Percussion Discussion Podcast

We are well and truly back in the legends lounge today! Join Liberty Devitto as we chat about so many areas of his incredible career - including 30 years of being such an integral part of Billy Joel's band, including reminiscing about recording the albums "Turnstiles" and "Stormfront" we also chat about his early influences and so much more! Lib, thank you for giving your time so generously. 

The word legend is banded around a lot these days, However it certainly applies to my guest on this interview, without doubt one of the most influential drummers in the history of rock Simon Kirke. Join Simon and Myself as we chat about his incredible career from the very early days of Free, how the four members met, the incredible performance at the Isle of White Festival in 1970 performing to 600,000 people! How Free ended and of course how Bad Company was formed. Ive asked a few friends of mine who i have interviewed in the past who i know have been influeneced by Simon for some questions, you will hear questions from Steve White, Yard Gavrilovic, Robb Reiner from Anvil and Steve Gorman formerly of The Black Crowes. Many thanks to Simon for agreeing to do this interview and thanks to the other drummers for supplying me with the questions. please share this far and wide.

I have been lucky enough to have interviewed some amazing and incredibly talented musicians since last summer, this one is no different, Joining me for my lastest chat is a gentleman who has been playing drums for 

Lynyrd Skynyrd since 1999 as well as being a founder member of the Damn Yankees alongside Ted Nugent and Tommy Shaw. Join 

Michael Cartellone and myself as we chat about his incredible career so far both as a Drummer and an incredibly gifted artist. I really hope you enjoy this interview, please feel free to share it far and wide.

Really thrilled to have the incredibly talented and definetely the youngest drummer i have interviewed at 19 years old - Nic Collins

Join Nic and myself as we chat about his influences as a very young drummer through to touring with his dad 
Phil Collins at the tender age of 15. 

Now of course, Nic is occupying one of the hottest drum seats in the music world 
Genesis

We chat in depth about the preparation and rehearsal required for the upcoming 2021 Genesis “The Last Domino Tour” and of course, we had to talk about the famous Phil Collins almost signature style 
Gretsch concert tom drum kit ! 

Nic also shares his excitement for working with his own band project, 
Better Strangers - some great new music coming from them.

It was a total pleasure chatting to Nic, a very wise head on very young shoulders and a magnificent drummer! 

Nic, thank you for giving your time so generously.

Join the legendary drummer Rick Shlosser and myself as we chat about his fascinating and impressive career - including stories of some of the huge hit records he has played on including Dolly Partons 9 to 5  - Lionel Richie's Endless Love - Rod Stewarts Tonights the night and many more!

Join Myself and one of the pioneers of heavy rock drumming as we know it today - Carmine Appice,  we chat about his incredible and varied career, featuring Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Rod Stewart, Ozzy Ozbourne plus many incredible stories along the way!

Joining me today is Pink Floyd drummer and founder member Nick Mason, Join Nick and i as we chat about his remarkable career with one of the biggest bands in the world.

Join  Drummer / Producer Shannon Forrest and myself as we chat about his incredible career having played on well over 400 albums, plus gigging wit Michael McDonald, The Dukes of September and of course his time with Toto.

Join legendary Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and myself, we chat about his amazing career so far including his influences as young drummer, Playing for Ozzy Ozbourne, playing double drums with Simon Kirke and so much more!

Join myself and without doubt one of the most respected and revered drummers on the planet, Simon Phillips. 
We talk about sections of his incredible career, including how it all started, plus a section about Nik Kershaw, Hiromi and so much more.