Listening to his work on 'Raising Sand' made me interested in finding out more about this drummer. I really liked this quote from an interview he did for Drummerworld:

"I love vintage drums," Jay admits. "I love the way they look, feel, and sound. They just make sense to me. Probably what a lot of drummers hate about them is that they're inconsistent, but I love that. I love that I never know what's going to come out of them when I hit them from one day to the next. That adds a certain drama to the music."

This really resonates with me. I have only recently stopped looking for 'even' sound and sonic perfection in my older kits. They are what they are. And to me, that's cool.