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Originally Posted by carlingman
Unfortunately i was not better than regular players to appear on any recorded tracks which is no shame for me due to the competition I was up against.
But for abit more information on the three quoted -
I was a session/sound check drummer for Peter Gabriel for the sound check and pre lim live concert at the Birmingham NEC gig in 1994 and played back up behind the stage screen in case the marvellous Manu Katche failed.
Similar at the Apollo Theater Manchester in 2001 when New Order played, sound check and warm up and rehearsal, got a nice wad of cash and free concert and also a signed gold disk out of it at a later from Bernie himself.
My nearest recording came with Mike Rutherford when I played at a session for GLR Radio in London but they re recorded it and I never made it to fame.
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I had a friend who I used to play with, he was a drummer much older than me and I understand did some session drumming with Clapton. I dont think he ever made it ony any tracks either, he was a really good drummer and most of what I heard about his playing in the 60's was from people who knew him back then.
I remember there used to be some very good musicians around South Wales, I played a few gigs with some and enjoyed it. But I prefered the money I could make solo back then.
I remember earning more money when I was still in school, than when I turned 17 and was working full time for a living. I couldn't play many gigs on the weekend then because I had discovered beer and women.