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A 60s-era Rogers from my Alpha kit gets the "treatment".......

Shot some footage last night while playing an impromptu triplet-based, hi-hat/double-pedal ostinato during the drum solo. Spirited crowd at J.D.Legends near Dayton!...

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A decent hotel gym in Waterloo.......

New Year's Eve into 2023: Back at the hotel, at 3:00 AM, I stepped out for an after-show run. There were barely any sidewalks around the joint, so I had to get creative about running safely near these streets on New Year’s...

Nothing really spectacular here… but yet another behind-the-scenes glimpse of a Lita Ford soundcheck, playing “Close My Eyes Forever”… and digging in! (Digging in so hard, in fact, that my tech Jesse's iPhone was distorting...

When hotel gym facilities are limited and logistics prevent a visit to a local club, we must get creative if we still want to get in a decent workout. Here’s something I call “dumbbell stacking“ that works great for rowing...

After our 2022/2023 New Year's Eve set with Lita Ford at a show in Cincinnati, I was soaking wet, as usual. But I had to step shirtless into the cold night air, en route to the tour bus, which was our backstage area for the...

Last week’s run in PA… or was it NY?...

I don't recall the venue here, but it"s always an interesting effect when the audience can see two distinct vantage points of a solo happening, simultaneously....

5-23-21: Sad to report the passing of my Nelson bandmate, Joey Cathcart, this past week. The Nelson Bros. put together a nice tribute for him at Meethook Live, and they asked me to do a little vid for the occasion. Joey was a...

2-6-21 - Hittin’ the weights. In a parking lot. 3:00 AM. Joy!!! Yes it is… but it also speaks to something of a “new normal” during Covid. I’ve had to arrange for no less than three different workout areas around my crib,...

LA-area vegan/activist, Andy Mars, "demonstrates" a delicious new vegan cheese (called "daiya") on a whole wheat pizza at Z Pizza in Woodland Hills, CA....

Alphabet Drumming™ has been my magnificent obsession for a number of years now. It’s my way of combining drumming and writing, where I spell out various words or phrases in rhythm, creating a unique language of sounds. Here’s...

A quick vid on preparing some Dirt!...

Soundcheck in a hockey rink with Lita Ford and co… from a couple weeks back. ...

6-27-21: Hittin’ the weights late-night after a fun show at the IDL Ballroom in Tulsa last night with Lita Ford. Did some chest and back supersets, along with plenty of agonizing “drumbell” movements, which I explain in the...

4-22-21: Throwin’ it back to 2013, warming up backstage at a Lita Ford/Molly Hatchet show at Sturgis... in one of the greenest green rooms ever. There will be plenty of this again starting in June!...

From the archives: One of life’s great joys… blasting a little double-bass warm-up through full PA at soundcheck, even if the execution gets a little iffy here and there....

Here's a brief walk-around tour of the Alpha Kit. (And yes, that's my long-time drum tech Cubby on hand...)...

5-1-21: California dreamin’ on my run today... on sabbatical, enjoying the remote farmlands of central Cali. Looking forward to a return to the road later this month with Lita Ford... and a return to running in unfamiliar...