Music

Drummers are really lucky…we get to play all kinds of music!

Here are some categories to help you hear what you like:

1. Rock – The ExCats

2. Blues/Jump/Funk – Moko Bovo

3. Campy, Deviant CabaretLounge Kitty

4. Great poetry set to original music – seven piece band plus string quartet – Lament For Raymond Carver

5. Duets – my drums with one other musician or poet – many styles here

6. Far, far outside – no category exists for this improv-style music – Monkeyspoon – Sax or flute, Bass or Piano, and Hand Drums

7. Classic Jazz trio – From Thelonius Monk to Bob Dylan, interpreted by my late 90’s band Jack My Dog Chasin’ A Tale


1. Rock – The ExCats – all original, adult oriented rock, from the CDs Busy Dreaming (1998), and On The Bunny Trail (2000)

Andrew Regan – vocals, lyrics, rhythm guitar/ Kevin McCarthy – lead guitar, backing vocals / Jon Noble or Ben Daniels – bass

      Oh Mistress Mine
      Straight Shooter
      Twice As Near
      Tillin' Up Your Farm
      I Can't Pay The Rent
      How The World Works
      El Kabong
      Lips Itch
      Second look
      Perfect Man
      We Be Goin' Through

 

2. Blues/Jump/Funk – Moko Bovo – From the CD: Moko Bovo – 1990

Dan Bode – vocals, harp / Al Moses – guitar / Rick Kodramaz – bass

      Way Cool
      Summertime
      St. James Infirmary
      Moko Change-O
      How Can I Say Don't Leave Me Baby When You Look So Good Walkin' Away
      Gonna Buy Me A lifestyle
      Evening
      Big Boss Man
      Dizziness
      Bright Lights Big City

From the CD: Up – 1994

      I Feel Better Than James Brown - Cold Sweat
      T-Bone Shuffle
      She Cold
      Richard's Theme
      Saturday Night Fish Fry
      Come and Get It
      Dust My Broom
      Behind My Back
      I Want You To Be My Baby
      Hughes' Blues

 

3. Campy, Deviant CabaretLounge Kitty covers pop classics in all the wrong styles, on purpose!

From the CD: Shake It Up! (2010) Jessica Horvat – vocals, concept / Dustin Elliott – bass / David Rosen – keys/guitar / Dan Wenninger – sax

      Whatever Lola Wants
      Too Shy Shy
      Spiderman Theme
      Gypsies Tramps and Thieves
      Crazy Train

 

4. Great poetry set to original music – six piece band plus string quartet

From the CD: Lament For Raymond Carver (2000)

Dan Bode-vocals & harp / Al Moses – guitar / Rick Kodramaz – bass / Leo Coach – keys – compositions / Al Nemeth – drums – vibes

      A Walk
      The Hat
      Where They'd Lived
      Hominy & Rain - The Grant
      Hope
      The Little Room
      The Road
      Torture - Deschute's River - Waiting
      Woolworth's 1954

 

5. Duets – my drums with one other musician or poet – many styles here (2011)

      with songwriter/pianist Anita Herzog - her song: Low Note Girl
      with Anita Herzog - her song: Time A Song At Three AM
      with bassist Rick Kodramaz - joint composition: Chunky Thumper
      with Leo Coach - pianist - Johner Mercer's Emily
      with Leo Coach - Oliver Nelson's Stolen Moments
      with Leo Coach and Mal Barron - Mile's Davis' All Blues
      with poet Michael Salinger - his piece about bike team racing's unsung hero - The Domestique
      with poet Sara Holbrook her piece - On The Road To . . .
      with Al Moses guitarist - a jam reminiscent of Pat Metheny
      with Al Moses guitartist - a funky jam
      with Al Moses Chase No Straightener (afterT.S. Monk)
      with Al Moses a curry-flavored Jam
      with Ron Smith bass - Renee
      with Ron Smith - bass
      Life Cycle Of Love Ballad

 

6. Monkeyspoon – Far, far outside – no category exists for this improv-style music – Sax Bass or Piano and Hand Drums

Jack Novotny – Woodwinds / Ron Smith-Bass, Piano

From the CD: Alone In The Desert (2010)

      Alone In The Desert
      Outside Chance
      836 Live
      Forever Moments

 

7. Jazz – Classic trio –  From Thelonius Monk to Bob Dylan interpreted by my late 90’s band Jack My Dog

From the CD:  Chasin’ A Tale (2000)  Greg Hurd – Piano Fred Tobey – Upright Bass

      Memories of Tomorrow by Keith Jarret
      Softly As in a Morning Sunrise by Hammerstein and Romberg
      Medley - Monk's Dream by Thelonius Monk/Magic Feather by Betsy Marshall
      When You Wish Upon A Star by Harline and Washington
      Half Nelson by Miles Davis
      Derfunct by Fred Derf Tobey
      Apres Vous by Greg Hurd
      It's All Over Now Baby Blue
      Come Sunday by EK Ellington
      A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall
      Tones For Joan's Bones
      Like A Rollin' Stone
      Blues Connotation
      Woolworth's, 1954