Percussion Discussion Episode 82 - John 'JD' Douglas.
Joining me today is a guy with one of the most interesting stories you will ever hear - John 'JD ' Douglas.
John has one of the most remarkable and succesful careers in music that i have ever heard of!
He is a phenomenal artist, a highly skilled drummer and one of the most respected and trusted drum tech's in Rock n Roll!
Currently on tour teching for Bon Jovi's Tico Torres, John kindly found some time to talk about his amazing career so far.....
John Started out by customizing his own drum kits by painting them, he got spotted in his native Texas while gigging with his band by Frank Beard of ZZ Top who asked John to paint some of his drums, this led to him customizing drums for so many incredible bands including ZZ Top, Van Halen, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Aerosmith, Pantera, Lynryd Skynyrd, Slash, Bon Jovi and many more!
This led to teching for many of the bands in that list including ZZ Top whom he had 2 cover 3 gigs for for the injured Frank Beard, Teching for Slash where he had to cover the drum chair for Brent Fitz who stepped in on bass for 2 gigs with no notice for 2 gigs, as if thats not enough he has covered the last 35 shows and will continue to do so for immediate future for Joey Kramer with Aerosmith!!
Join John and myself as we talk about his incredible and varied career so far including all of the above plus so much more, including how the experience of working for one of my drumming heroes was -