Q & A

BORN IN: Brattleboro, VT

LIVES IN: Washington, VT

DRUMMING SINCE: 1980

CURRENT BAND/PROJECT(S): Independent

BIGGEST INFLUENCES: Chick Corea/Vinnie Caliuta/Jojo Mayer/Max Roach/Art Blakey/Composers Samuel Barber, Igor Stravinsky and Gustav Mahler/My former teachers Vic Firth and Doug Howard

FAVORITE ALBUM YOU PLAYED ON: Stereo Rodeo, Rusted Root

FAVORITE ALBUM YOU DIDN’T PLAY ON: Eye of the Beholder, Chick Corea

CAREER HIGHLIGHT: Bonarroo 2006, Playing the Fillmore in San Francisco for the first time

FAVORITE SABIAN CYMBAL: Do I really have to pick just one??!! All right…gun to my head?…Fierce Ride, Fierce Hats, EFX Crash