Live
My Live Experiences
My live experience includes performing at Woodstock ‘94, supporting The Rolling Stones, REM, Bon Jovi, Van Halen, Oasis and Bryan Adams at Wembley with my first band Del Amitri throughout 1994-97, followed by touring and playing with Marianne Faithfull, Sinead O’Connor, Sheryl Crow, Robbie Williams, James Morrison, Will Young, Squeeze, Lewis Taylor, Hamish Stuart, The Waterboys, Jeff Lorber, Trevor Horn and Seal, Rumer, Terry Reid, Ronnie Wood, Dionne Warwick and many more.
Other
Other Experiences
Other experiences I’ve had include playing the 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony with Mike Oldfield, being the house drummer on the BBC/ITV TV show The Voice for 7 years and playing on the Terminator Genisys and Mission Impossible Fall Out (Bongos) soundtracks for composer Lorne Balfe also Kung Fu Panda 3 ( Balfe and Zimmer), The Lion King 2019 ( Hans Zimmer) and Boss Baby 2 ( Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro).
Discography
My Discography
The main part of my career has been within the recording industry, and over the past 20 years or so I have recorded (*at last count) 60 Top 10 albums for artists including Cher, Seal, Robbie Williams, Billy Idol, Adele, Enrique Iglesias, Dionne Warwick, Rumer, James Morrison, Cee Lo, Celine Dion and Ronan Keating. My discography also includes 19 Top 10 singles and to date, I’ve recorded 32 No. 1 albums and 10 No. 1 singles which have featured on various pop and rock charts around the world.
Highlights
Some Highlights
The Voice UK
Drummer in the house band for 7 years.
Kung Fu Panda 3 Soundtrack | 2016
All drums on the Kung Fu Panda 3 soundtrack for composers Lorne Balfe and Hans Zimmer
Leadbelly Fest | 2015
Drums in the house band for Leadbelly Fest 2015 at the Royal Albert Hall
Featured artists included Van Morrison, Jools Holland, Eric Burdon and Ruby Turner
Olympics Opening Ceremony | 2012
I played with Mike Oldfield at the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony
Set Fire To The Rain | 2011
Drums on Set Fire To The Rain, produced by Fraser T. Smith, from the global #1 album 21
3 albums in the Top 10 | 2011
3 albums I played on were simultaneously in the Top 10 of the Official UK charts
Adele – 21 / James Morrison – The Awakening / CeeLo Green – The Lady Killer