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Ed Toth

About Me

Ed Toth has been playing the drums for nearly 30 of his 36 years. “I don’t remember my life without music. I truly believe that it was a universal calling.” Ed Toth had no choice but to answer that call. Immersing himself in his fathers’ record collection, a young Ed took in all he could from The Ventures and Wes Montgomery to the Beatles and Jimmy Smith. “It was pretty eclectic,” says Toth. “I could hear Resphigi’s ‘Fountains of Rome’ one minute and Crosby Stills and Nash the next.”Ed participated in any and all music programs throughout his education in East Lyme Connecticut. “Marching band was a big deal for me and taught me a lot of what I needed to know about listening and ensemble playing. Plus, I played in my first bands during high school.”After high school, Ed took off to the University of Miami, graduating in 1994 with a Bachelor of Music degree. “That place was incredible. I learned as much outside of the classroom as I did in it.” It was in Miami that Ed cut his teeth in his first original band, Jennifer Culture. “ It was a funk-rock kind of thing with influences all over the map. We were young, but I listen to those recordings with fond memories. We were so determined to play music for a living.”Ed relocated to Boston in 1995 and, in 1996, hooked up with Vertical Horizon. Ed spent nine years with VH and scored a multi platinum smash with the bands RCA debut “Everything You Want” in 2000. The title track was the most played song on U.S. radio that year and won three Billboard awards. The album also yielded the hits “You’re A God,” and “Best I Ever Had.” Vertical Horizon followed up with “Go” in 2003. “The VH experience is an amazing one. I got to fulfill a lot of my dreams and travel the world all of because of being involved with such great music. It was truly extraordinary.”But all good things must come to an end and Ed left VH in April of 2005. Around that same time he got a call from Mike Hossack of The Doobie Brothers, asking if he would be interested in auditioning for the other drum chair. “The Doobies were my favorite band when I was a kid, so I jumped at the chance.” Ed auditioned and got the call to hit the road. “Surreal is one way to describe it! I’m just fired up to be able to play all of these great tunes with the guys who wrote them. The Doobies are all over the style map, and that really makes it a really fun and interesting gig.”When Ed isn’t on the road, he plays around his home of Nashville TN. He has played on many records and has also been fortunate enough to share the stage with performers as diverse as Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald, Warren Haynes, and Erin McKeown, to name a few. In addition, Ed has begun producing other artists as well and has produced critically acclaimed albums by Jen Porter, Brad Callow and Harriet Street.Recently, Ed has gotten together with his good friend Tim Bradshaw (Dog's Eye View, David Gray, John Mayer) to create the band, Cooper. Their debut album will be released sometime in 2008.“It’s kind of all rolled into one for me really. I just keep playing and plugging along and am fortunate to hook up with talented and interesting people. I’m pretty lucky!” You can contact Ed at his website www.edtoth.comI edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

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Member Since: 7/3/2006
Band Website: www.www.edtoth.com
Sounds Like:Vertical Horizon - Everything you want

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My Blog

Still Alive

I know it has been awhile. My apologies. i have had a lot of things happening in my life the past few months. However, all is well, and I am gearing up for some summer dates with The Doobie Brothers. ...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:16:00 GMT

Regarding Vertical Horizon

Hello everyone and Happy Holidays,I am writing this blog in response to the number of notes I have received, concerning Vertical Horizon. I have not been involved with the band since early 2005 and wi...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:32:00 GMT

Roll Over Elvis !

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_ content_id=1003836021Who allows shit like this to happen?As if the modern state of "country" music wasn't bad enough, now we have to deal wi...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:16:00 GMT

Interview and such

Hello,There is a cool new interview I did over at www.starpolish.com. Check it out and let me know what you think!The Doobie Brothers are gearing up for a summer tour with the band Chicago. This one's...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:26:00 GMT

The Only 11 of 2007 (Best of)

Well&&.2007 was indeed the year where everything changed. Certainly, things changed in the industry. The record store is a dying breed and shitty sounding downloads are taking over. I mean& I don't mi...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:23:00 GMT

Drummers Survey

Hello,My good friend (and drummer) Keio Stroud posted a cool Drummers Survey. I decided to add it as a blog. For those who are interested in such things.Cheers,ET1) How long have you been playing drum...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 10:11:00 GMT

Boredom/Double Albums (revised)

Hello,I am rolling on the Doobie bus (get it!) to Vancouver, Washington on a lazy Friday afternoon. The 4th episode of the Beatles Anthology has just ended and there isn't much else to do except blog....
Posted by on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:03:00 GMT

A Couple of Video Interviews

Hello Hello,Check out www.evansdrumheads.com/EVAMediaLibrary.aspxScroll to page 2 and check out a short video interview I did a couple of years back where I jam a little bit and talk about my drum hea...
Posted by on Wed, 16 May 2007 22:31:00 GMT

Drum Tracks !

Ed Toth (Doobie Brothers/Vertical Horizon) is now set up to record drum tracks for your songs via file transfer. Have a multi-platinum professional drummer on your recording for less than half of what...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:39:00 GMT

Tour Dates, Love Lyrics etc.

Hello,That's right it's almost time for another year of Kickin It With The Doobie Brothers. No not your latest "reality" TV craze but a bunch of performances by some cats who still can kick it like it...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 13:14:00 GMT