Concerts – Big Drum Thump

Mike Portnoy Plays Live With John Petrucci

BDT — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 05:36:00 +0000

…for the first time in 12 years. The pair reunited to perform in support of Petrucci’s latest solo release, Terminal Velocity. Bassist Dave LaRue completes the trio. Portnoy and LaRue also recorded the album.

Holy damn, I cannot believe it has been twelve years (years!) since Portnoy left Dream Theater. We mere mortals are all old and even legit geriatric now, but Portnoy and Petrucci seem to defy time, at least as evidenced by the performance footage a fan posted from the gig in Rhode Island. The fan-captured audio kind of blows (as cell-phone audio is wont to do), but it’s obvious the dudes are still totally inspiring shred monsters. Check ’em out.

Buddy Rich Memorial Concert Photos

BDT — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:26:47 +0000

Even if you watched the Buddy Rich Memorial Concert on the Drum Channel, you still need to check out these cool pics from Michael Lowe, owner of the equally cool website Neil Peart Drumsticks. Our favorite is the shot below of Neil and his cymbal-spankin’ face.

Benny Greb at Meinl Drum Festival 2008

BDT — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:14:40 +0000

Meinl has given the drummingverse a major treat by posting this new vid of the superbly grooving Benny Greb. The performance was captured at this year’s Meinl drum festival, and it features a tune from Greb’s upcoming CD. Two more videos will be released over the next few days. We’ll of course embed them all here at DC for your viewing pleasure.

Steve Smith Tour Dates

BDT — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:02:41 +0000

Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy is hitting the road, and we got the lowdown on their October tour schedule.

Thursday, October 2
Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy
Featuring Jim Snidero, Mark Soskin, Baron Browne and Walt Weiskopf
Sonoma State University
Warren Auditorium
1801 E. Cotati Ave.
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
2:00 p.m. workshop, 7:30 p.m. concert
For ticket info: 707.664.2324

Friday, October 3
Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy
Featuring Jim Snidero, Mark Soskin, Baron Browne and Walt Weiskopf
The Jazz School
2087 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA 94704
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. concert/master class
www.jazzschool.com

Saturday, October 4
Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy
Featuring Jim Snidero, Mark Soskin, Baron Browne and Walt Weiskopf
Special Guests: The Wally Schnalle Quintet
Live @ the Burro
6651 Brisa Street
Livermore, CA
925.550.1955
Doors 7PM * Show 8PM
www.myspace.com/burninburro
www.myspace.com/sectionentertainment

Sunday, October 5
Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy
Featuring Jim Snidero, Mark Soskin, Baron Browne and Walt Weiskopf
Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society
Douglas Beach House
Miramar Beach
Half Moon Bay, CA
4:30pm
650.726.4143
www.bachddsoc.org

Monday, October 6
Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy
Featuring Jim Snidero, Mark Soskin, Baron Browne and Walt Weiskopf
Pioneer Place on Fifth
22 5th Ave South
St. Cloud, MN 56301
320.203.1233
www.ppfive.com

Tuesday, October 7
Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy
Featuring Jim Snidero, Mark Soskin, Baron Browne and Walt Weiskopf
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant
1010 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55403
612.332.1010
www.dakotacooks.com

Wednesday, October 8
Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy
Featuring Jim Snidero, Mark Soskin, Baron Browne and Walt Weiskopf
The Algoma Club
107 Algoma Blvd.
Oshkosh, WI
For info call The Water City Grill
920.232.3004
www.watercitygrill.net

Thursday, October 9
Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy
Featuring Jim Snidero, Mark Soskin, Baron Browne and Walt Weiskopf
Martyr’s
3855 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL 60613
773.404.9869
www.martyrslive.com

Saturday, October 11
Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy
Featuring Andy Fusco, Mark Soskin, Baron Browne and Walt Weiskopf
The Jazz Kitchen
5377 N. College Ave
Indianapolis, IN 46220
317.253.4900
www.thejazzkitchen.com

Sunday, October 12
Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy
Featuring Andy Fusco, Mark Soskin, Baron Browne and Walt Weiskopf
Gilly’s
132 S. Jefferson St.
Dayton, OH 45402
937.228.8414
http://hometown.aol.com/gillyjazz/myhomepage/business.html

Monday and Tuesday, October 13 and 14
Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy
Featuring Andy Fusco, Mark Soskin, Baron Browne and Walt Weiskopf
Nighttown
12387 Cedar Road (top of Cedar Hill)
Cleveland Heights, OH 44106
216.759.0550
www.nighttowncleveland.com

Wednesday, October 15
Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy
Featuring Andy Fusco, Mark Soskin, Baron Browne and Walt Weiskopf
Lebanon Catholic School
1400 Chestnut St.
Lebanon, PA 17042
717.273.3731

Thursday, October 16
Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy
Featuring Andy Fusco, Mark Soskin, Baron Browne and Walt Weiskopf
Sheraton Reading Hotel
Gerald Veasleys Jazz Base
1741 Paper Mill Road
Wyomissing, PA 19610
610.655.6374
www.geraldveasleysjazzbase.com

Friday, October 17
Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy
Featuring Andy Fusco, Mark Soskin, Baron Browne and Walt Weiskopf
Cecil’s Jazz Club & Restaurant
364 Valley Road
West Orange, NJ 07052
973.736.4800
www.cecilsjazzclub.com

Saturday, October 18
Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy
Featuring Andy Fusco, Mark Soskin, Baron Browne and Walt Weiskopf
Cecil’s Jazz Club & Restaurant
364 Valley Road
West Orange, NJ 07052
973.736.4800
www.cecilsjazzclub.com

Sunday, October 19
Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy
Featuring Andy Fusco, Mark Soskin, Baron Browne and Walt Weiskopf
Cheney Hall
177 Hartford Road
Manchester, CT 06040
box office: 860.647.9824
www.cheneyhall.org
Concert sponsored by
Dynamic Percussion
575 Main St.
Manchester, CT 06040
860.647.8887
dynadrum@aol.com

Monday, October 20
Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy
Featuring Andy Fusco, Mark Soskin, Baron Browne and Walt Weiskopf
The Devereux
37 Devereux St.
Utica, NY 13501
315.735.8628
7:00pm all ages show
For info and tickets contact: Kelly Yacco: 315.272.3865 kellyyacco@gmail.com

Tuesday, October 21
Steve Smith Master Class
Utica Radison
200 Genesee St # 1
Utica, NY 13502
7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, October 22
Steve Smith’s Jazz Legacy
Featuring Andy Fusco, Mark Soskin, Baron Browne and Walt Weiskopf
Scullers Jazz Club
400 Soldiers Field Road
Boston, MA 02134
617.562.4111
www.scullersjazz.com

New Performance Clip From Rush

BDT — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:56:13 +0000

The new concert DVD from Neil Peart and the fellows won’t be released until November 25, but a sneak peak of the song “Far Cry” was shown on VH1 last night. Try not to slobber on your monitor.

MD Fest 2008 Is a Wrap

BDT — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:29:00 +0000

Well, dammit. Another MD Fest has come and gone, and we still haven’t managed to swindle and scheme our way into one (next year we are totally getting all Mission Impossible about it). Thankfully, Hudson Music set up a preview site of the event and posted some frighteningly good teaser vids of each drummer’s performance. The complete DVD is scheduled to hit shelves sometime in 2009 (which is only around 10 million seconds from now).

Snakes & Arrows Live

BDT — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:45:57 +0000

Good news for all Neil Peart groupies (…yes, we do enthusiastically include ourselves in that category): a new Rush DVD, Snakes & Arrows Live, will be released on November 25. The three-disc set was filmed with 21 high-def cameras in a wide-screen format (!), and it clocks in at 221 minutes (!!).

Here’s the awesome amount of content listed by disc:

Disc 1
“Limelight”
“Digital Man”
“Entre Nous”
“Mission”
“Freewill”
“The Main Monkey Business”
“The Larger Bowl”
“Secret Touch”
“Circumstances”
“Between The Wheels”
“Dreamline”

Disc 1 Extras
What’s That Smell
2007 tour outtakes
What’s That Smell outtakes
“Far Cry” (alternate cut featuring rear screen footage)
“The Way The Wind Blows” (alternate cut featuring rear screen footage)
“Red Sector A” from the R30 Tour

Disc 2
“Far Cry”
“Workin’ Them Angels”
“Armor And Sword”
“Spindrift”
“The Way The Wind Blows”
“Subdivisions”
“Natural Science”
“Witch Hunt”
“Malignant Narcissism — De Slagwerker”
“Hope”
“Distant Early Warning”
“The Spirit Of Radio”
“Tom Sawyer”
“One Little Victory”
“A Passage To Bangkok”
“YYZ”

Disc 3
Oh, Atlanta – The Authorized Bootlegs
“Ghost Of A Chance”
“Red Barchetta”
“The Trees”
“2112/The Temples Of Syrinx”

Can’t Make It to the Modern Drummer Festival?

BDT — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:38:14 +0000

Sucks big stinky ass, doesn’t it? Unfortunately we can’t go either, but Hudson Music is hooking all of us up with updates starting September 19. Hudson’s MD Fest site promises “photos, blog reports, and…video” straight from the show. In case you’ve been living under your guitarist’s rock for the last few months, the lineup includes these dudes you might have heard before:

Thomas Pridgen (The Mars Volta)
Billy Ward (Joan Osborne/Ace Frehley/B. B. King)
Will Calhoun (Living Color)
Ndugu Chancler (Michael Jackson/Santana/Weather Report)
Simon Phillips & Protocol (Toto/The Who/Jeff Beck)
Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree/King Crimson)
Todd Sucherman (Styx/Brian Wilson)
Dafnis Prieto (Michel Camilo)
Derek Roddy (Serpents Rise/Traumedy)

Meinl Drum Festival Webcams

BDT — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:29:33 +0000

Couldn’t make it to Germany for the Meinl Drum Festival that starts tomorrow? No, we couldn’t either, but thankfully the fine folks at Meinl have set up four webcams that snap a live picture every minute (no vid stream, alas). The drummer lineup includes Benny Greb (yes!) and Johnny Rabb.

[Update: the cams are down.]

Rockstar Mayhem Tour Dates

BDT — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:19:17 +0000

Here are 25 opportunities to see Joey Jordison and Brann Dailor live. What you waitin’ for, maggots?

7/16     San Diego, CA (Coors Amphitheatre)
7/18      Phoenix, AZ (Cricket Wireless Pavilion)
7/19      Albuquerque, NM (Journal Pavilion)
7/20     Denver, CO (Coors Amphitheatre at Fiddler’s Green)
7/22     Kansas City, MO (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
7/23     St. Louis, MO (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater)
7/25     Dallas, TX (Smirnoff Music Centre)
7/26     San Antonio, TX (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater)
7/27     Houston, TX (Sam Houston Race Park)
7/29     Tampa, FL (Ford Amphitheatre)
7/30     West Palm Beach, FL (Cruzan Amphitheater)
8/1       Virginia Beach, VA (Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater)
8/2       Pittsburgh, PA (Post-Gazette Pavilion)
8/3       Scranton, PA (Toyota Pavilion)
8/5       Boston, MA (Tweeter Center for Performing Arts)
8/6       Uniondale, NY (Nassau Coliseum)
8/8       Toronto, ON (Downsview Park)
8/9       Detroit, MI (DTE Energy Music Theatre)
8/10     Chicacgo, IL (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)
8/12     Atlanta, GA (Lakewood Amphitheatre)
8/13     Indianapolis, IN (Verizon Wireless Music Center Indianapolis)
8/15     Camden, NJ (Tweeter Center At The Waterfront)
8/16     Hartford, CT (New England Dodge Music Center)
8/17     Washington, DC (Nissan Pavilion)
8/19     Buffalo, NY (Darien Lake Performing Arts Center)