Career
He started playing drums at the age of 10, soon to play in school jazz bands. In 1996 he was part of the first G3 Tour, drumming for Eric Johnson and was featured on their 1997 live album G3: Live in Concert. Since the new millennium he has also played on records by Toni Price, Bob Schneider, Lavelle White, Darden Smith, Robben Ford, Bobby Whitlock, Katie Armiger and appeared on Robert Rodriguez" motion picture soundtrack Grindhouse: Planet Terror (2007).
He was the live drummer of Eric Burdon & The Animals from 2009 until 2013.
Since 2010 he also tours on and off with Chris Duarte Group and jazz vocalist Lizz Wright. He resides in Austin, and has several local jazz/funk bands, amongst them Temple Underground and Black Red Black (featuring Red Young and Ephraim Owens).
The more he has worked with Janet Jackson, Rose McGowan, Fastball, Monte Montgomery, Sheena Easton, Kevin Paige, Jimmie Vaughan, Dixie Chicks and Chaka Khan.