Featuring Tiger Bill in Concert with Special Guest Vince Martell-Rock Legend Lead Guitarist of the groundbreaking Vanilla Fudge!
Everyone Had a Great Time and Won Lots of Valuable Prizes
PLUS Great Once-in-a- lifetime Deals on the World’s Greatest Drum Gear
Everyone enjoyed a full day of fun and exciting and educational performances from some of the world’s greatest drummers!
I would like to thank all of you who attended the event, which was in memory of my Dad who finally gave in to dreaded Parkinson’s Disease. All proceeds from this event went to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
Here’s the inside story on how the event cam about from the Daily Record Newspaper:
World Renowned Session Drummer, Producer, and Educator Billy Ward has worked with Jim Beard, Bill Evans Supergroup, Leni Stern, George Russell and Living Time Orchestra, The Knack, Jimmy Webb, Carly Simon, Richard Marx, ex-KISS star Ace Frehley’s Comet, Bill Champlin, Robbie Robertson, Yoko Ono, Chris Whitley, Joan Osborne and many others. At Tiger Bill’s DrumBeat Fest 2007 he shares his vast knowledge and experience with you!
Chet Doboe and his Hip Pickles earned the title of the World’s Most Exciting Drum Band and although they appeared in full force at the live version of TigerBill’s DrumBeat Fest 2007, their great performance is not available for online download due to copyright issues.
Showman extraordinaire and Stick Trick Specialist Chip Ritter, who has performed his unbelievable feats on the David Letterman Show and around the globe, teaches some of his best tricks of the trade!
Mallet Expert, James Walker, plays his original jazz compositions and demonstrates the many benefits of learning mallet instruments for the drumset player! Also featured is an incredible duet with Billy Ward! (This duet was totally improvised on the spot and never rehearsed!)
TigerBill’s Halloween DrumBeat Fest 2007 was sponsored by:
Attack Drumheads
DW Drums
E-Pad Practice Pads
Evans Drumheads
Gibraltar
Impact Cases
Mike Balter Mallets
Paiste Cymbals
Pearl Drums
Pro-Mark Drumsticks
Tight Screws
Trick Drums USA
Trueline Drumsticks
Thank You to each and every company above who donated the thousands of dollars worth of drumgear, books, and DVDs that we successfully auctioned off, which included:
6-Piece Tour Pro TigerBill Model Drumset, courtesy of Taye Drums
Complete Billy Ward Model PDP Drumset, courtesy of DW
Custom Drum Riser, courtesy of RollingRiser.com
Variety of Electronic Drums courtesy of Pintech
Double A Longboard Pedals courtesy of Axis Percussion
Futz Practice and Performance Pedals courtesy of Hansenfutz
Huge Variety of DVDs courtesy of Alfred Publishing and Hudson Music
DrumSticks, DrumHeads, and other Accessories
And Much More all donated by the companies listed above.
THANK YOU to all of the great artists who agreed to perform at DrumBeat Fest 2007 along with the DrumHeads who attended the Fest and who spent their hard earned cash on our fabulous Auction to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
And last, but certainly not least, thank you to all of my crew – I could never have pulled it off without YOU!
Until next time… Have fun, stay loose, and I’ll see you online!
–Tiger Bill
If you liked this, check these out:
>>> TigerBills DrumBeat Fest 2004
>>> TigerBills DrumBeat Fest 2011: Special Tribute to Joe Morello
