Sandy Gennaro was born and raised in NYC and currently resides in Nashville, TN. Throughout his career as a world class rock and roll drummer, Sandy has toured the globe and recorded with world renowned artists: Cyndi Lauper, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Bo Diddley, Johnny Winter, The Monkees, Joe Lynn Turner, Michael Bolton, Benny Mardones, Craaft, The Mamas and Papas and Jon Paris.

 

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Sandy has recorded several Top 10 singles and has performed for for over a billion fans spanning his over 50 year career!  He has also made numerous TV appearances including The Tonight Show, The Grammy Awards, The American Music Awards, The MTV New Years Ball, and The Late Show with David Letterman.

A few things that came up:

-Playing drums shirtless

-Playing with Pat Travers, Cindi Lauper, Joan Jett

-Meeting Rich through MSG

-Moving to Nashville

-Hanging at a bar

-1976 moving from NY to Cali

-Meeting Carmine Appice

-Wanting to play on his own kit

-"They better sound good, mate" Rod Stewart

-Carmine vouching for Sandy to start BlackJack

-Story of Cindi's Money Changes Everything video

-Headphone click blowing up

-Time after time cross-stick

-The story behind "Into the Night" drum hook

-Taking a day gig to keep the lights on

-Relationships with Drum Tech

-Playing with Joan Jett....recording in NY

-Sandy's daughter meeting Steven Tyler and not name dropping

-Sandy's speaking gigs....B.E.A.T.S.

-Odds of a musician to play just their instrument for more than one year...1 in a million

-Each step of Sandy's success has been a result of helping someone else

-Atheists

-Don't let your phone replace your family

-Meeting his wife

-Signing an autograph led to Cindi and a MASSIVE change in life

-Sandy's photography side gig and hotel key hobby

-Everyday is Christmas

-Patience is necessary

-When you're green you grow

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The Rich Redmond Show is about all things music, motivation and success. Candid conversations with musicians, actors, comedians, authors and thought leaders about their lives and the stories that shaped them. Rich Redmond is the longtime drummer with Jason Aldean and many other veteran musicians and artists. Rich is also an actor, speaker, author, producer and educator. Rich has been heard on thousands of songs, over 25 of which have been #1 hits!

 

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Jim McCarthy is the quintessential Blue Collar Voice Guy. Honing his craft since 1996 with radio stations in Illinois, South Carolina, Connecticut, New York, Las Vegas and Nashville, Jim has voiced well over 10,000 pieces since and garnered an ear for audio production which he now uses for various podcasts, commercials and promos. Jim is also an accomplished video producer, content creator, writer and overall entrepreneur.

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