Drumming Legends, Cigars, and Cherished Memories: A Conversation with John Spittle :: Ep 203 The Rich Redmond Show

John Spittle born and raised in Southern California started playing drums at the age of 5. His father was a drummer and started teaching him at an early age. Music was always a big influence in his household. By the time John was around 10 He would sit in with his dad’s rock bands. Sitting in gave John the desire to want to do more. Joined school band in Middle and HighSchool.  By the time he was 15 he was playing club gigs( having to spend breaks outside because he was too young). At 16 as well playing club gigs he joined rock bands in Southern California in hopes of one day being a Rock Star. That led to doing sessions in L.A. area and landing accounts playing drums on jingles and commercials and demos. 

In 1996 John packed up his family and moved to Nashville TN. Nashville was a better place to raise a family and the music scene was thriving. 

Since moving to Nashville John has played drums touring and or recording with Artists like  Paul Brandt,Sara Evans, Chris Cagle, Aaron Tippin, Tammy Cochran, Kellie Coffey, Matt King, Marty Brown, Neal Coty, and many more. 

Since 2002 John has been playing drums with Country Music Icon Trace Adkins

All of this has led to seeing the world on tour and recording in some of the greatest studios in Nashville. And building his own home drum studio for remote tracking.Some of his TV performances include The Conan O’Brien show, Jay Leno Show, Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Ellen Degenerous show, Today Show, NYC New Years Eve, Emeril Live, ACM Awards Show, CMT Awards Show, The Celebrity Apprentice, The Grand Ol Opry, and many more.

Endorsed by Ludwig, Paiste, Innovative Percussion.

 

Some Things That Came Up: 

-2:30 Leaving Ventura, CA

-5:40 John is a surgery free drummer!

-6:40 John was a surfer back in the day 

-7:50 John’s Dad was his first drum teacher

-9:10 John’s Dad gave his some tough love at his first gig at The Troubadour

-10:00 Reconnecting with J.R. McNelley at The Mission Cigar and Social in Spring Hill, TN.

-14:36 “Music and Cigars with John and J.R.” podcast 

-16:00 Playing around L.A., doing jingles and working as an auto mechanic at Chevrolet

-21:40 The love of muscle cars 

-26:00 The quickest drum charting system in the world. John’s version is unique to him

-30:45 John’s first gig was Marty Brown of “I’m From The Country” fame, then Matt King, 

            Neal Cody, Paul Brandt, Sara Evans, Aaron Tippin, Chris Cagle and then Trace Adkins

-33:45 Trace Adkins gig was a NO audition scenario in 2002

-38:50 It’s all about relationships 

-41:00 Bitcoin?

-42:00 NFT? Gorden Campbell, Gary V DM

-43:00 Ableton Expertise 

-45:40 Career Highlights: Playing Carnegie Hall, Playing The Ventura County Fair

-53:00 Ludwig, Paiste, Innovative Percussion

-56:00 Alex Van Halen’s “Brothers” Book 

-58:30 David Lee Roth was the ultimate frontman

-59:40 Kenny Aronoff subbing for Jason Bonham 

-1:06:20 Rock project called The Brave on Apple Music and Spotify

-1:07:30 The Fave 5…Check out Bruno’s Italian Deli

-1:13:45 “Dogman” by Kings X! Jerry Gaskill in the house! 

-1:22:50 Playing ZZ Top’s “Tush” correctly

 

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The Rich Redmond Show is about all things music, motivation and success. Candid conversations with musicians, actors, comedians, authors and thought leaders about their lives and the stories that shaped them. Rich Redmond is the longtime drummer with Jason Aldean and many other veteran musicians and artists. Rich is also an actor, speaker, author, producer and educator. Rich has been heard on thousands of songs, over 30 of which have been #1 hits!

 

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