Great day making a lot of cool sound with super talented people including, Michael Shreive, Dan Wilson, Lynn Sorensen, Ben Smith, Alan White, Rich Redmond, Ben St. John, Jeff Kathan, Bob Rupp, Eddie Mendoza, Brian Tichy, Jason Sutter, Jason Bair, Teri Beede, Bryan Hitt - Drummer for REO Speedwagon, Chris Korzin, Bill Cantlon, Ed Troyer, [...]
I am fully honored to gig with Ann Wilson, Mike McCready, and Stefan Lessard for Mike's Crohn's benefit at the Showbox on May 2nd. We're opening for Flight To Mars, check it out here: http://www.showboxpresents.com/events/detail/272842 This show is going to be real.
I'm playing with my pals in DreamWreck (Rod Cook, Jon Bayless, Brooke Lizotte and myself) at Dawson's in Tacoma on Monday the 27th, 9:30 show. This is a benefit for our fantastic friend, drummer Chris Leighton. There'll be another one in May or early June, i've heard.
I'm doing the PAC Day of Percussion at Meany Hall, University of Washington Campus in Seattle, on April 26th. I'm doing a clinic there at 10am in the bigger room, then shooting down to the Emerald Queen Casino for…… Woodstick 2015! Great lineup of professional drummers, and hundreds of guys playing along to cool tunes, [...]
Ben Smith with Joan Jett Crew Killer shows, met some great people touring on the road with Heart and Joan Jett and the Black Hearts. Best of luck to with THE WHO!
Party on at Eckroth Music here in Bismarck tonight....come on down for the drum clinic! 7pm, bring pie (just kidding about the pie).
Ben Smith has performed and/or recorded with Heart, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Buddahead, Taj Mahal, Cyndi Lauper, Lovemongers, Pete Droge, Don Gilmore, Tracy Nelson, BoyMeetsGirl, Deniece Williams, Peter Frampton, P.F. Sloan, Cornelius Bumpus, Danny O’Keefe, Sugar Pie de Santos, jazz artists Nancy Wilson, Ernestine Anderson and Glenn Alexander, Phoebe Snow, The Songcatchers featuring Charles Neville, [...]
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