| 1955 |
Born in Hammersmith, London. Educated at Chiswick & Bedford Park Preparatory and Latymer Upper Schools, West London. Musical training includes 2 years of piano whilst still at school. Mainly self-taught in drums (apart from a handful of lessons from legendary percussionist, James Blades). |
| 1973/1975 |
Toured the US bases in Germany with a rock band. The following 2 years saw a variety of different bands (mostly unsuccessful), until 1975, which saw the first excursions into sessions |
| 1978/1979 |
Kate Bush's Lionheart album in 1978 and a World tour with the Tom Robinson band in 1979 were the first major breaks. |
| 1984 |
Recorded tracks for Nik Kershaw, Tracy Ullman, Matt Bianco and Gary Moore, as well as Kate Bush's Hounds of Love album. |
| 1985/1986 |
Recorded tracks on Elton John's album "Ice on Fire" followed by a World tour and the recording of Leather Jackets and Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra albums. Worked on Chris Eaton's ground breaking Christian contemporary album, Vision. |
| 1987 |
Recorded Elton John's Reg Strikes Back. Toured Japan with Koji Tamaki, after recording tracks on his solo album All I Do. |
| 1988 |
Other work for Japanese artists including 3 albums for Epo, one for Hideaki Matsuoko, as well as session work for producer, Kuma Harada. |
| 1989 |
Recording work on Kate Bush's Sensual World album, Chris de Burgh's Spark to a Flame album, and Epo's Supernatural album. Live projects included a co-production of a TV broadcast/Live album for French artist, Daniel Guichard at the Olympia theatre in Paris (Franz Auffray was executive producer in charge of this project). |
| 1990 |
Toured Australia and New Zealand with Elton John, and returned to Japan to tour with Henry Mancini and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. During the early 1990's, taught Rock Drums & Studio Techniques at the Royal Academy of Music in London. |
| 1991 |
Recording work for Judie Tzuke's Left Hand Talking album, and Kate Bush's cover of the Elton John classic Rocket Man, for the Two Rooms tribute album. |
| 1992/1993 |
Sessions for Tasmin Archer's first album Great Expectations and Chris Farlowe's Farlowe album. |
| Completed a 14 month (160 date) sell-out World Tour as Elton John's drummer. An album of drum loops (Master Drums) on CD-ROM and CD audio sold well enough to prompt two sequels (Master Drums 2 and 3) and two new sample CDs (Past Masters & The Premier Collection). |
| 1994 |
Saw completion of an album produced by George Martin, for Larry Adler's 80th birthday, working with such diverse artists as Lisa Stansfield, Chris de Burgh, Kate Bush and Cher, as well as studio work on Elton John's new album, Made In England" and orchestral tracks on the new Chris de Burgh album, This Way Up". Master Drums II" was also recorded and released in 94. Also acted as an espert witness in the case of Sade vs. Paul Cooke. The case was settled out of court. |
| During the summer, toured with the double bill of Elton John and Billy Joel, which took in 25 dates in 12 major cities across the USA. This tour concluded in April 1995, followed by a 9 month World tour with Elton John. |
| 1996 |
Recorded 3 singles with Elton John - one a duet with Luciano Pavarotti. Completed first production - a South African act, Jive Nation (also played percussion, sang backups and played keyboards), and drummed on grunge/metal 3-piece, Fleshdevils, debut album. |
| 1997 |
Drummed on the soundtrack to the Bond movie Tomorrow never Dies. Recorded Elton John's album The Big Picture. |
| 1998 |
Elton John World tour to coincide with the release of the album, The Big Picture. EJ once again joined up with Billy Joel, this time to tour Australia, New Zealand and Japan, followed by Europe later in the year. Bridge recordings also recorded and released a new album by the SAS band, a star-studded "supergroup" of musicians from a huge variety of backgrounds. Also recorded 2 tracks for the Hellecasters' latest album: Hell III, New Axes to Grind. |
| 1999/2000 |
In the early part of the year 1999, employed as an expert witness in the Spandau Ballet law suit, working on behalf of Gary Kemp. The case was won by Mr. Kemp after several weeks in the High Court in London. Also completed sessions for Bjork's movie Dancer in the Dark (winner of the Palme D'Or at Cannes 2000). After moving from the UK to the United States, became involved in freelance session work and gigs, mainly working out of Nashville and Los Angeles. |
| 2000/2001 |
Toured the entire summer with Trisha Yearwood, one of Country Music's top female artists. In the autumn, returned to the UK to tour with fellow Elton band member, John Jorgenson, promoting his recently released solo album. Also recorded tracks for Baz Luhrmann's latest movie Moulin Rouge |
- Session experience also includes advertising jingles and TV shows too numerous to list
- Several years as research/test drummer for Simmons Electronics provided invaluable experience in the MIDI and sequencing fields -- programming drum computers and MIDI sequencers
- Between 1996 and 1999, was co-owner and partner in Black Barn Studios, a small residential set in the English countryside, just South of London.
- Consultant for the Mill Studios, Cookham, during the late 1980's
- Work with Premier Percussion, as a development consultant for their drum products, including the Signia and Genista lines.
- Work as a composer includes 3 albums of theme tunes & jingles with bass player, Andy Pask. One of these tracks has been chosen as the theme for The Bill TV series. Recently collaborated with both Andy Pask and guitarist, Nigel Jenkins, on new tracks, as well as completing tracks with Elton John keyboard technician, Tom Pearce.
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