- Gregg Bissonette
Gregg Bissonette, (born
June 9 ,1959 ,Detroit , Michigan) is an Americandrummer . Gregg was born in a family of musicians. His father Bud Bissonette plays drums, his mother Phyllis playspiano andvibraphone , and brotherMatt Bissonette playsbass guitar . Gregg started learning to play the drums at age 5 from his father. Gregg went on to study at theUniversity of North Texas where he was featured in the famedOne O'Clock Lab Band . After college he soon joined Matt in theMaynard Ferguson Big Band.In 1997 he played drums on "", by Pat Boone in which Boone covers hard rock and heavy metal songs in a jazz/big band style.
Bissonette was the drummer for
Steve Vai and played on multi-platinum releases fromDavid Lee Roth , including the albums "Skyscraper" and "Eat 'Em and Smile ". He recorded drums forJoe Satriani 's 1992 album "The Extremist ", and has recorded and toured with an array of other rock artists, includingElectric Light Orchestra in 2001.In 2002, he was involved in the band Jughead with
Ty Tabor ofKing's X ,Derek Sherinian , and brother Matt.In 2003 he and his brother Matt backed
Ringo Starr on a promotional tour of the United States. The two brothers backed Starr again in 2005 at live shows at Irving Plaza in New York City in June 2005, at the Genesse Theatre in Waukegan, IL for the PBS show SoundStage, and the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, as well as on several TV appearances (CBS This Morning, etc.)Gregg played drums on Santana's multi-platinum album "Supernatural". [cite web | url = http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dvfpxqyaldde~T2 | title = Supernatural - Credits | publisher = allmusic.com| accessdate=2008-07-07]
Gregg played on the NBC TV show "Friends", as well as movies like "American Pie" and "American Pie 2", "Payback", "Waiting For Guffman", "Best In Show", and "A Mighty Wind". He recently toured with
James Taylor ,Jeff Lynne , as well as with the semi-fictional band Spinal Tap.In 2007 Gregg recorded on the album "La La Land" by
Daniel Glen Timms [http://www.danielglentimms.com/lalacredits.html] .In 2008, Gregg toured with
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band .References
External links
* [http://www.greggbissonette.com/ GreggBissonette.com] , official web site
* [http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Gregg_Bissonette.html Drummerworld: Greg Bissonette]
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