Topic: live drummer / studio drummer
Anyone know why Joe tends to use different musicians for touring than he does for recording? - specifically drummers. I don't recall Tal Bergman playing on Joe's albums. I may be wrong , I'm a relativley new fan.
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I seem to recall Kevin Shirley saying that using different musicians keeps Joe from being complacent.
3 2013-09-30 08:49:06 (edited by Stu 2013-09-30 08:49:57)
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I'll hopefully get a chance to watch the doc later. It just seems weird that Anton always seems to play in the studio, and Tal always (certainly in recent years) seems to do the live stuff !?
I can understand the desire to play with different musicians, but that arrangement seems a bit regimented.
As I'm typing this however it's occured to me that maybe Tal plays on the "groove" project thingy that came out this year ?
P.s. Thanks for the welcome and quick responses 
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Anton shows up for specialty gigs, but he has a very steady long running gig playing with Paul Schaefer on Late Night with David Letterman. Letterman has a lot of break times built into his contract as the abundant reruns prove which frees up Anton for side projects. Occasionally Anton will have someone fill in for him on Letterman too.
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There's not really anything unusual about using different musicians in the studio and on the road. Actually, it is indeed quite normal and many, many have done this sort of thing. Been going on for many decades. Some treasured recordings people think it is the "band" musician, but it is not, and the session musician so often goes uncredited.
Jane, I don't know of Anton composing anything on those albums. And on "Sloe Gin" (song) Bogie played and I guess you could say he composed the drum part, but for me it is just seems it's playing your role. On ""Last Kiss," you can really hear Anton playing his part to the hilt. His trademark wood-rimmed snare and double-clutching kick drum really liven up the track.
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6 2013-09-30 12:26:44 (edited by Rocket 2013-09-30 12:28:43)
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Stu wrote:
I'll hopefully get a chance to watch the doc later. It just seems weird that Anton always seems to play in the studio, and Tal always (certainly in recent years) seems to do the live stuff !?
I can understand the desire to play with different musicians, but that arrangement seems a bit regimented.
As I'm typing this however it's occured to me that maybe Tal plays on the "groove" project thingy that came out this year ?
P.s. Thanks for the welcome and quick responses
Welcome Stu II! Tal not only plays on the "grooove" project thingy ( 
) ["We Want Grooove" by Rock Candy Funk Party], he is the album producer as well, and of course, the stage drummer as well.
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7 2013-09-30 13:15:02 (edited by Rocket 2013-09-30 13:15:25)
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Jane H. wrote:
Thanks yeah I didn't mean the title tracks as much as the whole deal on those two albums. I am really curious on TBOJH the track though. and by compose I more or less mean while they are knocking it out in the studio and one goes hey how about I play that part like this....or hey I want you to play that like this etc etc
and even though having a different touring band than studio musicians might be a common thing, because Joe tours sooo much and his road bands usually come to become tight and close but also as Joe directs, it just seems a bit more curious in his case I think. Knowing more about the business model or however it is that they describe it, it makes more sense to me.
I really expect a steady stream, perhaps flood of studio album musicians who'll not hit the stage with Joe as his care ear progresses even further.
Kenny, I have to laugh if Kevin Shirley said that he wants to keep Joe from getting complacent, it is almost an oxymoron, but I understand him completely and agree...maybe blindfold him one of these days, see what happens! 
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"http://jbonamassa.com/tour-dates/
"Everybody wants ta get inta the act!"
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For me its a given that all the guys that Joe plays with are superb. Anton is clearly superb, but I saw Tal in Edinburgh , and he was also outstanding.
For me, i think it would be natural to get a band together, make the album , and then tour it - with the same people involved.Just for the continuity. It's not as if Tal couldn't have done the stuff on any given record that Joe has done...