Charles Plaugher profile picture

Charles Plaugher

About Me


First "real drum teacher" was Bud Mohn...luckily he taught to read early on....also the word swing...Grew up playing in various junior drum and bugle corps in the Philly area including the Crossmen...the whole school marching/concert/jazz band thing...four years in the USMC drum & bugle corps, as a snare drummer and percussion arranger...instructed and arranged for Ridley High School Marching progaram - drum line, horn line, then back to drum line...Performed / recorded with various Phily area bands, some of those being Naked Culture, Future History, JIm Obie Band, Kitchen Chairs Jazz Trio, Alligator Zydeco Band, Mark Armstrong Blues Band, most recently James Day and the Fish Fry, Suzanne Gorman, Jim Stanson

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/01/2007
Band Members: Member of Dragonfly, Still At Large; Also playing with Suzanne Gorman (cd on Range Records - "Open Book"; Jim Stanson ( new cd - Heart Full OF Fire)
Influences: I'm probably influenced by every drummer I have the pleasure of meeting and hearing. If forced to pick some....Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Steve Smith, Zigaboo,Billy Cobham, Tony Allen, Brice Wassy, Mokhtar Samba, Mike Clark. .........
Sounds Like: Me playing drums
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

The item has been deleted


Posted by on