Born in Manhattan and raised in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, Clint de Ganon was six years old when he started drum lessons. Clint studied drumset with many great teachers in high school, including the great Sonny Igo and Gary Chester.

After moving to NYC, Clint met bassist Gordon Edwards at a jam session at Mikell’s. Gordon introduced Clint to Cornell Dupree. This meeting led to many opportunities to perform and record with an incredible list of artists; Cissy Houston, Brooke Benton, Jon Tropea, The Manhattan Transfer, The Fab Faux, Lloyd Price, Bob James, Chuck Loeb, Michael Franks, Will Lee, Hiram Bullock, Blood, Sweat, & Tears, Stuff, Tom Scott, Liza Minnelli, Phoebe Snow, Tony Conniff, Christopher Cross, The Blues Brothers, Take 6, Renée Fleming, Paula Cole, Donovan, Elvis Costello, Dionne Warwick, Jimmy Buffet and the great Billy Preston.

Clint enjoys guesting every season with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall and occasionally with the Houston Symphony. He has performed with dozens of orchestras over the years, including the Boston Pops, the National Symphony, the LA Phil, the Baltimore Symphony, the Colorado Symphony, and many others.

For several seasons now, Clint has played drums for the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. He was recently cast to be on-camera, where he can be seen in several episodes of the show’s fifth & final season. Other TV and movie appearances include Halston, Letterman, The View, Good Morning America, My Crazy Ex-GF, & Saturday Night Live.

Clint was recently honored to be the drummer on the new Stephen Spielberg remake of “West Side Story and made a brief appearance in the actual movie too!

Clint held the drum chair for 13 Broadway musicals; “Beautiful,” “Hairspray,” “Catch Me If You Can,” “Bonnie & Clyde,” “Footloose,” “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Rocky Horror Live,” and many others. He originated the drum books for 9 of these shows and played drums on the movie “Hairspray” and the tv show “Hairspray Live.”

Clint proudly endorses Yamaha Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Promark Drumsticks, & Attack drum heads.

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Clayton Craddock hosts the Broadway Drumming 101 Podcast and Newsletter. He has held the drum chair in several hit broadway and off-broadway musicals, including Tick, tick…BOOM!, Altar Boyz, Memphis The Musical, Lady Day At Emerson's Bar and Grill and Ain’t Too Proud.

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