It's been a month since the last post - wow. Busy month - lot's of work, kids in school, music in the studio, some rehearsals with another group of musicians, and White playing Woodstick. My buddie Paul suggested I do a podcast, since so many people are doing blogs. Not a bad idea! Am not in the position to do a live one, but I took a mini-disc recorder and wandered around Woodstick, gathering some sounds that I'll use in my first podcast experiment. It may not be done until after this weekend, but will give it a shot.....

 

Woodstick was quite the scene - more drummers than I've ever seen in one place at one time. And the sound! Incredible. I haven't seen an official count yet, but there had to have been at least 300 drummers and drum kits there. Our portion was playing Imagine with all the drummers. Alan had his "Imagine drum set", the one he used on the recording, and everyone played along. There were 2 conductors, who really helped keep everyone together.

 

A few photos from the extravaganza:

 

The group photo, left to right: Michael Schrieve, your's truely, Kevin Currie, Carmine Appice, Alan White, Donn Bennett, and Scot Mercado.

The band on stage is the seminal NW rock band, The Wailers - THE first band to record Louie, Louie.

 

Check out http://www.woodstick2007.com/ for a recap, and I still intend to put a podcast together that will include some of the sounds of the event.