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Modern Drummer Festival 2002

Foot Gear at the MD Fest: The norm seemed to be a minimum of four pedals (Note five in the top photo). Makes you wonder how many feet these guys have?

Jimmy DeGrasso
Metal maestro Jimmy, best known for his work with Megadeth, was next up and impressed the crowd with a particularly intense solo.

Jimmy caught during his backstage soundcheck.

Billy Cobham
Exploding on the musical scene over 30 years ago with the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy has always combined impressive chops with innovation and creativity. His performance at the MD Fest earned him another notch on his belt.

Billy performing his soundcheck using his four-drumstick technique, backstage.

Rick Marotta
No matter what kind of music you're into, I'm sure you've heard Rick's drumming. He has recorded with Aretha Franklin, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, John Lennon, Paul Simon, Steely Dan, and the list goes on.

Rick getting into it, during the closing performance of the MD Fest 2002.

A composer and inventor (who played a large part in the development of the Yamaha HipGig drum kit he plays), Rick closed the MD Fest Weekend with a crowd pleasing performance featuring bassist/vocalist Will Lee (who plays in the David Letterman Band and has performed with many artists including like Frank Sinatra, Bette Midler, Barry Manilow, and Boz Scaggs) and guitarist Ross Bolton (who has worked with The Beach Boys, Sheena Easton, Al Jarreau, David Benoit and many others).

Will Lee performing with Rick.

Ross Bolton rounds out the trio.

As if there wasn't enough talent on stage already, Rick brought out special guest artist Tom Scott to join in the fun.

Special Guest Tom Scott.

And, for the grand finale, both Ross and Will each jumped on one of the three HipGig drumsets on stage and joined Rick in a three drumset ensemble!

The closing number brought the crowd of more than a thousand DrumHeads to their feet and rightfully so.

Ron and Isabel Spagnardi, Rick Van Horn, and the rest of the MD crew had done another fine job, for the 15th year in a row. I'd say that's an enviable track record.

Here's looking forward to the next 15! I'll be there, how about you?

Stay Loose.

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Modern Drummer Festival 2001

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Modern Drummer Festival 2000 DVD

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