Brian Griffin

Category: Music

  • Jon Solo record release

    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.

  • Steve Ferrone

    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.

  • The funniest thing I’ve seen all week…

  • The Drummers Cometh

    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…

  • Drum lesson with Terence Higgins

    While on our last tour to New Orleans, Terence Higgins invited us over to his house for some tasty crawfish monica and taught me a few hybrid drum rudiments. Terence is a master New Orleans drummer who tours with many artists including the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and John Scofield, and is also the founder…

  • A solo drum improvisation…

    A solo drum improvisation:

  • New Orleans

    Just arrived in New Orleans yesterday to play a few club gigs with the Jamie McLean Band during jazzfest. Caught the legendary Johnny Vidacovich on drums along with Luther Dickinson on guitar, James Singleton on upright bass, and Skerik on tenor sax at the Maple Leaf. Looking forward to lots more music…

  • Jimmie Fadden’s Kit

    I caught up with Jimmie Fadden of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band the other night when we opened for them in Peekskill, New York. Here is his custom painted Gretsch Kit. They are old gretsch broadcaster drums and a gretsch field drum which he converted to a floor tom. The band calls it “the circus…

  • My favorite youtube of the week…

  • The Record is finally out!

    Completely – The new Jamie McLean Band album that we started working on in January of 2009 is finally available for download. Name your own price until April 13! We had a lot of great experiences recording this with Stewart Lerman at Water Music in Hoboken. Get it here: http://www.jamiemcleanband.com