E167: Live From My Drum Room With Ricky Fataar!

My guest is drummer, producer and a founding member of "The Hooters," David Uosikkinen! David and I discuss how he became interested in music, The Beatles on Ed Sullivan and becoming a drummer. Playing in bands as a teenager and ultimately forming "The Hooters" in 1980, recording their first major label release "Nervous Night" and its subsequent success, performing at Live AID in their hometown of Philadelphia 1985, the influence of MTV and much more! We also talk about David's project, "In The Pocket" an homage to the great music of Philadelphia. So come along for the ride and please subscribe! 

The Hooters: https://www.hootersmusic.com 
David's IG: @daviduosikkinen   
In The Pocket: https://songsinthepocket.org 
ITP Back Stabbers: https://www.youtube.com/embed/wMFM-0szhVs 
Back Stabbers documentary: https://www.youtube.com/embed/lG5Kz3X9KSw

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My guest is drummer, producer and composer, Denny Fongheiser! Denny talks about moving from his home in the San Francisco Bay area to Los Angeles at age 20 and breaking into the LA session scene in the 1980s. We talk about Denny's exquisite drumming on Tracy Chapman's 1988 debut record, her smash hit, "Fast Car" and his appearance with Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs on the 2024 Grammy Awards and much more! So come along for the ride and thanks for watching! Please subscribe! 

Denny's website: https://www.dennyfongheiser.com 

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My guest is Joel Selvin, author of "Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey Of Jim Gordon" available Feb 27th on Diversion Books. Joel and I do a deep-dive into the incredible and prolific career of legendary drummer, Jim Gordon, as well as the tragic circumstances of his mental illness. So come along for the ride and please subscribe! 
The songs played during the show are: Layla and Bell Bottom Blues (Derek & The Dominos), What Is Life (George Harrison), The Rockford Files TV show theme (Mike Post), God Only Knows (The Beach Boys), My Maria (B.W. Stevenson), You're So Vain (Carly Simon), Sundown (Gordon Lightfoot), Only You Know and I Know (Dave Mason). 

Joel Selvin's website: https://www.joelselvin.com/
To order Drums & Demon: https://diversionbooks.com/books/drums-demons 
Andy Newmark remembers Jim Gordon: https://youtu.be/3yDLmJClnp8?si=yEBnyFWTtf6YIN6N
Rick Marotta remembers Jim Gordon: https://youtu.be/KE9IOmE1yOY?si=vs0wa4mMnz1ibO2M
Jim Gordon Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7aIHh3DwJ4coua93fbXSYs?si=a453620c5adb49c9 

"Live From My Drum Room" is hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, and is a series of intimate "conversations" with legendary drummers and music industry friends, drawing from John's five decades in the music industry. Voted Best Drum Podcast, it's a peek behind the curtain that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed during any broadcasts!

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Legendary drummer Andy Newmark and I do deep-dive into three of his iconic recordings: Carly Simon's "Anticipation," Gary Wright's "Love Is Alive," and John Lennon's "Nobody Told Me." So come along for the ride and please subscribe! 

Contact Andy - e-mail: andrew.newmark@zen.co.uk
telephone: +44 1227 750 139 (United Kingdom)

"Live From My Drum Room" is hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, and is a series of intimate "conversations" with legendary drummers and music industry friends, drawing from John's five decades in the music industry. Voted Best Drum Podcast, it's a peek behind the curtain that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed on any broadcast!

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I'm joined by friends and legendary drummers Jim Keltner, Andy Newmark, Joe Vitale, Stan Lynch and Kenny Aronoff, to celebrate and discuss that historic evening when The Beatles made their first US appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964. An estimated 73 million people tuned in that night that changed popular music, pop culture and America. Beatlemania, The Beatle Boom and the influence it had on kids wanting to play music and join a band. So come along for the ride and please subscribe! 

"Live From My Drum Room" is hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, and is a series of intimate "conversations" with legendary drummers and music industry friends, drawing from John's five decades in the music industry. Voted Best Drum Podcast, it's a peek behind the curtain that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed during any broadcasts!

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Hal Blaine's recording credits are simply staggering. Hal would have turned 95 on Feb 5th, 2024 - he passed away on March 11, 2019 at age 90. I'm joined by Jim Keltner, Don Randi, Denny Tedesco, Clem Burke, Dennis Diken and Don Lombardi, to celebrate Hal Blaine's 95th Birthday and share memories and stories of our dear friend. 
Hal Blaine wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Blaine
Come along for the ride and please subscribe! 

"Live From My Drum Room" is hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, and is a series of intimate "conversations" with legendary drummers and music industry friends, drawing from John's five decades in the music industry. Voted Drum Podcast, it's a peek behind the curtain that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed during any broadcasts!

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In this episode of TrackTalk, Rick Marotta and I do a deep dive into his driving shuffle in Boz Scaggs' "Breakdown Dead Ahead." So come along for the ride and please subscribe to my YouTube channel! 

"Live From My Drum Room" is hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, and is a series of intimate "conversations" with legendary drummers and music industry friends, drawing from John's five decades in the music industry. Ranked "Best Drum Podcast," it's a peek behind the curtain that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed during any broadcasts!

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In this episode of TrackTalk, Myron Grombacher discusses his playing on Pat Benatar's "All Fired Up" Shadows Of The Night" and "Invincible." Come along for the ride and please subscribe! 

Watch the entire episode: https://youtu.be/It7sQRms6b8?si=DdH15xLsgYxDwFMy

"Live From My Drum Room" is hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, and is a series of intimate "conversations" with legendary drummers and music industry friends, drawing from John's five decades in the music industry. Ranked the Best Drum Podcast, it's a peek behind the curtain that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed during any broadcasts!

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This episode of TrackTalk is an excerpt from Live From My Drum Room With Tris Imboden. In this episode, we do a deep-dive into two of Kenny Loggins' biggest hits that Tris recorded: "Footloose" and "I'm Alright." Tris shares insights on each song, including him singing the bridge on the "live" version of "I'm Alright" which is included, along with "Footloose." So come along for the ride and please subscribe to my channel! 

Watch the entire episode of Live From My Drum Room With Tris Imboden! https://youtu.be/pK13yGRp0Vo?si=pgAbhnayknS4XQJJ

"Live From My Drum Room" is hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, and is a series of intimate "conversations" with legendary drummers and music industry friends, drawing from John's five decades in the music industry. Ranked best Drum Podcast, it's a peek behind the curtain that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed during any broadcasts!

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In this episode, we do a deep dive into Hudson Music's retrospective on Steve Gadd, "Gadd: A Life In Time." My guests are the legendary Steve Gadd himself, along with Rob Wallis and Joe Bergamini of Hudson Music. Rob and Joe share insights on the development of the book, which includes interviews, song transcriptions, never before-seen-photos and much more! Also some of Steve's iconic recordings with commentary from Steve. So come along for the ride! Please Subscribe! 

Order the book: https://hudsonmusic.com/product/gadd-a-life-in-time/

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0VuviBX7x98EfMubpCqmS9?si=2e39586de4764a3a&nd=1&dlsi=3d6007ebfd564023

"Live From My Drum Room" is hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, and is a series of intimate "conversations" with legendary drummers and music industry friends, drawing from John's five decades in the music industry. Ranked best Drum Podcast, it's a peek behind the curtain that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed during any broadcasts!

https://linktr.ee/live_from_my_drum_room

www.youtube.com/c/JohnDeChristopherLiveFromMyDrumRoom