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Brian Ferguson

About Me


Husband/Musician/Drummer...blessed to make a living playing drums....studio and live.
Currently, Brian performs with Texas based country artists Eleven Hundred Springs. He has toured throughout the US and Canada, and has played in Europe several times.
Brian’s knowledge and respect for the history of the instrument has given him the ability to authentically blend into a wide variety of styles including jazz, rock, country, soul, blues and gospel. Brian is most at home playing the right part for the song and supporting the musicians around him.
This approach has enabled Brian to perform/record/tour with a wide variety of great artists: soul singer Curtis Salgado, blues guitarists Mike Morgan and the Crawl, jazz organist Red Young, song writers such as Hope Cassity and Jon Christopher Davis, and gospel artist Quinten Hope and Prestonwood Baptist Church to name a few. While with Curtis Salgado, Blues Review Magazine called Brian’s playing “…totally on the money rhythmically, while keeping the loose feel that soul music requires.”
Brian resides just outside of Dallas, TX with his wife and 3 dogs. He maintains a busy performance, teaching and recording schedule.
Eleven Hundred Springs live at the Granada Theater.
Dallas, TX. Cricket Taylor, Shawn Pittman, Jeremy Fulerton and My BIG BASS DRUM.
Portland, OR. Playing "Bad Boy" with Jacob Petersen, Curtis Salgado, Tracey Arrington and DK Stewart. July 2007.

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Member Since: 26/01/2007
Band Website: http://www.brianferguson.net
Band Members: I'm currently performing with ELEVEN HUNDRED SPRINGS.

Mike Morgan and the Crawl's Stronger Everyday is now available. I'm playing on 12 tracks, Danny Cochran drums on 2. A good representation of my 4+ years with Mike.

View my weekly drum lesson video series at Vic Firth.com.

Influences: Great songs... The Beatles, The Band, Miles Davis, T-Bone Walker, Elvis Costello, James Taylor, the Meters, Freddy King, B.B. King, Albert King, Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, Muddy Waters, Dexter Gordon, James Brown, Motown, Stax, Buck Owens, Jeff Buckley, John Coltrane, John Mayer, Junior Wells, Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, the Police, Johnny Paycheck, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, ...

Drummers: Steve Gadd, Max Roach, Buddy Harmon, Steve Jordan, Jim Gordon, Levon Helm, Al Jackson Jr., the drummers of James Brown, Motown, Chess, and Stax, Matt Chamberlain, Shawn Pelton, Richie Hayward, Jeff Porcaro, Zigaboo Modeliste, Reinhardt Melz, Dan Wojciechowski, Damian Llanes...Tony, Roy, Elvin, Buddy....too many!
Sounds Like: ME!
Record Label: Signed
Type of Label: Major

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Posted by on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:18:00 GMT

Sessions for Feb.

Still very busy with Eleven Hundred Springs...and still very excited about the gig!Also doing a couple of records in February: Scott Walker... a great singer/songwriter from East Texas. We'll be cutti...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:41:00 GMT

OBSERVER article

Dallas Observer Review: Eleven Hundred Springs live reviewor paste this: http://www.dallasobserver.com/2009-01-15/music/eleven-hundre d-springs-live-and-boozy/
Posted by on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:38:00 GMT

LIVE RECORDING

ELEVEN HUNDRED SPRINGSRECORDING LIVE@ The Double Wide,Dallas, TXJan. 10th, 2009. 10pmCome on out and hear the band record our live CD at the Double Wide in Deep Ellum. Space is limited so make sure yo...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:31:00 GMT

HOUSE OF BLUES - DALLAS

ELEVEN HUNDRED SPRINGS HOUSE OF BLUES DEC. 28, 2008 Join Eleven Hundred Springs for a little post-Christmas country jam throw down. Sunday evening, December 28th, 2008. Get your tickets now....makes a...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:39:00 GMT

Mike Morgan and the Crawl record review.

Mike Morgan and The Crawl  Stronger Every Day (Severn CD0043) I might be prejudiced when it comes to writing a review for a Mike Morgan album. Why??? Well because I love the guy, simple as that! So ...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:23:00 GMT

Update

Hey All, I've joined Eleven Hundred Springs. Replacing Mark Reznicek who has gone back to playing with the Toadies. Here are a couple of links if you aren't familiar with the band. http://ww...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:15:00 GMT

ELEVEN HUNDRED SPRINGS

I have joined Eleven Hundred Springs. I am real excited to be a part of this great band. The Rez has moved back to playing with the Toadies....I'm thankful to be able to jump in. Matt writes amazing ...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:42:00 GMT

NEW music.

Hey All, I'm starting to work with Bubba Hernandez and Los Super Vatos. Bubba is best known for his 20+ years with Brave Combo. LSV is B.H.'s new project...it's a GREAT live show is all I can say, par...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:04:00 GMT

Drum Lesson Videos

The new drum lesson video series I shot for Vic Firth Drum Sticks is up. You can find it here. http://www.vicfirth.com. Just look in the right column for my pic and the drumset education video of the ...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:39:00 GMT