a brief history...
1971 march 23 in boston, ma.
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bask in love, music & good food
1975 first kit in cleveland, oh. a gift from jamey haddad
1976 play drums in bedroom with the radio in santa monica, ca.
1978 november 22 woodland hills, ca.
welcome little brother mateo
play drums in garage with cassette deck
1981 inform father & mother of intentions to play music professionally
play drums in soundproofed garage with skipping cd player... return to cassette deck
study with alex acuña
fly on the wall with j.r. robinson, steve gadd, vinnie colaiuta, terry bozzio, steve jordan, jim keltner,
chester thompson, harvey mason, billy cobham, mike baird, & rick marotta.
learn from jeff porcaro
1984 january 13 see genesis mama tour at the los angeles forum
1986 take night courses at dick grove college of music
1987 join the opening year of hamilton high school academy of music
get driver’s license
borrow dad’s bright orange vw rabbit
1989 exploit a full scholarship to berklee college of music
1991 get hired for 1st official recording session; justo almario ‘heritage’
1992 join letters to cleo
1993 meet girl dreams are made of
bask in love, music & great food
bachelor’s degree in music synthesis
move back to los angeles
gig with tribal tech
crash an invite only audition for steve vai
tour with vai for 4 months
1994 start a band with mike & teddy landau called the raging honkies
record 1st number one single; big mountain ‘baby, i love your way’
tour with seal
play snl with seal; host john travolta
1995 first gig on bass with the ‘art ensemble of the bargain clown mart’... change name to ‘chocolate genius’
record & tour with jonatha brooke
record & tour with doyle bramhall ii
1996 first arena tour with mylene farmer
record 'mmmbop' with some kids running 'round the studio
1997 record with duran duran
record & tour with k.d. lang
co-produce & co-write chocolate genius ‘black music’
record with imogen heap
1998 first stadium tour with johnny hallyday
record with scritti politti
record with paul westerberg
1999 record with meshell ndegeocello
tour with mylene farmer
co-write & record with k.d.
2000 tour with k.d.
record with ricky martin
record with manhattan transfer
co-produce & co-write chocolate genius ‘god music’
2001 record with paul mccartney
first gig with paul - landmine benefit @ beverly wilshire hotel
record with fishbone
second gig with paul - concert for ny @ madison garden
2 days later... tour with sting
first gig with sting - window’s xp launch @ bryant park
2002 play ‘pepsi superbowl fan jam’ with sting february 1 in new orleans
play superbowl pre-show with mccartney february 3 in new orleans
paul, wix, rusty, brian, & abe become a band
play ‘lady marmalade’ at the grammys with christina aguilera, pink, mya, lil’ kim, missy elliot & patti labelle
tour with paul ‘driving u.s.’
record with vanessa carlton
record with lisa marie presley
play backyard of buckingham palace for the queen’s gold jubilee
continue tour with paul ‘back in the u.s.’, ‘driving mexico’, & ‘driving japan’
2003 record with b.b. king
record with jewel
record with liz phair
‘back in the world’ tour with paul
play show inside of the coliseum, may 10, in rome for 500 people
play show in front of the coliseum, may 11, in rome for 500,000 people
2004 record with kenny g
’04 summer’ tour with paul
record with les paul
record with sheryl crow
record my last outing with chocolate genius ‘black yankee rock’
2005 superbowl halftime show with paul
record with eric clapton
record with fiona apple
record with nikka costa
play ‘live 8’ show with paul
‘us’ tour with paul
record with pussy cat dolls
2006 13 night run at bercy arena in paris with mylene farmer... my duet singing debut
play ‘fine line’ & ‘helter skelter’ at the grammys with paul
join sting on the ‘broken music’ tour
record with j.j. cale & eric clapton
record with landon pigg
2007 record with alison kraus
record with celine dion
record with avril lavigne
play secret gigs with paul‘amoeba records’, ‘electric ballroom’, ‘highline ballroom’, ‘l’olympia’, &
'the roundhouse'
record with hannah montana
record with puddle of mudd
2008 record with edgar winter
record with miley cyrus
shows with paul in quebec, liverpool, tel aviv, & kiev
record with michael mcdonald
tour with eric clapton
record with steve lukather
record with randy jackson
2009 record with rob thomas
record with eros ramazzotti
tour with paul ‘summer live’, ‘good evening europe’, & coachella
tour with clapton & winwood
record with lady gaga
record with adam lambert
2010 record with tim mcgraw
south american tour with sting
‘up & coming’ tour with paul
perform at the white house for president obama & the first family
play snl with host paul rudd
play the apollo in harlem
play the apollo in london
play the 100 club in london
2011 play ‘pepsi super bowl fan jam’/cmt crossroads with faith hill & chrissie hynde
continue ‘up & coming’ tour with paul
start recording sprinkle record
record with faith hill
‘on the run’ tour with paul
play ‘grand prix’ in abu dhabi
2012 finish sprinkle record
play “golden slumber’s’ medley at the grammys with paul
continue ‘on the run’ tour with paul
play the zòcalo
record with leon russell
play in front of buckingham palace for the queen’s diamond jubilee
play the olympic opening ceremonies
record with michael bublè
record with bryan adams
jam with black sabbath & don’t have time to record
record with josh groban
play 12.12.12 concert for hurricane sandy relief; share drums with dave grohl
play snl christmas show with host martin short
2013 record with dani martin
start recording ‘new’ with paul
‘on the run’ becomes ‘out there’
play colbert report
play bonaroo
play seattle with ‘sir-vana’
record with juanes
play outside lands in san francisco
play regina
release sprinkle record ‘naked’
record with sarah maclachlan
promote the release of ‘new’
return to japan
exhale
2014 inhale
play grammy’s with ringo
celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ed sullivan show with paul & ringo