- Skoota Warner
Infobox musical artist
Name = Skoota Warner
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Born =Newnan, Georgia ,United States
Died =
Origin =
Instrument = drums
Genre = Rock,Funk ,Jazz
Occupation =Musician ,composer
Years_active =
Label =
Associated_acts =Matisyahu ,Ra ,Cyndi Lauper ,B-52's ,Yerba Buena (band)
URL = [http://www.ogwent.com/ www.ogwent.com]Skoota Warner (born
April 4 th) is an Americanmusician and was the formerdrummer from rock band Ra. Warner is currently on tour with Matisyahu.Biography
Skoota Warner was born and raised in Newnan, Georgia
At the age of nine, his interest in playing drums led him to the church. Gospel played a soulful foundation for "The Funky Drummer". By the age of eleven he was touring the south with various then up-and coming Gospel groups.
High School offered him another arena to sharpen and demonstrate his percussive finesse. He played at school social functions and local clubs.
Graduating from High School meant career path decisions. His decision was to go where musicians who wanted to make it went: New York City. And after a few short weeks in New York, Skoota was spotted playing with street break dancers by Pepeu Gomes and Baby Consuelo, Brazil's top Pop artists at that time. At age 18, Skoota left for Brazil with Pepeu and Baby where he lived for two years playing live rock shows and recording several albums with Pepeu and other top Brazilian artists.
Skoota returned to New York, at which time he landed consecutive gigs with the likes of such Blues greats as Johnny Copeland, Johnny Johnson, and the following year, Skoota joined the Apollo Theater's Amateur Night House Band with whom he backed such R & B, Funk, and Hip-Hop stars as Keith Sweat, Guy, and Big Daddy Kane. Skoota's impromptu rhythm breaks incited live on-stage jams with guest Hip-Hop artists like Kane, Biz Markie, Doug E. Fresh, Special Ed, Kwame and others, exposing them to the funky flavor that a live drummer brings to their Rap Stylings.
Nineteen eighty-nine hallmarked Skoota's ascending career when New York's premier studio drummer, Omar Hakim, chose him to be his drummer for the Rhythm Deep Project in support of Omar's solo recording. Omar said "Skoota nails it! He's a drummer's drummer."
Since '90, Skoota has had the opportunity to play with such established artists as Santana, B-52's, Lionel Ritchie, Cyndi Lauper, Matisyahu & Mary J Blige.
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