stephen

hey how's it goin? i'm stephen hodges i have been playing music since i was in 1st grade.... i don't think i would have gotten thru school without music and music classes..... orchestra, band, stage band, maching band.... i was all city tympanist in long beach back in jr. high..... nothing like playing with a 100 piece orchestra..... since then i have worked with alot of situations.... theatre music, dance theatre music, gospels choirs, recording sessions, gigs around the world, gigs all over the u.s. ... i have been teaching drums and rythmic theory for 30 years.... i have had the fortune and honor to work with alot of really great artists: i will add to this list but for now here are a few that come to mind...... tom waits, mike watt, david lynch, charlie musselwhite, john hammond, rick holmstrom, jonathan richmond, kim wilson & the fabulous thunderbirds, hal wilner, lee allen, dave alvin, phill alvin, david hildalgo, bruce cockburn, t bone burnett, sam phillips, bo diddley, chuch berry, rickie lee jones, gatemouth brown, gene taylor, smokey hormel, r.l. burnside, nels cline, peter fahey, eric mingus, david johansen, shivaree, duke mc vinnie, johnny dyer, ikey owens, janiva magness, mavis staples....etc.etc.