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Joe Meyer

About Me

I am a drummer/percussionist from St. Louis, MO. Some folks I have had the privilege to work/play with... Jeremy Davenport, Thaddeus Richard, Sarah Bettens (K's Choice), Preston Hubbard(Fabulous Thunderbirds), Willie Akins, Javier Mendoza, Amy Petty, Erin Bode, The Tripdaddys, The Incurables, Goldtooth, Resistall, C.C. Deville, Kevin Bilchick, Steve Ewing (the Urge), Leslie Sanazaro, Jimmy Griffin, Caleb Travers, Eric Grossman (K's Choice, Sarah Bettens), Josiah Rosen (Augustana), Arthur Williams, Gus Thornton (Albert King), Big George Brock, Kirk Ward, Rockin' Jake, Felix Reyes, Dave Herrero, Rich McDonough, Dan Eubanks, John "papa" Gros (Papa Grows Funk), Jacob Detering, R. Scott Bryan (Peter Mayer, Sheryl Crow) , and Lauren Markow of Red Pill Entertainment. The recordings above are from some sessions I've done...
1. From Singer/songwriter Josiah Rosen's upcoming release
2 and 3. R. Scott Bryan's 2008 Red Pill release "It's Your Life"
4. From Javier Mendoza's 2008 live album "It's Good to be Live"
5 and 6. Amy Petty's 2008 release on Red Pill "The Mystery Keeps You"
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 29/06/2006
Band Members: Joe Meyer- Drums and Percussion
Influences: Jim Keltner, Shawn Pelton, Matt Chamberlain, Fred Below, Jim Gordon, Ringo, John Bonham, Stewart Copeland, Charlie Watts, Steve Jordan, Al Jackson, Earl Palmer, Tim Alexander, Zigaboo Modeliste, Vernell Fournier, Art Blakey, Josh Freese, Jeff Porcaro, Gene Krupa, Philly Joe Jones, Papa Jo Jones, Levon Helm, Russell Batiste, Steve Gadd, Troy Davis, Ed Thigpen, Wes Starr, Dave Abbruzzese, Stanton Moore, Jay Bellerose, Richie Hayward, Steve Ferrone, Stan Lynch, Herman Ernest III, Steve Smith (the Journey stuff), Manu Katche', Brain Mantia, John Pessoni, Mark Ortmann, Todd Suchermann, James Gadson, Phil Rudd, Brian Blade, Jabo Starks, Clyde Stubblefield, Victor Indrizzo, Russ Kunkel, Tony Thompson, and many more...
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

New stuff

Hello all, Hope all is going well for everyone.First off, some really cool things have been happening.  I was recently called in to play on a record for St. Louis rock band, Building Rome.  During thi...
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 14:03:00 GMT

Update 3/6/09

Hello all. The new song that I just put on the page is from Nashville singer/songwriter Josiah Rosen. Josiah was a founding member of the band Augustana. About two months ago Jacob Detering, Scott ...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:45:00 GMT

Update 2/09

After the new year struck, Jan. was a little slow, but now it looks like the year is starting to take shape. Los Carnales' weekly gigs at Hammerstone's stopped, but the band didn't! Dave "Elmo" Bail...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:53:00 GMT

2009

Hope everyone had a great 2008, and here's to a prosperous 2009. I'm looking forward to this year. I'll be working more with Javier Mendoza starting more in February, I'll post some gigs when I get ...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:40:00 GMT

Los Carnales

I am privileged to announce that I have just recently joined the band Los Carnales featuring Paul Bonn on vocals, Elliot Sowell on guitar, and legendary bass player Preston Hubbard. They are all grea...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:06:00 GMT

Big Muddy Blues Fest.

On Saturday Sept. 30 I played at the Big Muddy Blues Festival with Anita Rosemond. She is a real pleasure to work with and the band which included Rich McDonough on guitar, Gus Thornton on bass, Jes...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:18:00 GMT

Amy Petty

As a lot of you know by now, I had the privilege to be part of Amy Petty's album "The Mystery Keeps You" on the Red Pill label. The album has been available now for about a month and can be purchased...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:03:00 GMT

New stuff

Hello all, busy summer, hope all is well with everyone. I have been working a lot recently with singer/songwriter Javier Mendoza. We are releasing a live album of a primarily acoustic setup featurin...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:49:00 GMT