Defining a Sound for Gen X while backing Huey Lewis w/Bill Gibson - Ep 177 The Rich Redmond Show

The Rich Redmond Show

Bill Gibson began playing music at the age of seven. He found his passion for music when his father Ed Gibson, an architect by trade but a jazz drummer in his own right, began taking him to see such greats as The Count Basie Orchestra, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, and The Buddy Rich Big Band. Inspired by big band jazz and rock & roll styles, Bill got his first drum kit at age fourteen, and began playing drums with local bands the following year. He soon became the drummer for Sound Hole and played his first tour in 1974 backing up Van Morrison.

Bill is a founding member of Huey Lewis and the News, which he and other members of Sound Hole and the band Clover formed in 1979. 33 years later, the band is still going strong and has enjoyed enormous success with over 30 million albums sold worldwide, 19 top ten hits including "The Power of Love", "Stuck With You", and "Hip To Be Square", and multiple awards and award nominations. Bill remains an integral part of the band, lending his writing and singing talents as well as providing drums and percussion.

Bill has been a Yamaha Drum Artist since 1985. Bill currently resides in Marin County, California.

Some Things That Came Up:

-2:00 Jim’s daughter singing at Carnegie Hall

-4:00 MTV!

-6:00 The untrained drummer is now focused and fascinated with lessons

-7:30 Metric Modulations and Ostinatos

-9:35 Drum Solos back in the day

-10:00 Yamaha drums for 40 years

-11:30 Music at the house 24 hours a day

-12:20 Broadway musicals and big band jazz

-12:45 Saxophone!

-14:10 1964 Ed Sullivan Show. Parents took young Bill to TWO Beatles shows

-15:30 Parents installed CONFIDENCE

-16:45 Jim got a $75 drumset at 12 years old

-18:00 Huey Lewis origins story. The Fools, Clover, Soundhole, SVT, Sly Stone combined

-20:00 Manager Bob Brown invested in the band

-23:10 SPORTS album celebrating 41 years

-24:00 Music on the TV show GHOSTS

-26:20 “We Are The World” Documentary

-27:20 The only full band invited by Quincy Jones

-28:00 TINA the musical!

-29:00 Singing after gigs became a habit

-31:00 “The Heart of Rock n’ Roll”, Huey Lewis tribute band

-34:00 Audio Clip!

-35:20 Influenced by Donald Fagen’s “The Nightfly” record

-36:00 Every record was self produced except for two. Creative democracy in action

-40:50 Big fan of Jeff Porcaro, Billy Cobham, Dennis Chambers, Dave Weckl, Vinnie

-42:00 Playing to arpeggiated synths as clicks

-42:40 No click on “Heart of Rock N’ Roll” and The Linn drum was the heart beat

-44:00 “Soulsville” was recorded live at Ardent Studios in Memphis

-48:40 Gratitude in Action and Impacting lives

-51:40 A play opening on Broadway called “The Heart of Rock N’ Roll”

-54:40 Light hearted, funny band with funny videos

-56:00 Enjoying international travel, especially Europe, Japan, and South America

-59:00 Thomas Lang’s surprise meal!

-1:00 Shark Fin Soup, Reindeer, Bear Steaks, Jelly Fish Quail Eggs

-1:02 “Heart N’ Soul” was a sleeper hit

-1:04 Be KIND to EVERYONE

-1:05 The tragedy of Huey’s hearing issues

-1:06 “Frank Sinatra” LIVE at The Sands, 1958.

-1:09 Shout out to Rich’s Dad

-1:10 “The Fave 5”

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The Rich Redmond Show is about all things music, motivation and success. Candid conversations with musicians, actors, comedians, authors and thought leaders about their lives and the stories that shaped them. Rich Redmond is the longtime drummer with Jason Aldean and many other veteran musicians and artists. Rich is also an actor, speaker, author, producer and educator. Rich has been heard on thousands of songs, over 25 of which have been #1 hits!

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Jim McCarthy is the quintessential Blue Collar Voice Guy. Honing his craft since 1996 with radio stations in Illinois, South Carolina, Connecticut, New York, Las Vegas and Nashville, Jim has voiced well over 10,000 pieces since and garnered an ear for audio production which he now uses for various podcasts, commercials and promos. Jim is also an accomplished video producer, content creator, writer and overall entrepreneur.

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