Singer, Songwriter, Saxophonist, Bandleader…Curtis Stigers does it all. His new album, This Life will be released on February 25, 2022. “Keep Me From The Cold” was originally released on Curtis’ sophomore album on Arista Records, where he was discovered and signed by legendary producer Clive Davis. It was co-written with Glen Ballard (Grammy-winning writer/producer) and Curtis has said that this is one of the songs that he’s most proud of writing. It’s been 30 years since Curtis released his epo...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 138
Nir Zidkyahu , also known as Nir Z is an Israeli American studio/live drummer that worked for nearly 20 years in New York City and now calls Nashville home. Nir has worked with Genesis, John Mayer, Billy Squier, Chris Cornell, Joss Stone, Jason Mraz, Blake Shelton, Dan+Shay and many others. Most notably Nir played on John Mayer’s debut “Room For Squares” and Jason Mraz’s debut “Waiting For My Rocket To Come”. Nir keeps very busy recording top hits in the studios on Music Row and in his own home ...
Jan 26, 2022•1 hr 31 min
Gina has been the drummer for the groundbreaking all female band The Go-Go’s for over 4 decades. The band was recently inducted into The Rock N’ Roll Hall Of Fame. She has had songs cut by Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez and her songs have been featured in films such as The Accused, Superstar, Bull Durham and many others. Gina is also the author of the book Made in Hollywood: All Access With The Go-Go’s . Some Things That Came Up: 7:00 - Being nervous for RRHOF performance 10:00 - I'm a decent drum...
Dec 09, 2021•54 min
"If you hate reading bio’s as much as I hate writing them, I’ll do us both a favor and try and make this short and painless. I’ve been playing drums with everyone under the sun for the past 30 yrs. Joined the musicians union when I was 12 to play Top 40 out at Disneyland and then started touring and making records when I was 15. I’ve appeared on hundreds of records with artists ranging from Michael Buble to Suicidal Tendencies. Nine Inch Nails to Glen Campbell. Sting to The Vandals. A Perfect Ci...
Nov 22, 2021•38 min
Eric “E-Panda” Hernandez is currently the session and tour drummer for Grammy Award Winner, Platinum Producer, and Elektra recording artist Bruno Mars. Hernandez was born in 1976 in Brooklyn, New York. He is the son of Brooklyn native “Pete Hernandez”, who was the percussionist for Love & Money and Cecilio & Kapono. Eric started drumming at the tender age of 4 and playing professionally at the age of 10 in Hawaii. He played 6 nights a week for 8 years with “The Lovenote Show” a Variety s...
Aug 24, 2021•48 min
Aaron Comess is one of the founding members of the multi-platinum selling group the Spin Doctors, with whom he developed his innovative and recognizable drumming style. Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Comess spent his early years in Dallas and began playing drums at the age of 9. He attended Arts Magnet High School, during which time he won Downbeat Magazine’s DB award for outstanding high school Jazz Musician two consecutive years in a row and had the honor of studying with renowned teacher Henry Oks...
Aug 16, 2021•1 hr 22 min
Ruben Rojas is an artist, speaker and co-founder of Beautify Earth. A native Angeleno, Ruben is inspired by the urban landscape and surrounding media culture. Through murals, paintings, corporate programs, and community activations, Ruben changes the way we view the world through art and collaboration. Ruben uses art to inspire others to see through the lens of love. Some Things That Came Up: -Fatherhood -Love and Living Through Love -Love vs. Fear -“Beautify Earth” and “Beautify Schools” -Accou...
Aug 09, 2021•29 min
Born in 1956 in New Haven, Connecticut, Mickey took up drums when he was 11 and played with local bands. *******SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW!!! www.richredmond.com/listen The Rich Redmond Show is sponsored by: Big Dot Lighting - Commercial LED Lighting Specialists -and- Bruce Cline Home Loans & Mortgage Refinance | Movement Mortgage www.musiciansmortgage.com His early inspirations ranged from Ringo Starr and John Bonham through to Chicago’s Danny Seraphine and - under the influence of his older bro...
Jul 30, 2021•1 hr 16 min
Nate Morton (born December 30) is an American drummer. He has been the drummer for the house band on NBC's TV show The Voice for 18 seasons! In 2005 and 2006 Morton appeared on the Mark Burnett's Rock Star: INXS and Rock Star: Supernova reality shows, as drummer for the House Band. During that time he has also appeared on two CDs, Rock Star: A Night at the Mayan Theatre, and Dark Horse, released by Ryan Star. *******SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW!!! www.richredmond.com/listen The Rich Redmond Show is spo...
Jul 22, 2021•1 hr 23 min
As long as Gorden Campbell remembers, he's been playing drums. Born in New Haven, Conn. and raised in Newburgh, New York, Gorden began playing drums at the age of 5 in his grandfather's church. He started taking formal lessons in elementary school and continued thru college (Howard University) earning a bachelor's degree in music with a major in Jazz studies. During those informative years, Gorden was able to perform in various marching bands, gospel choirs, orchestras, percussion ensembles and ...
Jul 16, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz - A Drumming Chameleon Born in Chicago in 1956, drums came into Jon's family from Wm. Ludwig Jr. as a gift to Jon's older brother in return for some advertising work their father did for the drum company. After a family move to Phoenix, Arizona, Jon inherited the kit and began taking formal lessons in 1965. He also listened and played along to the radio hits of the day, as well as albums including everything from Gene Krupa to Elvis, Latin orchestras, and especially the Be...
Jul 13, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Brian Delaney, originally from St. Louis, MO, has been a fixture in the New York City music scene since moving there in 1994. He just finished a US/Europe summer tour with Melissa Etheridge. Brian has played with artists of all styles and flavors, playing with everyone from the New York Dolls, Lucy Woodward, Delta Goodrem, David Johansen and the Harry Smiths, Earl Slick, Buster Poindexter, Peter Cincotti, Patti Austin, Michael Brecker, Blood, Sweat & Tears, The Wu Tang Clan and many, many ot...
Jul 02, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Chad Cromwell was born in Paducah, Kentucky, on June 14th, 1957. When he was three years old his family moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where he grew up. He started playing drums at the age of eight, wearing headphones as he played along to records in an upstairs room of his parents' home. By the age of twelve he was playing in garage bands in the local neighborhood. Among Chad's early influences were drummer Al Jackson and the artists of Stax Records, and artists such as Al Green on Willie Mitchel...
Jun 30, 2021•1 hr 31 min
Rich Wilkes was born in Princeton, New Jersey. He attended El Camino High School in Oceanside, California. He got a BA at the University of California, Santa Cruz, then studied screenwriting at the American Film Institute. *******SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW!!! www.richredmond.com/listen The Rich Redmond Show is sponsored by: Big Dot Lighting - Commercial LED Lighting Specialists and Bruce Cline Home Loans & Mortgage Refinance | Movement Mortgage www.musiciansmortgage.com Rich Wilkes' major-studio ...
Jun 25, 2021•1 hr 14 min
“Gimme The Beat” Filmmakers Erik Gutmanis & Gillian Chandler *******SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW!!! www.richredmond.com/listen The Rich Redmond Show is sponsored by: Big Dot Lighting - Commercial LED Lighting Specialists -and- Bruce Cline Home Loans & Mortgage Refinance | Movement Mortgage www.musiciansmortgage.com Gimme The Beat Documentarians Erik Gutmanis & Gillian Chandler Erik Gutmanis: Erik began playing music at a young age, in Montreal, Canada. He continued with piano before a move ...
Jun 22, 2021•1 hr 2 min
What’s better than 5 drummers on a podcast? When 3 of them are Broadway drummers! *******SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW!!! www.richredmond.com/listen The Rich Redmond Show is sponsored by: Big Dot Lighting - Commercial LED Lighting Specialists -and- Bruce Cline Home Loans & Mortgage Refinance | Movement Mortgage www.musiciansmortgage.com Sammy Merendino: BIOGRAPHY. Sammy Merendino is an in-demand session drummer/programmer in NYC currently performing in the hit Broadway show "Diana the Musical". He h...
Jun 15, 2021•1 hr 7 min
JIMMY VIVINO serves as the Music Director on the TBS late night show CONAN. Vivino has been a consistent element in O’Brien’s late night career, starting with the first episode of Late Night with Conan O’Brien in September 1993. In June of 2008 Vivino moved from New York to Los Angeles and worked as Music Director/guitarist/arranger on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien,The Legally Prohibited from Being on Television Tour and Jimmy Vivino and The Basic Cable Band on CONAN. *******SUBSCRIBE/RATE...
May 15, 2021•1 hr 22 min
Known by musicians around the world as the “Minister of Groove,” Zoro is an internationally-renowned rock star, one of the world’s most respected and award-winning drummers. Throughout more than thirty years of his career, Zoro has been consistently voted the #1 R&B drummer and clinician by the premier music industry publications Modern Drummer, Drum!, and Rhythm Magazine. *******SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW!!! www.richredmond.com/listen The Rich Remond Show is sponsored by: Big Dot Lighting - Comm...
May 04, 2021•1 hr 29 min
Eddie Trunk is a 34 year music industry veteran who has built a reputation for being one of the most respected personalities in the world of Rock, Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. Eddie has spent time as a record executive and has also worked in artist management, but has really found his calling as a broadcaster, host and interviewer on radio and TV. *******SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW!!! www.richredmond.com/listen The Rich Remond Show is sponsored by: Big Dot Lighting - Commercial LED Lighting Specialists ...
Apr 30, 2021•59 min
Marc Bonilla is an American guitarist and composer. He has worked with Keith Emerson (including on 1995's Changing States and in 2006-2016 was featured in the Keith Emerson Band), Ronnie Montrose , Glenn Hughes (on Addiction (produced, co-written and performed), The Way It Is , 1999, also playing keyboards), David Coverdale (late 2000 live band) and Kevin Gilbert ( Toy Matinee live band). He also appears on the Emerson, Lake & Palmer tribute album Encores, Legends & Paradox ( Magna Carta...
Apr 27, 2021•54 min
Johnny Rabb - Understanding the Wrong Way of Doing Things Johnny Rabb is an active live and studio drummer. He is the drummer for the platinum-selling rock band Collective Soul, and recently finished tour dates in South Africa. The band recently released Collective Soul - LIVE. The album is a collection of songs recorded on tour over the last year. *******SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW!!! www.richredmond.com/listen The Rich Remond Show is sponsored by: Big Dot Lighting - Commercial LED Lighting Specialis...
Apr 22, 2021•1 hr 5 min
The third album from Maggie Rose, Have a Seat is the work of a phenomenally gifted artist showing the full extent of her power. *******SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW!!! www.richredmond.com/listen The Rich Remond Show is sponsored by: Big Dot Lighting - Commercial LED Lighting Specialists -and- Bruce Cline Home Loans & Mortgage Refinance | Movement Mortgage www.musiciansmortgage.com After years of honing her chops and making her name as a force-of-nature vocalist, the Nashville-based singer/songwriter...
Apr 19, 2021•57 min
Stefan Pokorny is a fine artist and former art teacher who began running 1st edition D&D games around the tender age of 14 years old. In 1996, he founded Dwarven Forge, a Miniatures Terrain company that started slowly but would go on to fund 6 hugely successful Kickstarter campaigns. He has run his “Theatrical” D&D games at various conventions, including KublaCon and others. *******SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW!!! www.richredmond.com/listen The Rich Remond Show is sponsored by: Big Dot Lighting ...
Apr 13, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Dude. Nashville based drummer Harry Miree stays busy! During Music City’s long touring season, he’s been known as the road drummer for a laundry list of artists including LOCASH, HARDY, Clare Bowen, Ryan Follese, Sons of Bill, and more. Then the offseason hits and Harry’s alter-ego comes alive: the YouTube drumming personality who can’t stop saying “dude,” dude. Miree’s videos centered around open-handed drumming have amassed millions of views from curious drummers around the world in just a few...
Apr 09, 2021•1 hr 14 min
What would you pay for a tool and a process that would make you happier, healthier and more productive, no matter where you sit in life? Would you be interested in learning how to acquire and engage that process if it was low or no cost? *******SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW!!! www.richredmond.com/listen The Rich Remond Show is sponsored by: Big Dot Lighting - Commercial LED Lighting Specialists -and- Bruce Cline Home Loans & Mortgage Refinance | Movement Mortgage www.musiciansmortgage.com Moving dir...
Apr 06, 2021•58 min
Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Blair’s father, a world renowned classical saxophonist, and Blair’s mother, a viola player and flutist, introduced Blair to music performance at an early age. After a few years of piano and a brief stint on saxophone, Blair began playing drums at the age of 12. He attended the National Music Camp at Interlochen for five summers, learning classical percussion formally and drumset on his own. During high school, he played gigs extensively around Detroit. He also contin...
Apr 01, 2021•55 min
Born and raised in Tennessee, songwriter Will Hoge made his name honing a blend of soulful Americana and heartland rock & roll. After spending his childhood in the Nashville suburb of Franklin, he left Tennessee to study history at Western Kentucky University. Music drew him back home, however, and he relocated to Nashville to assemble a band that included former Georgia Satellites guitarist Dan Baird . Hoge then cut his teeth on the Southern bar circuit and issued a live release, 1999's All...
Mar 28, 2021•45 min
James was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He is an actor, writer, and comedian living in Los Angeles. Formerly based in NYC, he performed improv and sketch comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade, The PIT and the Magnet Theater for 10 years. He performed on UCB's Maude Night with the sketch team Night Eaters and with sketch duo Coker & Stratton. *******SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW!!! www.richredmond.com/listen The Rich Remond Show is sponsored by: Big Dot Lighting - Commercial LED Lighting Specialists...
Mar 23, 2021•1 hr 14 min
Mark Sheppard is a British-American actor and musician. Sheppard is known for playing the demon/King of Hell Crowley on Supernatural and for his recurring roles as lawyer Romo Lampkin on the Battlestar Galactica reboot, Interpol investigator James Sterling on Leverage , and small-time crime lord Badger on Joss Whedon 's Firefly . He has appeared in many other tv shows like: The X-Files, Monk, The Practice, Jag, Medium, Burn Notice and many others. *******SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW!!! www.richredmond....
Mar 17, 2021•1 hr 3 min
TV Film Actor Norbert Leo Butz is a multi-talented storm of acting/singing entertainment! *******SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW!!! www.richredmond.com/listen The Rich Redmond Show is sponsored by: Big Dot Lighting - Commercial LED Lighting Specialists -and- Bruce Cline Home Loans & Mortgage Refinance | Movement Mortgage www.musiciansmortgage.com Norbert Leo Butz In 1997, his Broadway career began when he moved with his then-wife Sydney and their baby daughter Clara, to become swing in the musical "Re...
Mar 15, 2021•1 hr 6 min
