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About Me

My musical training goes back as far as I can remember. I was singing in church from a very early age. My parents gave me a drum set for my 14th birthday because the piano lessons didnâ€™t take. They would soon regret it, as I played them incessantly. They could be heard down the streetâ€”there was no escape. After high school, I marched at Auburn University for a year and then joined a bar band in Auburn and never looked back. That band was Passing Through, and Taylor Hicks was our lead singer. I played in other bands with Taylor (Fletch Lives, Taylor Hicks & the EZ Widerz, the Taylor Hicks Band) on and off through 2005, when he went to audition for American Idol. I also became the drummer for Spoonful James around 1998. The bandâ€™s style is blues/rhythm & blues/soul/country. We have shared the stage with many legendary acts, and Taylor still sits in with us from time to time. Spoonful currently books dates sporadically around the Southeast. For two years I played with a North Mississippi Hill Country Blues act called Tennessee Hat Co. that now goes by Sam Stone. We were finalists at the 20th International Blues Challenge in Memphis. I currently tour nationally with Little Dog Records recording artist Adam Hood of Opelika, AL. We regularly open for acts like Leon Russell, Miranda Lambert, and Taylor Hicks all over the country.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/16/2006
Band Website: adamhood.com
Band Members: When I'm not touring with Adam Hood, I play with Spoonful James, Wynn Christian, Sam Stone, the Justin Johnson Band, the Tony Brook Band, and, occasionally, Taylor Hicks.

Influences: Vinnie Colaiuta, Manu Katche, Dennis Chambers, Steve Gadd, Stewart Copeland, Charlie Watts, Max Weinberg, Buddy Miles, Chris Fryar, John "Bonzo" Bonham (of course), and, yes, Phil Collins (the OLD stuff). Also, Sting, Steely Dan, Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits, Paul Simon, Miles Davis, and Freddie King.
Sounds Like: Delbert McClinton, Steve Earle, Willie Nelson, Derek & the Dominoes, Van Morrison, North Mississippi All-stars, Rolling Stones...music rooted in the South.
Record Label: Little Dog Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Buddy Miles, Drummer

Buddy Miles died on Tuesday, February 26, 2008. For those who are not familiar with his career, I am not going to put his biography here. Google him. But, briefly, here are some of h...
Posted by Patrick Lunceford on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:52:00 PST

I <3 New York

I was walking down Broadway in Lower Manhattan with two of my brothers, Hunter and Reed, yesterday afternoon--9/11, come to think of it. Two events of minor importance occured within two mi...
Posted by Patrick Lunceford on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:42:00 PST

Small world...

I will tell you this: It's a small world. Adam and I got through with a show last night in Austin, TX, and decided to cut loose and have a few at Shakespeare's on Sixth Street afterward with a f...
Posted by Patrick Lunceford on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:55:00 PST

CLICK ON THE VENUE

Hi, everyone. FYI: You can find more details about any given show I'm playing (if you care) by clicking on the venue (yellow font). It will tell you who I'm playing with, whether it is "fu...
Posted by Patrick Lunceford on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:24:00 PST

The Ballad of Patrick Lunceford

If you're going to check out the new Will Ferrell movie, "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," look for me and my brother, Hunter, in the background. We're extras in a lot of the stuff ...
Posted by Patrick Lunceford on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:58:00 PST

Crackheads and CDs...

Well, I guess it was only a matter of time before it happened again: Some meth-head/crackhead has stolen my CDs. The first time it happened, someone got into one of our h...
Posted by Patrick Lunceford on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:05:00 PST