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Fredrick Robertson

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About Me

I was raised in Southern Louisiana where Zydeco, Bayou Blues and Soul were highly influencial. I have to say that Cajun music played a major part in my development as a drummer. As a teen I relocated to Houston, Tx where I joined the Jr. High School Jazz band and began to express that which had developed in me musically. I learned to actually play Big Band Jazz and subsequently, continued to play competitively throughout High School while, performing with local groups such as Wild Honey, Nuts Bolts and Screws, The Flamatics, Mandrex and Royal Temptations, etc. I then attended San Diego City College where I majored in music and performed locally with the SCC Jazz Ensemble and various experimental bands. After a long career in Information Technology I am back in the kit and it feels like I never left. I look forward to seeing you..."PLAYING FOR THE LOVE OF IT"




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Member Since: 7/25/2007
Band Website: UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Band Members: Southern Country Blues Project
Influences: Drummers that have had the biggest influence on the way I play are Jazz and Funk types. I consider myself a lifetime student of the art of drumming; therefore, my influences are really limitless. As the art of drumming continues to evolve, I believe it is important to remain creative and open to all drumming concepts. On a personal level my biggest influences are Cedar Mae Bernard, Addie Wells, Albert Cleige. Inst: Vincent Sangermano, Inst: Charles Smith and Inst: Erwin W. Portis... The following list is comprised of World Class Drummers that deserve to be admired and respected: Dave Abbruzzese, Larry Aberman, Matt Abts, Alex Acuña, Daniel Adair, Chris Adler, Morgan Agren, Airto, Tommy Aldridge, Steve Alexander, Tim Alexander, Rashied Ali, Don Alias, Carl Allen, Barry Altschul, Robby Ameen, Scott Amendola, Animal, Charly Antolini, Carmine Appice, Vinny Appice, Kenny Aronoff, Billy Ashbaugh, Al Ashley, Mick Avory, Babatunde, Ginger Baker, Jeff Ballard, Paul Barbarin, Joe La Barbera, Travis Barker, Joey Baron, Julio Barreto, Ray Barretto, Ray Bauduc, Eddie Bayers, Marcus Baylor, Carter Beauford, Poogie Bell, Louie Bellson, Frank Bellucci, Charlie Benante, Brian Bennett, Han Bennink, Joe Bergamini, Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, Ignacio Berroa, Denzil Best, Curt Bisquera, Gregg Bissonette, Jason Bittner, Dave Black, James Black, Cindy Blackman, Ed Blackwell, John Blackwell, Brian Blade, Hal Blaine, J.D. Blair, Art Blakey, Michael Bland, Jason Bonham, John Bonham, Paul Bostaph, Terry Bozzio, Dirk Brand, Jimmy Branly, Tom Brechtlein, Don Brewer, Gulli Briem, Gerry Brown, Bill Bruford, Ronald Bruner Jr., Mark Brzezicki, Roy Burns, William Calhoun, Matt Cameron, Clayton Cameron, Gorden Campbell, Teddy Campbell, Tommy Campbell, Danny Carey, Keith Carlock, Bun E. Carlos, Eric Carr, Terri Lyne Carrington, Joey Castillo, Lenny Castro, Deen Castronovo, Big Sid Catlett, André Ceccarelli, Gary Chaffee, Matt ChamberlainJimmy Chamberlin, Dennis Chambers, Joe Chambers, Ndugu Chancler, Jim Chapin, Gary Chester, Dave DiCenso, Kenny Clare, Mike Clark, Kenny Clarke, Jimmy Cobb, Bill Cobham, Vinnie Colaiuta, Cozy Cole, Phil Collins, Grant Collins, Bobby Colomby, Aaron Comess, Luis Conte, Tré Cool, Ray Cooper, Stewart Copeland, Mike Mosgrove, Paulinho Da Costa, Kirk Covington, Mark Craney, Peter Criss, Adam Cruz, Abe Cunningham, Mickey Curry, Andrew Cyrille, Nick D'Virgilio, Paulinho Da Costa, Brann Dailor, Dino Danelli, Zach Danziger, Flo Dauner, Troy Davis, Alan Dawson, Barrett Deems, Jimmy DeGrasso, Adam Deitch, Jack DeJohnette, Kenwood Dennard, John Densmore, Liberty De Vitto, Dave DiCenso, Warren "Baby" Dodds, John Dolmayan, Virgil Donati, Famadou Don Moye, Hamid Drake, Bernie Dresel Martin Drew, Drumbassadors, Billy Drummond, Aynsley Dunbar, Sly Dunbar, Sheila E., Phil Ehart, Paul Elliott, Sonny Emory, Daniel Erlandsson, Peter Erskine, Dom Famularo, Pierre Favre, Sherman Ferguson, Steve Ferrone, Anton Fig, Vera Figueiredo, Sammy Figueroa, Larry Finn, Jon Fishman, Mick Fleetwood, D.J. Fontana, Al Foster, Vernel Fournier, Panama Francis, Brian Frasier-Moore, Josh Freese, Kiko Freitas, Steve Gadd, Camille Gainer, Richie Gajate-Garcia, David Garibaldi, Bob Gatzen, Leonard "Doc" Gibbs, Andy Gillmann, Evelyn Glennie, Alex Gonzalez, Jim Gordon, Danny Gottlieb, Lou Grassi, Jimmy DeGrasso, Rick Gratton, Eric Kamau Gravatt, Milford Graves, Benny Greb, Sonny Greer, Carola Grey, Rayford Griffin, Dave Grohl, Freddie Gruber, Donny Gruendler, John Guerin, Terreon Gully, Trilok Gurtu, Ralf Gustke, Tomas Haake, Wolfgang Haffner, Omar Hakim, Chico Hamilton, Jeff Hamilton, Lionel Hampton, Jake Hanna, Eric Harland, Buddy Harman, Beaver Harris, Gavin Harrison, Mickey Hart, Billy Hart, Steve Hass, Fritz Hauser, Roger Hawkins, Taylor Hawkins, Louis Hayes, Roy Haynes, Richie Hayward, Albert Tootie Heath, Levon Helm, Gerry Hemingway, Joey Heredia, Horacio Hernandez, Raymond Herrera, Claus Hessler, Gerald Heyward, Giovanni Hidalgo, Billy Higgins, Jeff Hirshfield, Jon Hiseman, Ari Hoenig, Gene Hoglan, Rodney Holmes, Steve Houghton, Daniel Humair, Ralph Humphrey, Gary Husband, Zakir Hussein, Greg Hutchinson, Susie Ibarra, Tommy Igoe, Tris Imboden, Al Jackson, Duffy Jackson, Gene Jackson, Jaimoe, Bobby Jarzombek, Akira Jimbo, Elvin Jones, Harold Jones, Hilary Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Papa Jo Jones, Randy Jones, Jack DeJohnette, Mylious Johnson, Steve Jordan, Joey Jordison, Jonathan Joseph, Eric Kalb, Manu Katché, Frank Katz, Connie Kay, Jim Keltner, Will Kennedy, Billy Kilson, Glenn Kotche, Joey Kramer, Rhani Krija, Gene Krupa, Russ Kunkel, Joe La Barbera, Abe Laboriel Jr., Gene Lake, Don Lamond, Thomas Lang, Shannon Larkin, Pete LaRoca Sims, Rick Latham, Trevor Lawrence Jr., Ricky Lawson, Chris Layton, Tommy Lee, Felix M. Lehrmann, Paul Leim, Stan Levey, Mel Lewis, Victor Lewis, Pete Lockett, Dave Lombardo, Larrie Londin, Hakim Ludin, Ray Luzier, Pete Magadini, Mike Mangini, Shelly Manne, Brian "Brain" Mantia, Art Mardigan, Sherrie Maricle, Jerry Marotta, Rick Marotta, John Marshall, Billy Martin, Harvey Mason, Nick Mason, Dave Mattacks, Phil Maturano, JoJo Mayer, Nicko McBrain, Thomas McCree, Matt McDonough, Ray McKinley, Russ McKinnon, Marvin McQuitty, Gustavo Meli, Sebastian Merk, Daniel Messina, Buddy Miles, Butch Miles, Russ Miller, Marco Minnemann, Mitch Mitchell, Joseph Ziggy Modeliste, Jonathan Moffett, Mark Mondesir, Drori Mondlak, TS Monk, Keith Moon, Stanton Moore, Airto Moreira, Joe Morello, Rod Morgenstein, Joe Morris, Paul Motian, Alphonse Mouzon, Jonathan Mover, Don Moye, Idris Muhammad, Larry Mullen, Narada, Lewis Nash, Sandy Nelson, Andy Newmark, Gary Novak, Adam Nussbaum, Babatunde Olatunji, Jamie Oldaker, Nigel Olsson, John Otto, Ian Paice, Carl Palmer, Earl Palmer, Francis Panama, Chris Parker, Leon Parker, Jose Pasillas, Vinnie Paul, Jim Payne, Sonny Payne, Neil Pearl, Roland Peil, Shawn Pelton, Clarence Penn, Chris Pennie, Armando Peraza, Karl Perazzo, Robert Perkins, Stephen Perkins, Ben Perowsky, Doane Perry, Charli Persip, Ralph Peterson, Pat Petrillo, Simon Phillips, Kim Plainfield, Joe Porcaro, Jeff Porcaro, Mike Portnoy, Cozy Powell, Bobby Previte, Aquiles Priester, Dafnis Prieto, Tito Puente, Bernard Purdie, Alvin Queen, Jeff Queen, Marc Quiñones, Johnny Rabb, Raul Rekow, The Reverend, Walfredo Reyes, Walfredo Reyes, Jr., Buddy Rich, Dannie Richmond, Sean Rickman, Alex Riel, Ben Riley, Herlin Riley, Jim Riley, John Riley, Ringo, Max Roach, John "J.R." Robinson, Pete LaRoca Sims, Derek Roddy, Mickey Roker, Bobby Rondinelli, Morgan Rose, Joel Rosenblatt, Tony Royster Jr., Phil Rudd, Daniel Sadownick, Antonio Sanchez, Poncho Sanchez, Mongo Santamaria, Peter Schmidlin, Mark Schulman, Jon Bermuda Schwartz, Denny Seiwell, Danny Seraphine, Paco Séry, Chad Sexton, Shakerleg, Gill Sharone, Ed Shaughnessy, Michael Shrieve, David Silveria, Terry Silverlight, Chuck Silverman, Pete LaRoca Sims, Eric Singer, Zutty Singleton, Andrew Small, Chad Smith, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Nate Smith, Steve Smith, Travis Smith, Ed Soph, Matt Sorum, Marvin Sparks, Aaron Spears, Spüg, Zak Starkey, John "Jabo" Starks, Ringo Starr, Ronnie Stephenson, Bill Stewart, Nisan Stewart, Ulf Stricker, Clyde Stubblefield, Freddy Studer, Todd Sucherman, James "The Rev" Sullivan, Grady Tate, Art Taylor, Roger Taylor, John Tempesta, Mike Terrana, Jon Theodore, Ed Thigpen, Ahmir Thompson, Chester Thompson, Kim Thompson, Efrain Toro, Tico Torres, Dave Tough, Nat Townsley, Butch Trucks, Ron Tutt, Lars Ulrich, Christian Vander, Alex Van Halen, Nana Vasconcelos, Carlos Vega, Glen Velez, Tony Verderosa, Ronnie Verrell, Johnny Vidacovich, Nick D'Virgilio, Chad Wackerman, Nasheet Waits, Narada Michael Walden, Bill Ward, Billy Ward, Kenny Washington, Derico Watson, Charlie Watts, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Chick Webb, Dave Weckl, Max Weinberg, Klaus Weiss, Paul Wertico, George Wettling, Alan White, Lenny White, Meg White, Steve White, Ron Wikso, Brad Wilk, Tony Williams, Matt Wilson, Shadow Wilson, Kenny Wollesen, Sam Woodyard, Dony Wynn, Pete York, Adrian Young, Mark Zonder, Zoro
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