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Born into a musical family, John Wackerman continues
the musical legacy which started with his father Chuck,
a music teacher for over 45 years and proceeds with
his three brothers: Chad, Bob and Brooks. John studied
under such greats as: Ruth Ritchie (Mallets), Murray
Spivack (Classical Snare Drum), Chuck Flores (Drum
set Independence), Charlie Shoemake (Jazz Studies),
and Earl Hatch (Classical Marimba).
At age 16 John joined the Bill Watrous Big Band and
from there moved onto playing with Maynard Ferguson,
Kazumi Watanabe, Bunny Brunel, Patrick Moraz (Moody
Blues, Yes), and Lindsay Buckingham (of Fleetwood Mac).
John also played on the Grammy nominated album African
Choir-Two Worlds, as well as a varied of sessions including:
Mad About You, Comic Strip Live, Family Matters, Amen,
Sea World, IBM, Nissan, Virtual Pool, Shock It, Lens
Crafters, Disney, CNN, Circo, Warner Bros., Generation
X, Vivian Cambell, Cartoon Circus, LA Fitness, and
Mass Mental.
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Drumming virtuoso John Wackerman performs one-of-a-kind
drum duets with some of today's most notable players: Steve Gadd,
Peter Erskine, Ron Tutt, Clayton Cameron, Adrian Young, Steve Smith,
Josh Freese, John Ferraro, Brooks Wackerman, Ricky Lawson, Chuck
Wackerman, Marc Atkinson, Chad Wackerman, Alex Acuña and
Gary Novak!
In addition to the audio CD (available from DW
Drums, Musician's
Friend and Guitar Center), John and Marc Atkinson
also wrote a drum transcription book of all these great drummers
with play-along- tracks and stories from the sessions.
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