 Christmas Holiday Show! WARNING: CONTAINS DRUMMERS!
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - December 22, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMy annual Christmas Holiday show where I invite a bunch of my drummer friends to drop in, and I never know exactly who's going to show up. The show was "live" so there were a few "warts," but it's always a lot of laughs! My guests were a literal who's who of drumming, including Aynsley Dunbar, M...
E139: Christmas Holiday Show! WARNING: CONTAINS DRUMMERS!
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - December 22, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMy annual Christmas Holiday show where I invite a bunch of my drummer friends to drop in, and I never know exactly who's going to show up. The show was "live" so there were a few "warts," but it's always a lot of laughs! My guests were a literal who's who of drumming, including Aynsley Dunbar, M...
E170: Live From My Drum Room With Eric Leiderman!
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - December 08, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMy guest is two-time Emmy nominated Producer for Late Night with Seth Meyers, Eric Leiderman! Eric is also a writer, a drummer, and the architect behind the rotating drummers on Late Night with Seth Meyers. In this episode we talk about Eric's formative years as a drummer, including playing gigs...
E138: Eric Leiderman - Producing Late Night with Seth Meyers!
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - December 08, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMy guest is two-time Emmy nominated Producer for Late Night with Seth Meyers, Eric Leiderman! Eric is also a writer, a drummer, and the architect behind the rotating drummers on Late Night with Seth Meyers. In this episode we talk about Eric's formative years as a drummer, including playing gigs...
E169: Live From My Drum Room With Daxx Nielsen!
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - December 01, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMy guest is Daxx Nielsen, drummer for legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Cheap Trick! Daxx talks about growing up in a musical family, playing with his own original band Harmony Riley, moving to LA and getting the gig with legendary guitarist Dick Dale, touring with Brandi Carlile a...
E137: Daxx Nielsen of Cheap Trick!
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! - December 01, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMy guest is Daxx Nielsen, drummer for legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Cheap Trick! Daxx talks about growing up in a musical family, playing with his own original band Harmony Riley, moving to LA and getting the gig with legendary guitarist Dick Dale, touring with Brandi Carlile a...
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