One of my all time favorite musicians:

Lucy’s record came out this past Tuesday which I’m excited about. Lucy’s songs and singing are great and it was produced by Stewart Lerman. Guest musicians besides myself include The Roches, Louden Wainwright, Stewart Lerman, The Indigo Girls, Steuert Smith from The Eagles, and Ira Glass from NPR’s This American Life.

I just found this great video of a drum solo by Joey Baron. One of my heroes.

Looking forward to playing with some new faces this week…Ms. Courtney Jaye a great Nashville singer songwriter, Aaron Lee Tasjan a great singer songwriter and guitar player, Rich Hinman a great lapsteel and guitar player, Ben Mars my incredible bass buddy, and Brandon Findlay a great singer songwriter from the UK.

The new Jon Solo record that I played on was released today. Go to his bandcamp site to check it out. I’m pretty psyched about it. Jon wrote some great songs and I think we captured a great vibe for them in the studio.

Here is a great interview courtesy of mikedolbear.com with Steve Ferrone about his experiences with Eric Clapton and Tom Petty. I’m hoping to catch him with the Heartbreakers this summer.

During this past New Orleans Jazzfest, legendary New Orleans drummer Zigaboo Modeliste hosted “The Drummers Cometh” -an evening of great drummers live at the Howlin Wolf. Here is a clip I took of the band playing the Meters song “Africa” with Stanton Moore, Herman Ernest and Zigaboo Modeliste on drums. The show also featured New…