Nice Tommy! Looks like a fantastic room to play and hope you guys packed them in. Yea a bummer your wife could not record more. But man it sounded great! The Rogers sound great as always. Swingin!

Great drums...great drummer! Ladies and gentleman, a big round of applause for our own Tommyp!! D' Drummer

Keep on swingin'

-Mark

Fantastic! Your living the life!

Thanks tommy enjoyed the sound clip !

Such a shame. If I was home I could have zipped down to Hartford and caught it live. Nice work and nice drums Tommy. Congrats also to the rest of The Band

Guys!

Glenn!

Yes!... absolutely FABULOUS venue. State of the art across the board including the actual stage SOUND, and the audio in house. We had hoped to draw around 250 as it is January, right after the holidays, etc. So!... imagine our surprise when we were told they sold 300 tickets. The venue holds 500, so far from full... but a little better then half. The crowd was incredibly enthusiastic, applauded after EVERY solo, and enjoyed the show from start to finish. With a fabulous room like that, and a great audience, well... EASY to play and have a ball! THANKS for the very kind words Glenn!

Mark!

THANK YOU for the very nice words! Glad you enjoyed the clip... what there is of it! LOL!!! I was really surprised that they don't allow recording, so I had to inquire afterwards. They told me it's all the PHONES held in the air, which blocks other people's view. Ah! Makes complete sense to me now. At least Deb got a couple minutes worth! THANKS again!

Gerald!

THANK YOU for commenting! You are absolutely right. I have been blessed to be able to play/make a living doing what I LOVE!, and with great players/people. THANKS again!

Mark/VM2K!

THANKS Mark! I know it's not your bag per se musically, but you have always been extremely positive and complimentary. GLAD you enjoyed! I just wish Deb could have grabbed more! SIGH.

Dan!

That would have been GREAT! It would be nice to meet... and Glenn too for that matter! Should you have a chance, and if there's a show you'd like to see at the Infinity/Hartford, by all means go. It really is an incredible venue! Thought you might like how those Rogers sounded in that room. The guy that mixed the house said to me after the show: Those drums are awesome! It was like "John Bonham meets Buddy Rich". I had to laugh!, but what he meant was: He had the drums mixed BIG like Bonham... but the style played was more like Buddy. I should be so lucky. I couldn't hold either of those guys stickbags! It was a nice comment though. THANKS Dan!

Tommyp

TommyP:

THANKS so much for sharing the clip! Great looking kit and venue. The drummer didn't sound too shabby either (lol)! I'd love to play in a swing band like that. That just screams "OldSchool"!

Gary!

.. "That just screams OldSchool" .. It does indeed! Yeah, the "Sinatra Show" is a great gig. I enjoy the heck out of it! Great players, and people alike, plus we play a lot of these type venues, and you know what? It NEVER gets boring! Thing is.. ( and maybe one time we can get a full performance recording ) .. we also do some straight eighth feels as well as 12/8 in addition to the swing feels. We do a couple by Michael Buble in the show: Sway.. and Save The last Dance.. which allows for a more contemporary approach drum wise. Otherwise, my approach is to be true to the style of music we are performing. You wouldn't want a "chops fest" on these tunes, but I DO get my moments. It's all about feel, swing, and pocket, along with horn set-ups and dynamics around the vocal. It is an excellent gig!

THANK YOU for the nice words! Always a pleasure Gary!

Tommyp

Nice playing Tommy a beautiful kit. Do u gat flack from soundmen for the full front head? I will be going out with a new band soon and going no hole. It`s only a 20``

but still. so much better feel