Mike coming to you from crash studios in Music City, USA,
Nashville. This is the rich Redmond show. What's up,
folks? It's that time. It's time for on always exciting episode
of the rich Redmond show, we talk all about all things like
music, motivation, success and so many other things. It's a
free flowing conversation. Of course, I'm joined today by my
co host, co producer, fantastic, all around guy, drummer,
entrepreneur, Jim Carthy, entrepreneur, entrepreneur,
yeah, yeah. So we've been knocking these things out, man,
like talking to a lot of fantastic drummers today is no
different. Are
we having fun or what just feels good to do these in person
again, doesn't it? I
know I'm keeping my six feet from you. Oh gosh,
yes. It just, it just breaks my heart that we had to do that for
700 days. I will never recover.
What did we learn from that? Absolutely nothing.
Put some echo on that buddy, nothing, nothing, nothing. So,
hey, we got some time straight constraints today. Usually we
can meander for about two hours see where things take us. But I
want to shine a light on this gentleman today from the
Chicagoland, world class drummer, award winning drummer,
seven years younger than me, and think, speaking of seven years,
7.5 years, he's been calling Nashville home. He's all around.
Fantastic drummer for the last 21 years has been the drummer in
unfreeze McGee. And you know, that's a catter categorize
Uncategorized band. They blend genres. It's an amazing thing.
They've got 2700 live shows under their belt, 14 studio
albums, 21 years My guest has been there. We're talking about
our friend, Chris myers. Whoa, pal.
Whoa. What an introduction.
Well, we try to Wow. We try to go very Hollywood, you know,
like cue the timpani. Are you doing rich? Thank you that band
of yours. You know this is that one of the joys of my life is I
get to shine a light on my friends, old and new, and I get
to do a deeper dive into their style. So I was on the YouTube
last night. Was watching all your rig rundowns and these drum
solos, you know, promoting Pearl drums. It's you are such a
fantastic all around player. I mean, it's like this one video
you did this open drum solo. It started with kind of like a a
James Brown groove, but it had, like more Garibaldi in there,
and then, before you know it, you were into some weckle, and
then some second line stuff using every the rims and half
rim shots and full rim shots and choking symbols in the bell of
the symbol over here, and the some Ding, ding harmonics. I was
like, This
guy is great. Rum titty, Ding dings and Dum Dums. So, I
mean, I know where. I mean, your band gives you that ultimate
platform to to play all these different styles. But something
tells me you you just always loved a lot of different kinds
of music.
Yeah, that's probably why I don't get too many gigs, because
I just play too much. I do all the styles at once in one
minute.
But your band, I mean, you're, it's gotta be great to be in a
band like that, where that, where it's like, you're doing
like a song that sounds like, yes, you're doing a song that
sounds like Zappa. And then boom, there's a straight down
the middle Michael Jackson sounding thing, and then there's
like a three, four, power, six, eight, kind of a thing. And
everybody in the audience is we, I saw you guys at the rhyme, and
it was like, your fans are rabid. Yes,
they are. They're, they're, we're very grateful for them,
and they are part of our success and our build together. We,
we're all artists almost together. Yeah, united, yeah.
And that's, that's amazing, and thanks for even noticing that. I
mean the merch, I mean the website is fantastic. You guys
have, like, posters and art pieces and wearable art. And
you, of course, you gotta have the coffee mugs and all that
stuff, right? So, how did it happen for you? How did you get
on these guys's radars? So
basically, I was going to grad school DePaul in Chicago. Yeah,
back in the old days, 2000 to 2002 and had no recollection or
knowledge of fries. McGee and I was doing local stuff. And, you
know, jobbing gigs, as they call them in Chicago, society gigs,
weddings, bar mitzvahs, corporate parties. Get that tux.
Yep, yeah, I still have it unfortunately, and it's really
old and gross, yeah, I finally sell it. They're sold it, yeah,
no. But I basically was, you know, looking for a change of
pace, because the industry was also changing at that time, if
you recall, free downloads and studio work was becoming more
scarce, and that's exactly what I wanted to do. And I managed to
do some stuff, which was great, but I couldn't make a living
doing it just like, you know, based on my generation. So the
option was doing live shows, you know, just basically touring.
And a friend of mine just told me his name is Brian Abraham. I
owe it all to him. And Brian, yeah, and he recommended me to
audition for this band. Called umphreys McGee. And I was like,
Humphrey Mc What, you know, I was like, This is what kind of a
kind of rock and roll is this? Yeah, no. But then I listened to
it, and I was like, wow, this is amazing, because these guys, um,
you know, change the styles, but in a tasteful way, and they're
very intelligent with the music and the the arrangements. So I
was like, Well, I'm gonna try give this a shot. And so it
turned out that the manager lived in 15 minutes from my
house. I just back in you had just press kits, you know, not E
electronic, yes, yeah, no, EP case, just PKS, and you would
mail it, drive it over to the mailbox. That's what I did.
Ironically, it was the first package they received of
literally hundreds of applicants, which was very
serendipitous. I think, you know, it was, Oh, you were the
first one to get it there. That was the first one, yeah, that
they received and to get it there. Nice. So,
did they listen to anybody else? Or is it just like, this is the
guy? Well, they
did. But they the way they described it was, I was like,
when I showed him my demo, which is a hilarious picture, by the
way, the cover of my demo was, like, me in like a GQ suit and,
like a really clean cut haircut, and he's kind of doing a pose,
and Olin Mills, yeah, I think it was just a, you know, a quick
demo CD for me to just show you, you know, any opportunity I can
get for whatever and part of the industry. So I did that. And,
all right, they heard that, and then they came back. And then
they heard my other band, which is, at that time, was kick the
cat. Kick the cat, yeah, fusion band, yes. Thank
you. Yeah, yeah. Those guys are all my homies, I have seen him
in about a couple months, but we, you know, we've always
continued to have a friendship, and we played together and
toured. And, yeah, they heard that, and they were like, Whoa,
shit. This is like, more than we expected for our applicants. And
they're like, this is gonna be great, yeah. And then the rest
they what was
like? It was like, hey, the third song off of our 17th
record. Yeah,
pretty much it wasn't the 17th at the time. It was probably the
third,
third, yeah. So who is this other fellow, Mike Miro.
So Mike Miro was the original member, original drummer, yeah,
and rest in peace. And, you know, God, rest his soul. Oh,
man. And he asked, that's why they need he did no, but he
didn't pass until later. Yeah, but anyway, he was basically in
the band because they were all at school together. It's the
story is great. They went to Notre Dame, and they were
success story from, you know, a place that normally doesn't
bring or breed Rock Band
South Bend, Indiana band that's South Bend. Yeah, yeah. So yeah,
he was there and was with them for at least four or five years.
And basically he needed to make an opportunity or change in his
life. And he made a career to change, and wanted to do pursue
medicine doctor. Because I think his dad really wanted him to go
on that path as well, and he was open to it. So, you know, these,
these things happen, life changes. And so he, he was just
leaving as of 2003 and I, I auditioned, I played, you know
the first New Year's show as a feature on one of the songs I
learned. And the first song was called, uh, hurt bird bath. Hurt
bird bath. Yeah, I
like that. You guys don't take these are too seriously on
the title. Yes, that's right, that is correct. Yeah.
I mean, so, so the guys in the band, you got Brendan, Joel, um,
Jake Andy Ryan, and that's you, Chris. I mean, that's right,
it's got to be a brotherhood all these years, 21 years, you
finish each other's sentences. Does everybody live all over the
place? And you guys come to the first is that how it works?
Yep, pretty much. Yeah, yeah. We, we had started. We started
breaking off. I'd say around 2000 maybe 10 or so. Everyone
started moving away when they got married. And Joel's out in
Santa, Monica Ryan's in Charleston, South Carolina. And
you know, Jake is, he was in South Bend, and now he's in back
in Niles, Michigan, where he's from. Well, actually, he's an
UPS, upstate Michigan, which, you know, Traverse City gotcha,
yeah. And then, you know, Andy's in Chicago again. And, yeah,
Brennan's there still. He's been the one that's been holding fort
in the city the longest, the north side. So, Chicago, yeah,
Chicago.
So exactly,
that's the best spot for the deep dish. Are you? Were you a
deep did you become a deep dish guy? Or, like, was is that your
preference? Or would you like a New Yorker? But, yeah. But when
you have a New York, yes, you get to fold it in half. It's
very mobile.
That is a valid it's a valid point and, and, you know, a tip
of the hat to, you know, the New York style, and Chicago style is
just what I grew up with. And I have. Have a couple different
types of, you know, not just deep dish, but also your your
thin crust and your stuffed crust. Yeah, I love it, yeah.
And the only thing is that they cut squares instead of triangle,
you know, who
does that is, um, Sicilians,
yeah, they got a Cillian slice. Is, like a deep dish, Chicago
type of slice, you know, don't ask me how I'm jets.
Jets does a good deep, deep dish locally.
Those words that's good to know,
strike those words from your mouth. No, it's pretty good. No,
no, this is always, or be a sponsor of this podcast. Come
on. You got to go with Joey's house of pizza. You know, those
types of places I'm
just saying, for a deep dish jets is pretty good because it's
like, you know, point 01, miles from my house. It
always gives me the runs. I don't know why. Well, I
mean, Geez, you're talking to a guy that has the runs as a basic
leg, like my modus operandi. You have
a glass of water, you got to go take a dump. It's like, Hey
guys,
stool today. It's a very special day.
We can go there sometimes. So TMI, I like on the I like on the
the the website, you guys keep a list of the venues that you have
played at, how many times? I mean, that's like the that's
like a cool feature of a band that is a working band. I mean,
you guys are playing all the cool spots, Bonnaroo,
Lollapalooza, Austin, city limits, South by Southwest. Red
Rocks, the rhyme, and saw you guys there the beacon. Got any
favorite spots? Do you because you guys do wineries, you do
theaters, you do festivals, you do sheds. Yeah.
I mean, we do a lot of different things that they, you know, give
us the opportunity to to attempt, and we're always open
to the challenge. And the rooms are always changing. Yep, they
especially are these days for everyone, yeah, you know. But
yeah, Red Rocks is probably my favorite. I mean, it's
undeniable, right? Yeah, if you can do that, you know, that's a
one to check off the list, and that is as far as venues go. I
gotta be honest, the the Fox Theater in Oakland is a
beautiful room, beautiful. They renovated it. And it's, you
know, it's always a pleasure to play there as well. Yeah. But, I
mean, I gotta say the rhyme and so much history and the room
sound is, is amazing. Yeah, you feel comfortable. You feel at
home. And the people are always so warm from the audience and
yeah, so I'd say places like that,
and that's your hometown venue, the Ryman Auditorium. Yes,
that's right.
Are you loving Nashville because you lived also in sunny Los
Angeles?
Yes, I love it here. I love living here, just living and
cost of living, of course, as everyone says, who's a
transplant. But you know, I love it here because of the culture
and the people and the friendliness, because you
were in North Hollywood right before earlier, or were you in
Van Nuys, or
Van Nuys, you
got to say, like an Armenian, though? Yeah.
How does that sound?
I don't even know,
no, but Glendale is the home of the most Armenians on the planet
other than Armenia, yes, that's right, Glendale, California,
yeah, big, wide streets, yeah, tons of parking, yeah,
tons of parking. Very tight families, yeah, connections in
the neighborhoods. And I lived just blocks from that, that that
culture. And, you know, I liked la for what it was. It was
amazing, actually, with all the world class players that are
there, you can just go see in a weeknight, yes, go with all the
hiking trails in the Santa Monica Mountains. Amazing. But,
you know, didn't want to, like, do the thing, you know, where I
live in my car half the day, every day, yes, that's horrible.
Got old, right? Yeah. It kind of sucks the soul out of you. And
even coming from Chicago that was
challenging, yeah. Well, Chicago is very much a master transit
city. The cold, though, yes,
the bitter cold, the lake effect, yeah, you know, you just
get you grow up. Are your folks still there? Yes, there. So
where I, I grew up in Inverness, which is a Northwest suburb.
It's directly Northwest, near Palatine, which, yeah, as
drummers may know this, maybe the older ones there was in a
famous drums there was a famous drum store, you know, called the
drum pad, yes, of which we know some people, such as, uh, Victor
salad.
Was the guy that said, Do you know Chris myers, and I said, I
want to and he goes, I've heard, I've heard of him. He goes, this
is a guy you got to get to know. He can play anything in the
world. And it's true. Well,
God bless him. He's a sweet man. He's an ambassador to the drum
community. Just like, globally,
yeah? Just like, you like, Dom. Like, Dom, you know guy rest is
so familar, yeah?
Oh, Dom. Yes, yeah. He was like the Tony Robbins of he's like
the drum
you want to play the drums. That's a great comparison. Yeah,
totally
Yeah, his vibe and his stature and Dom, yes. Victor is very
much a gearhead as well. By nature. He's like a drum tech
and a drummer he is. And he he reminds you that it's okay to.
To do, to have four or six pedals, or, you know, maybe 10
symbols, maybe more. I
remember Vic's rite of passage for any new friendship is
getting that person on his gigantic rig, which is like a,
it's like the SS bazio, you know, yes, kind of a thing,
yeah,
yeah, which I believe wasn't he did his drum tech for us, and he
uses that stuff creatively. It's like, you know, Vic loves
playing a gigantic drum set with the spokes and the, yeah, the
stacks and the, you know, like a trash can on a remote pedal or
something. I mean, just, just great stuff. We love Vic. Now,
am I right in saying that your tour is starting this year, July
4 at the in Westport, Connecticut,
that's correct, where, yes, the Levitt performing, performing
arts center. And it's, I'm actually excited about that,
because it's a really, from what I heard, it's really pretty up
there, yeah. And it's kind of like an old, like, an outdoor
experience, if I understand, right? Like, like, Ravinia, as
we call it in Chicago, the Ravinia, you know, venue is very
bougie. Esthetic. Is bougie totally,
I like, I look, I like packs, I like performing arts centers.
It's like the it's nice and clean and nice little dressing
rooms. And so what's on your guys? Writer, do you guys? You
get, you get a little red wine on there? What's that like?
What's the cheese? Are you sophisticated? Are you just
like, nah. We're more of like, Cheetos and Coors Light.
No, we definitely are somewhere in between both of those. Yeah,
I'd say Budweiser is what my boys love. Yeah, for beer. And
then I'd say Wheat Thins, which is kind of boring, yeah, yeah.
And then Cool Whip, yes, no, Cool Whip. What's cool? What's
a specific thing for you on the road? Are you getting, like,
protein bars on there, like almonds that are imported from
Chile or something? Yes,
a big turkey leg? Yes? No.
I like, you know, generally, just like, charcuterie, nice. I
also, like, yeah, protein related things. But I don't, you
know, I just eat the meals that we get to us, and I try not to
eat too much snacking. But snack wise, yeah, Wheat Thins, and I
try to avoid the sodium chips, yeah, even though it's
unavoidable that, you know, everything's got sodium in it.
But I think that, you know, I try to be as healthy as I can,
yeah? But the problem is, I have a guilty pleasure, and it's
chocolate, yeah.
Do you do the
Oh, milk? Yeah. But the thing is, what kind of milk chocolate,
Hershey's or Cadbury, like, those are the good ones.
Hershey's, the wax, I think it's
called JIRA deli's. Or you can't, you
can't go wrong there. Those
are with the caramel, yeah?
Why am I speaking up for all the food segments? I mean, holy
crap.
We are good with the giardelli, the assortment pack, yes, with
the caramel, oh yeah. And
even some, occasionally, we'll get some really nice, healthy,
you know, dark chocolate with, uh, you know, saltier mix in it.
Yeah? You know, what's really funny with the sodium is, is
that, yeah, you probably should avoid added sodium to things.
But I never really used to salt my food. I'm a pepper guy, like,
I go to town on the pepper. Right? Nice. But as far as
they're saying that salt is something that is craved by all
animals in the animal kingdom. Matter of fact, you see these
goats that are on the side of the mountain, and they're just
like, all the way up, and they're just like, on the side
of these. And so they can go up there and lick the salt on this
mountain. That's pretty good. Be afraid of salt. You need it, but
yeah, probably not the ones in the lace potato chips. So what
do you do for fitness? Do you have like, a thing like, Are you
a walker? Are you a runner? Do you like put heavy things over
your head?
I like to, I like to do cardio off the road, yeah? On the road,
I try to get out, but I don't, and lately I haven't, and I've
been bad about it. So
you save all your caloric burn for the drumming segment of your
day,
yeah? But what I do try to do is just, I definitely do
stretching. But I do that, of course, when the body's warmed
up. Yeah, I do. I do warm ups during the day for drum
drumming, yeah, and, but I do it with a sense of looseness and
always keeping limbs just moving. But yeah, I should. I
used to do more exercise. I'll hit the the fitness center,
maybe once every two tours. Yeah. And then yoga. I'm just
now getting back into, how cool, about a decade. It's
nice because you get your little mat, you know, yes, you go into
the venue in the morning with your little mat, and you say hi
to the security people, and they're, you know, yeah, it's
fun. And yeah. And then you just annoy everybody and walk in
like, you know, and your yoga pants, and you just say, Hey,
you do you have my my soy milk in the fridge? I really did ask
for that. It's nice to meet you anyway. This is what my day was
like. You know,
you have my bucket of fried chicken too, please. Yeah.
Now, what's this documentary? You guys got? It just came out
June 11. Frame by. Frame. Oh
yeah, that was a, it was a, basically just kind of like a
deluxe offering we gave at that time. But it's a great it's got
an unbelievable footage of past and present that the editing was
amazing on it. It's not necessarily like a typical rock
doc documentary about a band, but it's more about sharing all
the fun moments we had with the footage. And these are sort of
special things that our fans like. It's not just the most,
you know, commercial, middle of the road, you know approach. We
do things and release things that are a little more deeper
than that, more archival, because our fans are, they're
like, part of that jam band culture where it was originally,
right, like, deadheads, which is, like the, you know, right?
The blue first generation, first wave, yeah, of hardcore tapers
and fans who just follow the band for hundreds of shows.
You'll use a lot of familiar faces at multiple shows. Yes,
wow. It's
great. It's a blessing. The
gathering of the vibes is that ring a bell in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, yeah, we played it. That was a that was something
that we had to do when my first radio station, we did a whole
weekend of broadcasting there, man, you had to bring a bar
soap. Yeah, right. Oh my goodness, yeah.
It gets, gets pretty, you know, heady up there, as they say.
But, um, no, that's cool, because gathering the vibes
brings past and present artists and some definitely members of
the dead with their projects. So I had a funny story there, funny
you mentioned, and I'm glad you I have a Mickey heart story.
Yeah, Mickey heart, My God, so
I'm just backstage, you know, twiddling with my my symbol, you
know, positions, and taking my symbols off after the kit, after
the show. I did notice that on my right stage right, Jim, I'm
sorry, Mickey Hart was sitting there with his mallet sticks on
the side of a case, sitting on it, just playing along with the
band, you know, just amazing, just, and I was like, Whoa,
that's, you don't see that every day. So then I'm backstage, and
Mickey came up, which is, I think, on, you know, unlike him,
usually, he's very, you know, he's very cool, and is a
stature, you know, very introvert, little kind of
introverted. No, no, not at all. He's definitely a, like, kind of
a community leader with drumming, yeah, like his planet
drum records. You
remember that planet drums? Yeah,
it's very, you know, influential. So anyway, yeah, he
comes up and he's, I'm trying to be cool, and he's like, yeah,
he's kind of stepping he looks like a, like a baseball coach
from the 70s. He's got the kind of pants, and he's his arms
folded, he's walking towards you. They're like, he's ready
to, like, cut you out, base
kid, let's go, yes. But instead, he's like, strike, yeah,
Lucky's,
yeah. Pretty much just came right up and he's like, notice
some pretty fancy double bass footwork. Most impressive, most
impressive, most impressive. And
I was like, two time Mickey. Two time Mickey.
So I said, thank you. And I didn't really say much else,
because I didn't want to be like, you know, that fan, super
fan guy. But I was also kind of, like, also trying to be like,
well, not from the jam scene, and I'm a jazzy Yeah, but
I mean, you're like, you're you're like, you were like, I
tell everybody, I'm an over educated rock drummer. You are
an over educated everything drummer. I mean, his style is,
if like, you took like, you know, Vinnie Paul's feet and
weckles phrasing and cleanliness, and then the date
David garibaldi's control over the stick heist and dynamics
with some Cobham singles in there. Then there's some, then
there's some, like, you know, Gene Krupa showmanship. It's
coming from one person.
Wow, that's amazing. That's, that's very kind of human.
You get to do it like, like, I mean, I've listened to a lot of
those guys, and maybe some of that stuff is in there
somewhere, absolutely, but I don't get to do that.
Is, your humility is quite staggering. You're like, thank
you very much. You're aware of this stuff. Come on. Well,
people talk. I
mean, you know, he won the drum award, dude. What was it? Well,
hey, you were you and I were both on the cover of MD, that's
right, our parents are like, so happy. My mom framed it. It's
like, right on the way to the bathroom at her house and in the
toilet hallway
that she's like, Who's this blonde head, blue eyed schmuck
here on the front cover? It's and you're like, that's
my friend, Chris, I know. And 11, you were the best Jam Band
drummer by drum magazine. So like you are, you are award
winning, and your and your peers, you know, recognize you
for your for your talents, and then, you know, your companies,
uh, Pearl Evans Zildjian, I saw some of those Dan Dawes pads up
there. What's the appeal with the Dawes pads versus, like,
some of the more, you know, big box stuff,
I find that, like, just like a lot of drummers could relate to
this, when, if you, you know, assimilate a lot of samples and
sequences and manual playing live, of electronics, yeah, we
just have a difficult time finding something that's road
friendly. Yeah, you always have to keep replacing it. And I
won't name any brands, but you know what I'm talking about,
sure. So you also want to find a pad that's gonna, you know, give
you the performance that you need from a better sound module,
gives you better fidelity on those samples. Yeah, so I just
decided to upgrade to the Dawes pads, which, I don't know if you
know the story, but the Dawes pads, to my understanding, used
to be the Super Ball company. You remember the Super Ball when
we were kids, throw it on the ground and it bounces way up
there? Well, they eventually gave shares out, or the business
went away, and then they, you know, investors put it in the
drum pad, or this drum, yeah, electronic pad kit called Dawes
Pads,
Pads. But Dan Dawes is, and he's, he's very much, like,
underground, yeah, it's not like,
doesn't really big box store stuff. That's correct, yeah,
yeah. So you, but you have to do your research, and you find that
it's the most durable pad, one of the or the anywhere, and it
that Super Ball material helps get that bounce you want, and
it's thick enough. I mean, if Neil Pierre used it, and also, I
mean, it's nice, yeah, they use them, then that's it, you know,
bets are
off. So what's up, Dan? Yeah, Dan came to one of my clinics at
MI and he gave me, I know he goes, I like, you know, I like
these colors. I
know you like these colors. Yeah, that was the thing, too.
That
was sweet to him, man. He's a cool guy, man. Now, a band this,
there's, we're just all over the place, but I was just a little
bit curious, a band of that size six people. I've been in a band
with six people. It's always just seems like there's one or
too many people, you know, in that amount of it. But you guys,
it's, it's, it works incredible. What is the writing process
like, and how do you guys record? Are you recording in the
same studio all the time? Do you have a producer?
Yes. So we have, over the years, stuck with the same idiom, which
is getting together first, to write together like the old
school band style. Wow. Right. Nice, which is tedious to some,
but courageous for others, or whatever you want to call it,
authentic. Yes, we, we do that usually up to Jake's studio. We
used to, for many years, go up to his personal studio with all
of his analog gears tape machines and or he had a dat
machine, actually, from the 90s, and a great board, and it'd be
up in a shed up in Niles, Michigan, which is basically a
real remote town in Michigan, kind of blue collar dirt roads.
So we would be off of the, you know, the reservation for a
whole weekend, right? And then once we write all the music
together, we'll keep the demos if we like it, or we'll just
redo them in a in a big city studio. And we used to record,
and have continued to record with Greg majors, who I live
right by Bellevue, who's also a notable ninja here, that a lot
of people should continue to to reach out to or get to know,
Greg majors, okay,
unbelievable. Yeah, he
works in
his own home studio, like me in Bellevue, but he has been doing
Humphreys records forever, and we had a producer for the
longest time from Chicago named Manny Sanchez, who moved to LA
now, but he was a huge influence on us to get us to be more legit
with a producer helping us define that moment in the style.
But we've always been our self, you know, produced kind of band
as well,
and that you guys, with six people, can come together
democratically, yeah, and make, you know, decisions without
getting butt hurt and breaking up the band.
That's true.
You know, we're all still an imperfect and very dysfunctional
family, just like anyone else. Oh, yeah. But when it comes to
recording, we have guys like Jake, who's a, first of all,
like a, he's like, an encyclopedia of rock and country
in any style of music, really. Yeah, he's just a brilliant
genius of a guy with recording concepts, and then all the guys
in their own right, you know, bring some kind of magic and
just, you know, something that makes sense, structure and
arrangement. We also keep it like you said. We keep it
progressive, and we don't try to, you know, adhere or conform
to anything. We're very lucky for that.
I mean, you guys are there is a genre. Because if you guys, if
Tower Records still existed, they would be looking to put you
in a specific section, right, just to help things along. But
now it's almost even better in this world where it's just like
there's you're a genre. Less you guys are all over the place.
Now, is there a type of fan you were talking about? Your fans?
Is there a mold, or is it all over the place?
It's not really all over the place in the universal world of
the music industry, but it's pretty, I'd say it's various
with people who come from progressive music to, you know.
Or, you know, traditional jam music, maybe subcultures from a
little bit of the metal scene. Yeah, they actually really, you
know, there's a few metal bands and people we know that we've
looked up to that actually have heard of us only for some reason
they probably appreciate the guitar work. You know, Jake and
Brennan are a dueling, uh, guitar powerhouse that just, you
know, it's like the Allman Brothers, how they were with a
lot of harmonizing, Unison lines, the same way with Brennan
and Jake. And they do it live, you know? So, yeah, I mean, we,
we do what we can.
I mean, with 14 studio albums, it's got to be pretty difficult
putting a set list together. Now, when you go on a tour, are
you guys changing it nightly?
Uh, yeah, we have a different set every night. That's
incredible.
So you literally, you are, well, the average, you know, um,
freeze record has 15 tracks on it. I've seen 18, and you got 14
records. I'm trying to do the math. So is everybody
responsible for the entire body of work at all times,
I'd say. So we split the song splits, though, you know, when
it comes to the business side a little differently than equal,
but it's sensible, yes, and we, you know, it makes sense, yeah,
but I think that when it comes to improvising. We open up. It's
important that we all accept each other as they as who they
are and how they want to, you know, express themselves. We do
come together, though, as a team. Moments to realize, okay,
now we could put that aside the and then just play something
together like this or this style or this vibe, yeah, or that, and
then for a few minutes, and then, you know, one guy will,
will gage how much time that is, and be very calculated with the
control chaos.
Yeah, I think, I think that the idea of changing the set list
every night, Jim, but isn't this interesting is that, is that,
you know, when we go on tour, we'll, we'll do our 30 shows at
the back end of the year, and it's the same 24 songs every
night. So it's all literally about just execution right now
you got, and you got to put your thinking caps on when you got a
different show every night that keeps the brains of neurons
firing. Yeah,
pretty much, sometimes, for better or worse. I mean, you
know players who play in progressive more, you know, I
wouldn't say obscure, but eclectic kind of, you know,
yeah, environments tend to, I think, you know, get really
excited on one night when you're really hitting it on all
cylinders, you just feel it blowing. And then some nights
it's like, yeah, you're not sure if this or even that, all these
components are connecting, and that can be a little nerve
wracking, but, you know, as long as we just keep plowing through
and then you listen back to the recording study, like game
tapes, I used to do it, and I had to, because, like you said,
it's chaos that we're doing. It's chaos, you know, it's
crazy.
I can't believe it, man, there we go. Nice. Off we go to the
races. I was gonna warn you, I might get
into Christopher walk guys can have a walking off, a
walking battle. Yes,
at some point, and we will, we will start
talking like we have no punctuation, no commas,
semicolons. Well,
you know, Shatner was very big on changing the emphasis of the
various syllables, that's right. And he would be practiced in a
million different ways. He
had walking were very similar, yeah, yeah, yes, yeah. Ship,
we go. We are going here,
yes, yeah. It's kind of a backwards annunciation. So,
yeah, yeah. So basically, going back to what you're saying, I
think we, you know, use the algorithmic, you know, all
things unfreeze.com stats of these songs played. Because when
we write set lists, we have to keep tabs on how many times
we've played that song in this given city or market. Wow,
that's, that's why we do that, as well as for the geeky, nerdy
fans that love that stuff. So
there's got to be an AI app for that by now. Yeah, I think,
I mean, I'm sure, let's
grinder.com
I don't know somebody, but I mean, it's, it's, it's almost
like, Dave Matthews, like, we, we had a gift certificate, me
and the gal, Cara, we were gonna go, like, go see. We got, yeah,
we got, like, like, a gift card to go see a band. And we're
like, oh, let's go see Dave Matthews been forever, and
they're known for changing the shit list every day, yes. And so
she wanted to hear crash. She's like, he better F and play
crash. And so you watch the whole show for three hours, or
whatever it was. Yeah, I just know I peed twice. Um, he never
played crash. He didn't play any of his hits. From what it sounds
like, it was, it was he? I don't know. Maybe he was like, Okay,
we're in Music City, a lot of musicians here, so let's like,
let's shred. You
know, I think it's not even, I don't think, Dave, you dance,
he, I. He moves to the beat of his own drum. From what I've
gathered as a person, when I he's he's an amazing person,
kind of eccentric, yeah? And just like anyone in that band,
The Spirit they possesses is the confidence and the joy of
changing it up when you want to change it up, yeah? And they've,
they have also been in a comfortable situation with that,
yeah, and it's amazing, they've had commercial success as well.
So they are, like, kind of a an enigmatic thing, yeah,
you know, now, did any of your songs break through traditional
radio? I'd say,
like college radio, maybe, right? Yeah.
And we also had, I think, moments with cover songs. That's
a good question. I don't think we have commercial success. I
mean, we've kind of, we've done collaborations one time with
Huey Lewis. Yes, we call uncle Huey.
Oh, my God, you got to tell us about that, because Jim huge
fan. Yeah, all right. I mean, I am too, but yeah, Jim's on a
kick. Well,
let me tell you fun music to play. Have you ever met him by
chance?
We interviewed him on the show. I saw that, yeah, and
he was able to hear everything, okay? Because he's having
hearing issues. Yeah? Well,
he was, he was listening to ambient sound off of his
computer, I would imagine some sort of, you know, monitoring
system so he didn't have any ears or headphones on, which I
would imagine would trigger his condition,
yeah, and which I obviously, you know, I don't need to horrible
to elaborate. It's not my business. But we are friends
with him after all these years of which we met at the, what I
told you was the jammies, which was the jam band version of the
Grammys amazing. Yeah, back in 2007 or something like that. We
met him in the most eclectic group of artists that
collaborated that that evening with us, and he was one of them.
And ever since we've been we've been friends. He gave he
collaborated with us on a song called Women, wine and song,
yeah, and that's a that was kind of a tip of the hat to Lowell
George, you know, from little feet, yeah, back in the day,
that kind of feel and vibe and and he played harmonica and sang
on it in the courses. And then he got us on Jimmy Kimmel as
well. People you know, helped, he helped with it. Yeah?
He said, he seems like such a generous, you know, wants to
give back and pay it forward. Yeah, did you watch how he was
on the We Are the World Documentary? Do you watch that?
Yes, and how, just like in awe, he was, I mean, you think about
it, at that particular point in time, he'd only been like a rock
star for maybe two years. He was
very humble and grateful for being there, but he killed it
too, totally brought it Well,
the reason is, is, I think it's because of his personality. He
is literally the coolest guy I have ever met in the music
industry, beautiful. And his stories are the best too. He
tells you the good stories, the the more known stories. But he's
just so cool. And everything I love
this vulnerability. I was surprised at it that he was
talking about his menirs so transparently. He's like, it is
what it is. Man, yeah, you know, it's not very often that you
come across somebody of such a big stature like that that's
willing to admit a weakness. You know, I appreciate that about
Jon. Bon Jovi, yeah, you know, he
did that whole Docu series
document is very, it's very, very brave, very, very brave.
And it's like, he didn't
have to do that. But I think it was like, You know what? I just
feel like, I have a feeling that he, there's a lot more to that
story that he was, let me put this out there, and, you know,
get the fans warmed up to the notion that I may not be able to
do this anymore. I really want to do it, yeah, you know,
well, you know, he's always been just that way, even casually. So
he just kind of, he's kind of a pioneer, like, like a Bob Dylan
guy, but not so introverted, more the extroverted version,
the extroverted Bob Dylan. And he, he grew he grew up with a
lot of, you know, the the Northern California greats of
the, you know, more hippie, you know, kind of yeah culture. And
he grew up with that as well, but he became a pop star as
well. So he's, he's got a, you know, multi faceted universe,
totally connections. It's
just so interesting to see drummers various backgrounds,
because we had Bill Gibson on the show where and I was like,
yes, now you are a, you're, of course, of an over trained
drummer. And he goes, I gotta let you know sometimes I have
never had a lesson in my life in
the 70s is taking lessons. Now, you know that
he's saying, you know, I believe, I remember him saying
that too. He's a, I don't, I'm not trying to name drop at all,
but he, he's a friend and
Bill, maybe you dropped something. It's right there. Oh,
I'm joking.
Yeah, I, uh, so gullible. I just went with
that to be to have your your your sound that solid, and your
musical choices that solid, and create those everlasting drum
parts and execute them on all those television shows. Yeah, no
drum lessons. That's like, great.
You know that probably went to his advantage. Because, yeah,
you know, some sometimes things stick better when you don't
overthink it, you know, like playing just that solid pocket,
which he did, like a Jeff per Caro kind of player, yes, yeah,
was all was needed. Well,
even, even towards the latest albums you look at, you know,
small world and perfect world, those are really intricate,
involved songs.
That's true. The horn. Saw the horn. You know what? I mean? Oh,
that's all kind of Motown, yeah, stacks records, kind of stuff,
which we grew up playing, yeah, um, yeah. Who are your guys? Who
are you? Who are your route Mount Rushmore, like, why did
you get into drumming? Because here's the deal. The year was
1976 I started playing drums that was one year before that
was like when your dad had a sparkle in his eyes, yeah, and
then you were born the next year.
Better late than never. Drummers usually playing time perfectly,
but not on time.
How about that. Give me a splash. Jim, okay,
okay, there you go. Zing, well, you know, I think of dramas
with, you know, true vigor, an absolute, just reckless abandon,
explore, you know, thinking of the professionalism and the
presence and the charisma of rich Redmond, you have to do the
Mount Rushmore without a doubt. Every time I'm in the seat in
the room, he's playing the backbeat, and it goes, pow, pow,
oh. And like a dog, you know, bow, wow, or maybe a cat, you
know, meow,
you know, kick the cat shack,
yeah, hard. Get a lot of like,
you got a lot of like, dog lovers at the kick cat kick the
cat show, like,
oh, actually, we get more like the opposite. Not lovers, I'm
sorry, not the opposite. What I'm saying is we get activists
sometimes, because that was a very Oh, my God, really. Well,
this is this the name of that band. Was not the greatest idea,
but it was. It was named a band. We were named the band kick the
cat in night back in 96 Yeah, before that was ever an issue,
yeah. So when we rebranded the band and tried to tour, like a
few years ago, which we did, and it was a lot of fun, we had a
little little trouble with the, you know, modern day culture,
everyone's
got a trouble with something lighting up. People, we're not
actually kicking the cat, right?
I know, and we had to start. Well, what we'd say is, kick is
the name of the cat. See
kick the cat? Yes. Comma the cat.
Oh, my God, so
with getting this down, yeah. Did you see the Super Bowl
commercial where they were? He was just like, completely, like,
he's driving up to drive throughs, and everyone's doing a
Christopher Walken impression, oh no. And he's just like, Yeah,
okay, yeah, I get it, yeah, he's probably so over it by now. But
does anybody do Al Pacino? Oh, band. All I care about are the
drums pocket. This guy is over here going, Whoa, wow,
man, yeah. So is this like a pastime? You like this? Like
to do impressions? Yeah, I
was never a good actor, so I just thought, well, I
can do impressions. That's great. There's a lot of
comedians and actors that are like, I don't do impressions.
Yeah, right.
Frank Caliendo does the best. Al Pacino Agreed, agreed, yeah,
yeah.
And you comedy fan? You got the main deal? Do you fall like,
Sure, Marin or Gaffigan or Matt Fife? What's his name? Rife.
Matt rife.
Yeah, actually, Marin's Great, yeah, I like his show too. He
has a podcast, yeah, he just, yeah, he
the mark man show. I know, yes, you guys,
yeah. So he's great. And, you know, I just, I just try to
discover comedians when I can. And I'm pretty open minded
towards the satire Bill bird does occasionally is like,
really brash, as we all know. But you know what? I there's
moments where he takes me out, I think it's just like, Oh, I
just feel that he is great. He is great, but he is he's a
little shouty, yeah, he shoots from the anger in New Yorker.
Yeah, constantly getting up here. Nobody's, I think he's
Bostonian. Is he Bostonian? Wow, no kidding, I
think so. Well, I
apologize, Boston. Yeah, interesting. Well, anyway, yeah,
I forgot what we were well, we
were talking about, we're talking about Rushmore of
drummers, you know? Well,
of course, there's just no denying, um, I don't have
favorites. As you know, we were doing clinics. Hard to say there
is the the greatest this or the greatest that. The more you
realize when you start diving in to the history of drummers and
all of the people that you just realize there is no favorite.
Yeah, you know, yeah, you could still have a favorite. But
was there a guy that was like, that was like, the tipping point
for you to pick up the sticks? Okay,
well, let's start with that. The chronological order. Here we go.
No one has ever done this. I don't have four. I might have
more, but I'll try to make it in order.
That's great. No, it doesn't have to be four. It could be 40.
And go
and between. If I had to choose between Bonham and Stuart, I'm
gonna go with Stewart. Bonham, yes, he's absolutely 100% but
Stuart was just had so unique flash and a certain feel that I
ever since I was just coming out of the womb, I just felt it.
He was very reggae. Yeah,
his pop, pop punk, just lively, Sunny sounds feels like, you
know you're listening to like a cheetah playing the drums.
Listen to his, even his like cadence of regular speech, he
sounds like Christopher Walken. You're like, yeah, you're like,
it's cheetah. It sounds it's like, you know, you're not even
trying. You're not even trying. This is coming up naturally. You
know, the next thing you got to master is the Morgan Freeman,
yeah,
that's a hard one. You
got to talk to an old person, yeah, you know, like you're
talking about every time my wife gets up, Courtney went to the
refrigerator, yeah, and in there she found last night's dinner,
and it wasn't anywhere near as good as it was the booties,
yeah, it's like, I love stratosphere. So
yes, it was evaporating Stuart Copeland and me and you are
tight, awesome.
There was like two, there was three different cabs, probably
Alex Van Halen Pierre, yep. And Copeland back in the day, yeah.
And I
loved all of them, but in all different ways. But I have to
say, if I edged out anyone from them, it's Stuart. And then
after that, a big influence was, hmm, well, I always gotta, I
always gotta tip the hat to buddy yeah. Buddy Rich Yeah,
which is arguably tech in terms of technical feel, or, you know,
approach, probably one of the strongest, greatest of all time.
Yes, in terms of, let's see after that. Okay, the third, I'd
say the third or fourth is Vinny kalau to Sure, 100% he's the
only drummer nowadays that. Well, no, there's so many that
are all around. But with him, I find that He's everything he
touches turns to gold, you know. And kind of player risk
taking turns to gold, and, yeah, everything he touches
another drum podcast, I am talking
to this guy about turning things to gold takes it to another
place. It just amps up the silliness. Yes,
let's try to think of a fourth. Jim McCarthy, I'll be honest
with you, straight groove guy. Or Keith Carlock, who's a good
friend, as we all know here now, which we're lucky to have him.
He's, United States, probably my fourth Did you steal his?
Those, those things,
I wouldn't say I've steal a stolen and I just try to attempt
them and see what becomes the chris myers version of that I
like to throw out of I thought I like to throw them around a
little bit, just on your trash can. Endings, right? You know?
Tip of a hat to Keith and Tony and, you know,
yeah, he's, maybe I forgot Steve gad I mean, geez, Steve Gadd, of
course. So if there was a fifth president on there, weckles,
great. Did
you go through that a phase? A weckle phase? I mean, like
that. I'm, yeah, I'd say, so the hair, no,
I had that vo five mullet, yeah,
he's actually, yeah, he's, he's a really cool guy too. He's
really nice. Like, he's kind of more on the quiet side when I
met him, but I don't know, and maybe he's not, but he's really
cool. Yeah, Benny, I got to meet once in Chicago on a gig, and he
was just, I didn't want to bother him too much. I get too
nervous and star studded with you know, when you meet your
heroes and you don't want to, yeah,
you get Star Trek a little bit, even by celebrities too, because
they, because these people can probably take a couple of
lessons from you. I mean, any drummer in the world would be
able to you would be able to teach them some shit. You just
got so much facility, man, it's just and so much musicianship.
Hey, this record, zonkey 2016 where you guys were, like, doing
mashups, you got this one song. It's very it's like your most
spun song on Spotify. You can't rock my dreams face. It's a mash
up of rock with you dreams and you, I can't feel my face.
That's correct. Amazing. Yeah,
it's outrageous. Yeah? We, we found that a concept record like
that was something that I don't think any too many bands have
done, I mean, very high level. And we, we put them some time
into that. We, it originally started as just a an event we do
for Halloween shows, yeah, where the we would just create our own
arrangements of mashing up. Like, and it's originally a DJ
culture thing, yeah, where they would just do the, you know, the
instrumentals from in a book from another Yeah. And we're
like, Why can't a band do that? So we're gonna try that. So,
thanks. Yeah, we luckily I got to do, you know, the I can't
feel my face part, and then that's not easy to do, because
that singer is just fabulous. And I don't, right, yes, I do
backgrounds usually, but I do covers. I can't
believe you you can do the backgrounds and play that insane
music. Well, I
started playing, I think it's just like anything else. I
started when I was 12, singing and playing because we needed
to, okay, battle the band. You could just
throw some credit towards Phil Collins and that, oh yeah, Don
Henley, those kinds of things.
You know what absolutely
is not. That's not easy. No, now it's not. And also,
he wrote a couple catchy tunes, I'd say, as well. Yeah, yeah,
no, I think that they were, they were amazing drummers, with the
energy they they brought to the song, and also with the vocals
tied in there. And drummer singers are kind of a rare
breed. So, yeah. I mean, as far as the zonkey record, it was a
lot of fun. I My favorite was doing James Hetfield on the sad
gorillas. Yes, yeah, because I got to do that part, of course,
you know, because it was like the song, you know, from the
gorillas, which is, I ain't happy you didn't glad I got, you
know, and that's our bassist Singing that. And I'm going,
Hey, I'm your life.
Nice. Yes,
I do that. Which that instrumental? And then we go
back and forth between the songs, yeah, and then we lose
our goddamn
minds. It's incredible. And then all the, I mean, all the drum
sounds, track, the track you got flubby snares, you got, you
know, ringing piccolos, you got, like, you know, it's just all
just a it's just some great stuff, man. Thank you. Just
really, really great. And then, hey, recently, I know we're
running out of time, but you are just your rehab now from your
rotator cuff. Uh,
I'm past that now. Yeah, you're all rehabbed. Yes. Thanks for
back. I recommend you know anyone who questions getting the
surgical procedure of something that is attainable, like a just
a rotator cuff repair. Yeah, I would just say, get with a good
or orthopedic and do it yes. Like you can't defy science with
stem cells, with books that tell you that you can ignore the
pain. Sorry. Yeah, I disagree with that. It's your choice. And
I know other drummers who've who've gone other routes, and it
is a cost effective thing too. But if you have good insurance
and you can afford, you know, a great orthopedic you must do it
because you are an athlete and you need to treat your body like
it was like a good six months of rehab. It was for me. Luckily, I
stayed ahead of the of the schedule, and I was four and a
half months ready to go. Nice, but luckily, the band was
generous, and I'm very grateful for it to let me come in at, you
know, New Year's, which was more exciting for the fans, yeah,
while they're there, and here I am, like, 20 pounds later. Hey
everybody, I can't fit in my shirt, but here I am. And then,
you know, then you then they put me to work really hard this year
because we had to make up for a lot of lost, you know, momentum,
yeah. And we're doing it, and I'm, you know, I'm working on
keeping it, you know, rehab by just continuing to to ice down
after shows, which a lot of drummers, I noticed some
surprise, don't really do that,
yeah. I mean, well, I'm supposed to be, I supposed to be probably
icing things a little bit, but you're just on this high after
the show. You're like, ah, and you want to get into your, you
know, your your clean clothes afterwards. Like, I want to ice
right now, yeah, you know, pretty much,
yeah, no. But that's, that's really, I appreciate that, you
know. And I am doing, you know, some gigs locally coming up. So
August 9, I'm doing a, we're gonna do a show in town that I'm
gonna announce on Friday, nice with some some friends, and
that'll be amazing. And then I do charity work too. Third and
Lindsey, no, won't be there, yeah. But yeah, it's just if you
want to check out my Instagram, or, you know, my, I don't my
website needs to be updated, so I'm not gonna even suggest that.
Yeah.
So you guys got unfreeze mcgee.com or is it um freeze?
Well, umfreeze.com
freeze.com Yeah. And then Chris myers drums.com is the in
construction dated website of mine. Do you
feel like living in Nashville where everything is just so so
song oriented. Stay out of the way. Giant backbeats, yes,
because people get this perception of you playing so
dense. Yes. Do
you get calls to do the boom Schmack
only a couple times. Luckily, you know again, when you're
doing a philanthropic or charitable thing, I got to do a.
Really cool session with some some heavy players, like some of
Garth, Garth Brooks rhythm section, nice. And Danny Rader
guitarist, right? Yeah. And I was very lucky on that one. And,
yeah, I did that. It's think sound check studios before it
shut down, yeah. Amazing room. And then I did a couple events
at basement East. And then, you know, I can't, can't recall too
many more. I did actually run a charity event I did called the
sleigh ride, which was at the Brooklyn Bowl, yes. And that
went very well with Maggie Rogers, Taylor Hicks and, you
know, Corey Wong and Bill Evans and Jeff Coffin. And you raise
money for I raised it was for a place called David's den, which
is a facility here. I think everyone should, should go look
into it's, it's giving you an option in the community to go to
a safe house for mental health counselors. Counseling that's
not like in network that you have to worry about, like chair
your insurance related claims. It's like something you can go
to be part of team building projects. Great counselors
there, and that's on the east side, I believe. So, yeah,
David's den. Yeah, nice. We raised money for them. I'm not
currently doing anything else. I'm just trying to get ready for
a wedding in three months.
Yes, that's right, you got your you got a big life change coming
up. Yes, good for you. Thanks. Very time consuming, because you
got to, like, pick out your napkin colors and how many
layers the Groom's Cake is going to be. Where are you going to
sit the parents. Well, luckily, I'm
only doing Am I making the right decision?
No, definitely.
Is your first marriage? This is my first, first and last.
Hopefully, yes, yeah, absolutely,
yeah. I mean, it's, she's, she's in the industry as well. So we
it works, which is great. I
forget she an agent or something. She works as an event
coordinator, yeah, with
Romeo Entertainment Group, yeah, yeah. And that's cool. She's
just really, she's a I learned a lot from her. I'm very inspired
by that. I want to learn from administrative side of the
industry more these days, because all players should do it
for good, for the right reasons, of course, yeah,
educate yourself on the other sides of the business. You know,
we just had our new friend Jason Hartless on Jason the guy's
always got a, you know, he's always got, like, a vinyl
business, you know, selling vinyl records. And his dad was
in the industry, so he's smart to kind of keep his Okay, it's
time. We got to get you out of here. But really quick, the Fave
Five, favorite color,
I'd say blue.
There's a lot of blues. Man like not baby blue, dark blue, royal
blue,
I'd say probably a royal blue or light blue. Yeah, nice, like an
ocean blue.
Favorite drink,
well, other than sprite here, which is sugary, yes,
I don't know. I probably say I've liked the buy drinks. Bai
Bye.
Oh, yeah, yeah, bye, bye, bye, yeah. Justin Timberlake,
what is it? Is it like infused with some sort of a happiness,
or something, or what, like a,
you know, this does drink. It's kind of inner
in it, basically, which I'm starting to research, is there
are pros and cons with that, but, yeah, it's, it's still
better than tons of sugar, like this sprite I'm drinking right
now. Justin didn't
explain it very well. Sometimes
a sprite is just, you know, when you got an upset stomach, it's
like, boom, there you go. What's your favorite kind of food or
dish?
I love anything with shrimp in it.
Shrimp at Dufay, fried shrimp, deep fried fish, burger, all the
stuff. Who's that? I totally
set myself up that bad and probably like Italian food, most
of any kind of pasta, which is gotta be, you know, we gotta, we
gotta be careful with that. Yeah, Myers,
what do you judge German Icelandic? Why is
nor Norwegian? My dad is actually from Norway, and he
migrated to Brooklyn in the 50s. You look like you
could swing a hammer. Thanks, man. Yeah, hammer, yeah, yeah.
All my behind you somewhere here,
all my Scandinavian homies, yeah, yeah. So that's really it.
Dolph Lundgren is my hero. Yes, yes. What about a favorite song?
Does
you have a song that just keeps rearing its ugly head throughout
stages of your life? Or
I'd say,
any police song really? Yeah, but driven cult of personality
is a badass one, because living color was a huge influence.
What's the thing that will does, like, do, got into God, do gun
and do bang. So, boom, boom, boom, right? It's just kind of
like a poly rhythm, right? Or is it just a feel thing? No, I
mean, it's, it's in the pocket in the gun. Just got the
way to be triplets. But it's, you know, it's in that it's a
triplet.
Isn't it crazy that we both just sung it perfectly. Do God? Do
God and do God gave man he was I really loved his playing and the
fidelity and those records. And uncle said, favorite movie,
favorite movie,
three amigos. Yeah, that really holds up. Yeah, man, you know, I
love all these complex, amazing, brilliant things going on with
directors and their concepts and stuff. But when it comes to just
a whole, a soulful feeling, fun, lighthearted thing, there's
nothing better nowadays than ever. And I just rediscovered
the three amigos.
We had a lot of interstellar recently. Everyone's like,
Christopher Nolan, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Nolan. I'm
like, Well, what about something stupid and just fun? Like the
movie about Mary,
for me is airplane. It always holds up.
Yeah, yeah, airplane. And then I also nerd out to, you know, I
need the Lord of the Rings. Like, once
a year you got to sit down. You watch all of them back to back.
That's really crazy that you got those four films, right? Big
that took up. That was it three films that took up three books,
right? Yeah. And then, then you get the Hobbit, which is the
shortest book of all that they made three movies out of,
I know, but, and I know, if some people weren't the purest,
probably not have been, you know, as content with those
movies. But you gotta, can't deny, they're amazing. They're
amazing, yeah. So once a year you got to watch all three of
those. Brother, so awesome to have you here. We can go on and
on forever, but I love this. I'm a huge fan, I mean, a huge fan,
and I'm making Jim a huge fan today. Thanks,
buddy. Yeah, very comfy.
It's very comfy here in the studio. You know, we love some
dance moves, yeah? Because we like the dance studios.
Yes, cowbell.
We should. We should have a cowbell on site. So everybody
show up for the the big Humphries McGee tour this year,
starting July 4 in Wallingford, Connecticut, Connecticut
Westport, West
and then, I mean, you're from the East Coast, we're both
conditions, yeah. Oh, really, yeah, we're both conditions to
hold it against us. I'm from Milford, Connecticut, and he's
from Danbury, Connecticut. Danbury, yeah. And everybody,
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