David Uosikkinen's In the Pocket

Alan has been into music since he was eleven years old. Then that first appearance of the Beatles on Ed Sullivan changed his life forever. So many of his peers have the same exact story.  Alan learned by ear from listening to records and he earned so much from Ringo Starr (Sir Richard Starkey).

He started gigging in the late ’60s, working in the club date field in the New York Tri-State area from 1975 to 1983. He played with many bands in the NYC club scene in the late ’70s and early ’80s. Most people don’t know this, but in the mid-’90s Alan dropped out of the public eye to play drums for Broadway show tours. Until 2017, He's enjoyed playing these rock/pop-type productions like Rent, Aida, Hairspray, The Who’s Tommy, and Rock of Ages.
 

Rob Stoner has an amazing  life making music.  I met Rob around 2010 when we both recorded tracks on a Robert Gordon record produced by Quention Jones.  I found him to be a a genuinely good dude and super bassist. I found out that session that he played bass on Don McLean's hit American Pie but he also sings back up with the track. 

He was the band leader of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue. Which was a  stellar band the included Rob, Nick Ronson. Howie Wyeth,Scarlet Rivera. 

Andy  Vineberg, Freddie B, David Uosikkinen host the podcast. 

Since 2006, Mike has been touring the world as a member of the classic/hard-rock band Y&​T playing major international festivals, concerts and clubs. Since his joining, Mike has recorded their DVD "One Hot Night," three albums, "Facemelter," "Live at the Mystic" and "Acoustic Classix Vol.1," as well as appearing in the band's documentary "On With The Show."

website- www.YandTRocks.com

As a side man, Mike has performed and/or recorded with Montrose, Vince Neil (Motley Crue), John Denver, Neal Schon (Journey),​​ Greg Kihn, Steve Lukather (Toto), Eric Martin (Mr.Big), ​Mickey Thomas (Starship), Jesse Collin Young (Youngbloods),  Fee Waybill (The Tubes), Kelly Keagy (Night Ranger), Nelson (Matthew & Gunnar), Kip Winger (Winger), Mark Slaughter (Slaughter), Lita Ford, Bobby Kimball (Toto), Barry Goudreau (Boston), Frank Hannon (Tesla), Geoff Tate (Queensryche), James Durbin (American Idol), Alcatrazz (featuring Graham Bonnet),

Tyran Porter (Doobie Bros.), Jennifer Batten (Michael Jackson), Stef Burns (Vasco Rossi, Huey Lewis, Y&T), Jeff Scott Soto (Talisman, TSO), Ron Keel (Keel), Jeff Watson (Night Ranger), Stu Hamm (Joe Satriani, Steve Vai), Gary Pihl (Bostonm, Sammy Hagar), Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake, TSO),  Danny Vaughn (Tyketto), DavidEllefson (Megadeth), 

Dan Ashley (Bay Area ABC News Anchor), Andreas Öberg (world-acclaimed jazz guitarist), Larry Mitchell (Tracy Chapman, Billy Squire, Rick Ocasek),​​​ blues/rock artist

Jackie Greene, and country artist Shelly Streeter.​

Prior to Y&T, he recorded and toured with SoulMotor, featuring Brian Wheat (Tesla) and Tommy Mclendon (UFO). He’s also recorded three albums and toured internationally with guitar virtuoso Michael Lee Firkins, and was a member of Seven Reasons, whose self-titled CD (which Mike produced) earned them support for Bon Jovi.

When not on the road, Mike stays busy doing recording sessions, teaching, and producing artists, as well as recording drums online from his own studio. He has over 35 years experience teaching all styles of drumming to students of all ages, both privately and online, as well as studying extensively with drumming great Steve Smith.