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Nate Wood (Kneebody, Tigran Hamasyan, John Tesh)
Nate Wood put his mini-drumset in the closet at age four because he thought he wasn’t good enough. He brought them back out at nine, and now he’s one of the most exciting players on the scene. We sat down with him on New Years Eve Day 2009.

Steve Gadd
“I like anything that grooves.” Not a very surprising quote from Steve Gadd. “I felt like I needed to decorate myself.” A less obvious one. Hear these and everything in-between in our video interview with Dr. Gadd.

Jeff Friedl (ASHES dIVIDE, Puscifer)
A great guy with a great story. A rock drummer who once dreamed of being a timbalero in a salsa band, moves to L.A. from Tucson, and finds hardship and hard-won success. Somewhere along the way, he drank a shitload of rum in Cuba.

Craig Macintyre (Josh Groban, Colbie Caillat)
Hollywood Drum convened its inaugural video interview with drummer Craig Macintyre. The result is decidedly Lo-Fi in production and subjectively Hi-Fi in charisma. Craig is a smart, informed, versatile, and—above all—soulful player. Club-hardened in Boston, MA, he now maintains a busy freelance career based in L.A. The touring drummer for the stylistically diverse Josh Groban, and songbird Colbie Caillat, Craig can also regularly be heard playing rock, roots, and singer/songwriter gigs here in town. And, by the way, if you ever need to know the date and personnel of a random Stax/Atlantic recording session, odds are Mac can tell you.

Elvy Brock
This was an interesting one. It so happened that on the day of the Craig Macintyre interview shoot, the enigmatic and ever fervent Elvy “The Badger” Brock of the mystical free-form prog rock band, Wizard Sleeve, was in town and in our studio. It was a special treat for us, and we think you’ll agree—for you, too. If you’ve followed music even peripherally, or just been a passive witness to popular culture sometime over the past 35 years or so, you know all too well the storied journey of Wizard Sleeve. Well, now you’ve the rare opportunity to hear the sometimes brusque, sometimes sentimental—but always fitful—ruminations on the band straight from, well…the Badger’s mouth. Oh, yes: plus, a triangle solo and drum “meditation.” Oh, yes. Watch It!

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