I'd Hit That

This marks Tim Lefebvre's second appearance on the show, and we discuss the bassists' career more in depth this time. We talk about his time in New York, subbing on SNL and Letterman, Working with Wayne Krantz, Keith Carlock, Zach Danziger, Mark Guiliana, His move to Los Angeles, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and a whole lot more, including Tim's tips for drummers, Working with Vinnie, the differences between New York and LA, and a whole lot more. Great stuff here. Great player, Great Hang. Recorded in Hollywood, CA, February 2014

Jeff Babko is a keys player whose current day job is playing in the house band for The Jimmy Kimmel Show. Jeff has also played with just about every great drummer you can think of - Vinnie, Gadd, Simon Phillips, Matt Chamberlain, Curt Bisquera, Ricky Lawson, Toss Panos, Mark Guiliana, Zigaboo Modeliste, Victor Indrizzo, and many many more. Jeff talks about working with all these cats as well as his time with Toto (filling in for David Paich), Working with Martin Short, James Taylor, Sheryl Crow, Getting the gig with The Kimmel Show, and a whole lot more. Great Guy, Great Player, Great Stories - Great Hang. Recorded in Hollywood, CA, February 2014

Toss Panos is a Drummers' Drummer. He's played with everyone from Steve Vai to Faith Hill to Robben Ford and Michael McDonald to Steve Lukather and Chris Cornell. Recently Toss was one of the 12 drummers to be featured on Hans Zimmer's Superman track, and he also played on a Grammy Winning Album by Draco Rosa. Toss talks about coming up in the biz, working with Steve Vai, his time as house drummer for both The Dennis Miller Show and Roseanne Barr's show, An audition for Roger Daltrey, Hanging with Zigaboo Modeliste, a Great Jeff Porcaro story, and a whole lot more, including talking about the Hans Zimmer session. Toss drops knowledge here. Recorded at Toss' home studio in North Hollywood, CA, January 2014

Jeff Friedl is best known for playing with A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, Devo, Ashes Divide, Filter, Carina Round, his own project, Beta Machine, and many others. Jeff talks about growing up in Tuscon, Arizona, Gigging as a teenager, His move to Hollywood, Getting the gigs with Devo and APC, The mindset needed to work with so many bands, His audition with The Smashing Pumpkins, and a lot more. You can catch Jeff on two new dvd's - "What Is..." a Live Concert film by Pusicfer, as well as "A Perfect Circle Live: Featuring Stone and Echo," a 5 cd and dvd package. Great Drummer, Great Hang. Recorded in Jeff's home in Los Angeles, CA, November 2013

Dave Krusen is best known as the Original Pearl Jam Drummer having played on the bands classic debut album "Ten," which features the songs "Alive," "Evenflow," "Jeremy," "Black," and other songs you've heard on the radio thousands of times. Dave talks about his time with Pearl Jam, the substance abuse that lead to him being replaced by Matt Chamberlain, Working with Eddie Vedder in Hovercraft, Home Recording, Gear, Sobriety, and a lot more. Recorded in Dave's Home Studio in Thousand Oaks, CA, October 2013

The mighty rhythm section of Tedeschi Trucks Band; Drummers JJ Johnson, Tyler Greenwell, and Bassist Tim Lefebvre sat down backstage at Conan O'Brien's studio before being the musical guests that night. We discuss Double Drumming, Pet peeves for a bass player, Tones, and a lot more - including an explanation to the question, "why Falcon?" Recorded at Warner Bros Studios, Burbank, CA, October 2013

Matt Chamberlain is best known for being a badass named Matt Chamberlain. We talk about his time on SNL, living in Brooklyn and Woodstock, his time with Pearl Jam, moving to Seattle, working with The Wallflowers, Fiona Apple, Tori Amos, Critters Buggin, David Bowie, the time Bob Dylan sang Christmas songs during the Summer, and a lot more. Recorded in Hollywood, October 2013

Chris McHugh is one of THE Top Badasses on the Nashville Scene. While perhaps best known as the longtime Drummer and MD for Keith Urban (10 records and Many Tours), Chris has also recorded with the Who's Who of Nashville; Garth Brooks, Carrie Underwood, Billy Ray Cyrus, Alabama, Trace Adkins, Lee Ann Womack, Faith Hill, Toby Keith, Wynona Judd, Kenny Rogers, Amy Grant, LeeAnn Rimes, Brooks and Dunn, Blake Shelton, Rascal Flatts, as well as Peter Cetera, Jewel, Peter Frampton, Aaron Neville, Michael Bolton, Kelly Clarkson, Lionel Richie, etc. Chris was in LA to play a show with Keith Urban when we got together to talk about life in the studio, the business side of gigs, Larrie Londin, and a heaping pile of golden advice from a guy who's seen and done it all. Also, a special guest sits in. Recorded at the Sofitel Hotel, Los Angeles, September 2013

Wolf has played drums on everything from Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl," Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend," Miley Cyrus' new single "Wrecking Ball," songs by Alicia Keys, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Pink, Annie Lennox, as well as doing programming and remixing for artists (Katy Perry's "Hot and Cold," Ke$ha's "Tik Tok," and many many more). Wolf is the New York session guy you may have never heard of - but you've heard his work. We discuss his entire career; Studying at Berklee, Getting the gig with Hiram Bullock, Subbing for Shawn Pelton at SNL, Working with Annie Lennox, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige and a lot more. Great Hang. Recorded at Wolf's apartment in NYC, September 2013

Best known as the longtime House Drummer for the Saturday Night Live band, Shawn Pelton has also recorded and or toured with Sheryl Crow, Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, Pink, Shakira, Kelly Clarkson, Ray Charles, The Brecker Brothers, Shawn Colvin, Les Paul, the Hank Williams tribute album with Bob Dylan, Daryl Hall and a lot more. We talk about growing up in Missouri, Studying with Kenny Aronoff, Moving to New York City and paying dues with the likes of John Eddie and Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes. We talk about scoring the SNL gig, and what it takes to do the job. We talked about his entire career as we drank Tequila together. Play the home game - drink along with us. Recorded at Shawn's Home Studio in NYC, August 2013