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Welcome to the "Dylan Howe Drums" page
This is a page mainly for my pop/rock session/sideman stuff
FOR MY GROUPS & JAZZ DRUMS PLEASE GO TO:
www.myspace.com/dylanhowe
www.myspace.com/dylanhoweandthe subterraneans
"Dylan has been performing and writing for over two decades, and has a CV of near unsurpassed and eclectic 'who's who' to just about catalogue and contain it. Having spent the past four powering his quintet - a likely young bunch of improvising impresarios - who are collectively renowned for their fiery sets, groundbreaking compositions and a new take on the Blue Note-esque sensibility - with critical acclaim stacked on DH's four albums and nationwide tours to boot - this new project is his boldest and most imaginative yet.
Mostly self-taught, and having picked up the sticks to jam with his dad Yes guitarist Steve Howe in 1979, Dylan has been particularly influenced by Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones, Stewart Copeland, John Bonham and the music of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Igor Stravinsky, David Bowie and the Muppets.
Dylan has collaborated with the likes of Nick Cave, Damon Albarn, Portishead, Ian Dury and The Blockheads, Stan Sulzmann, Ray Davies, Sir Paul McCartney and Courtney Pine to name but a few that should be named. An active member of The Blockheads for over 10 years as well as the Steve Howe Trio and a kind of neo-veteran to studios and concert halls un-alike, this year sees the evolution of one of the countries most interesting musicians and of course, drummers Dylan Howe.
"A superb player" THE OBSERVER
"Swings like an old veteran" MODERN DRUMMER
"Dylan Howe makes it new. The way he plays it, it's as if Be-bop were still hot and wet from it's Harlem womb. Dylan Howe, he plays time from the heart." ROBERT WYATT
"Howe, Inspiring and invigorating in any genre " THE GUARDIAN
"Dylan Howe simply does all the right things" MUSICIAN MAGAZINE
“A looseness reminiscent of Miles's 1960s ensemble. He (DH) knows exactly how the dynamics and drama of this idiom are supposed to work, and he proves himself to be a sophisticated composer of slow tone-poetry.†John Fordham THE GUARDIAN
"You funky bastard" Ian Dury
"The best new young drummer to emerge since Phil Collins or Stewart Copeland." YESWORLD
“Howe swings effortlessly†**** DRUMMER MAGAZINE
Some of the people I've played with:
IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS
PAUL McCARTNEY
PORTISHEAD
BETH GIBBONS
ROBERT WYATT
DAMON ALBARN
DAVE GILMOUR
STVE HOWE
NICK CAVE
SHANE MCGOWAN
RAY DAVIES
HUGH CORNWELL
STEVE HARLEY
GLEN TILBROOK
SUGGS
GREEN GARSIDE
PAUL YOUNG
CURTIS STIGERS
TOM JONES
BAXTER DURY
LEWIS TAYLOR
HIJACK
EDWIN STARR
SAM MOORE
BEN E KING
RUBY TURNER
MARTHA REEVES
SAM BROWN
P.P ARNOLD
SINEAD O’CONNOR
JANE MONHEIT
GREEN GARSIDE (Scritti Politti)
SEAL
LEON WARE
GABRIELLE
CHAKA KHAN
LIGHTNING SEEDS
PINO PALLADINO
TONY LEVIN
GREG PHILLINGANES
BOBBY WOMACK
C4's LIGHT LUNCH
PRODUCERS:
TREVOR HORN / JOHN LECKIE / LAURIE LATHAM / ANDY WRIGHT / BIFF STANNARD & JULIAN GALLAGHER / PAUL O'DUFFY / NIGEL GODRICH / JOHN CORNWELL / KARL WALLINGER / JOHN BROUGH / STEVE POWER / GUY CHAMBERS
I really like the drums & drummers that to me, wrote the book: the studio and live players of the 60's & 70's. I play almost exclusively vintage drums (Gretsch & Ludwig) 4 piece kits with a selection of great Zildjian Cymbals (old & new).
Above are a few sample tracks of stuff over the years & there are other tunes that I'm on at the assorted MYSPACE PAGES OF :
The Blockheads
Steve Howe
Ray Davies
Blockheads
Steve Howe
Mamas Gun
Alex Valentine
Chris Shields
Sarah Gillespie
Lucie Diamond
I got married in November 2006. It was an amazing day. Zoë was the most beautiful bride ever. We had our first anniversary just recently.
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