{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Rich Redmond Show","title":"John Wackerman - The Wackerman Dynasty :: Ep 250 The Rich Redmond Show","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":6807,"description":"In this episode, Rich and Jim sit down with drummer, composer, and educator John Wackerman to talk about the Wackerman dynasty, from their band-director dad Chuck to brothers Chad, Bob, Brooks, and John’s own genre-hopping career.\nJohn shares stories from the road and studio with Frank Zappa, Maynard Ferguson, Alan Holdsworth, Family Matters, Vegas headliners, and more. He breaks down his all-star drum duets project with Steve Gadd, Alex Acuña, Ronnie Tutt, Steve Smith, Terry Bozzio, Taylor Hawkins, and others, plus the origin story of DW Drums, a private masterclass with Stuart Copeland, and why discipline and reading still matter in a click-track world.\n\nTimed Highlights\n0:00 Show and sponsor intro\n1:00 Jim on his son’s musical talent and parenting a creative kid\n2:12 Rich on being an “overeducated rock drummer” and closet rocker\n5:18 Mapping the Wackerman dynasty: Chuck, Chad, Bob, Brooks, and John\n7:56 How the drum duets project was born and why Alex Acuña went first\n12:12 The real DW Drums origin story: Drum Workshop, Camco, and the double pedal\n16:00 Vegas era: Mandalay Bay, Zumanity, and drummer coffee hangs\n21:12 Moving from L.A. to Vegas to Nashville and lifestyle tradeoffs\n26:01 A half-day film-scoring masterclass at Stuart Copeland’s house\n33:30 Recording Steve Gadd in Rochester when the SSL console dies\n40:48 Maynard Ferguson’s band: 300 dates a year, buses, clinics, and survival\n48:02 Growing up in a house full of drums, vibes, and serious practice\n54:20 Their dad’s pioneering jazz program and what “passion” meant at home\n1:03:00 Brooks’s journey from Bad For Good to Bad Religion to Avenged Sevenfold\n1:10:20 Charts vs memory: how different drummers approach complex gigs\n1:18:30 Drummers and cars: classic 911s, Audis, and gearhead confessions\n1:32:40 John’s vegetarian routine, health, and daily fuel\n1:40:52 Letting go of CDs and DVDs and living in a streaming world\n1:49:05 John Wackerman Drum Academy plans and Rich’s clinic/tour schedule\n1:52:10...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/uQDt_20tG-UB4ylvnw4eoaY_3UiI5oN-5Eu2JNFFxmA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jNjBi/OGI0NGEzOWQ2NTJl/MjdiZWUwNGRkNDdl/NDM0NC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}