Worship Musician June 2019 - Jonathan Cain

two other bass drums over my head, I had a 10,12,13,14, 15,16, 18 and 20’ tom toms! I had a million drums and a million cymbals because that’s what that music called for. So, you’ve got to play what the music calls for, it’s about the music first.   [WM] What cymbals are you using and why?   [Gregg] I play Sabian cymbals because, first of all, they sound fantastic. They suit all of my musical needs, the people there are great, and I’m all about education and so is Sabian. They send me all over the world doing seminars and supporting me in doing seminars so I can teach drummers to play better.   [WM] Tell us about your drum sticks and any other accessories you use?  [Gregg] I use Vic Firth sticks, I have two models which are my signature models. One is called the Backbeat with my name on it, and the other is just my name. That’s an all wood coated stick, the Backbeat has got a rubber grip called VIC Grip and they really feel great in my hands. They don’t feel slippery, they just really have a grip to them. I use Vic Firth brushes, mallets, all of their rods, everything. Vic Firth was a good friend of mine for many years, and a friend of my Dad. He was the timpanist with the Boston Symphony and he really knew what he was doing and was a great friend. I play Drum Workshop DW pedals, I play a 5002 DW Double Bass Drum Pedal if I don’t want to have two bass drums on stage. I use a tambourine pedal that I invented with the owner of DW, Don Lombardi, called the Tambo Pedal. You can just move your left foot off the high hat and play the tambourine pedal, and you’ve got Gregg celebrating his birthday with Ringo & the All Starr Band a tambourine player. Ringo was looking around, “Who’s playing the tambourine?! Oh, it’s your left foot!” (laughs) I use Remo drum heads, and I use Direct Sound headphones, they’re really great headphones. So that’s Dixon, Sabian, DW, LP, Vic Firth, Remo, and Direct Sound. They all co-op to I to Olympia Stadium (where the Detroit Red help me to go all over the world and do these Wings used to play) and we saw the Beatles. drum seminars or clinics. The most fun gig I’ve If you would have told me at seven years old ever had is playing with Ringo. When I was that when I was forty-four, I was going to get seven years old, my Dad took my brother and to gig with Ringo and the Roundheads (the June 2019 Subscribe for Free... 169

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