This week’s guest is Brendan Buckley…a drummer with an incredible resume that includes Shakira, Perry Farrell, Morrissey, Tegan and Sara, Damian Rice, JJ Lin and many more. I gush all about his playing to his face in the chat so I’ll leave that there, but I will say that he is one of the most articulate guests we’ve had on the show in regards to setting up each of his choices; and because of that, this is one of my favorites. He had a little bit of a different take on his choices, so buckle and enjoy this chat with Brendan Buckley. Cheers!

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Brendan's Honorable Mentions (as promised)...

- Kenny Werner: "Meditation 1-4 "Effortless Mastery" 1996

- Carlos Vega: "Country Road" on James Taylor's "Live" 1993

- Omar Hakim: “Fortress Around Your Heart” on Sting’s “The Dream of the Blue Turtles” 1985 

- Steve Jordan: "Ramblin" on David Sanborn's "Upfront" 1992

- John Bonham: “Good Times Bad Times” on Led Zeppelin 1 1969

- Stephen Perkins: “Mountain Song” on Jane’s Addiction’s “Nothing’s Shocking” 1988

- Matt Cameron: “Ugly Truth” on Soundgarden’s “Louder Than Love” 1989

- Dennis Chambers: "Blue Matter" on John Scofield's "Blue Matter" 1986 

- Matt Chamberlain: "A Sort Of Fairytale" on Tori Amos's "Scarlet's Walk" 2002

- Tony Williams: "So What" on Miles Davis's "Four And More" 1966

- Bill Stewart: “She’s So Lucky” on John Scofield’s “Hand Jive” 1994

- Boris Williams: “Icing Sugar” on The Cure’s “Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me” 1987

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