In this episode, we discuss:
* Growing up in a small town and his path to working for major artists.
* What it was like subbing his first show at Saturday Night Fever.
* Playing all kinds of gigs in New York City and how that made him a versatile musician.
* Landing the drum chair for Diana but eventually working for the musical Mrs. Doubtfire.
* What he looks for when hiring subs.
Rodney Howard has many years of experience on Broadway.
He has been a sub drummer on
* Saturday Night Fever
* The Lion King
* Little Shop Of Horrors
* Mama Mia
* Hairspray
* The Color Purple
* Frozen
* Moulin Rouge
He’s now the drummer for the broadway musical Mrs. Doubtfire.
Other diverse credits include Avril Lavigne, Gavin DeGraw, Thalia, Joan Jett, Heart, Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer Ben E. King, Oz Noy, Deryck Whibley (Sum 41), The New York Horns, The Carson Daly Show, Chris Botti & Jeffery Lee Campbell (Sting), Lenny Pickett (Tower of Power), Jeff Kazee (Bon Jovi) , G.E. Smith (Saturday Night Live), Steve Augeri (Journey), Lorenza Ponce (Sheryl Crow), Mark Rivera, Tommy Burns & Crystal Talifero (Billy Joel).
Rodney loves and endorses PEARL drums, SABIAN cymbals and sounds, VIC FIRTH drumsticks/brushes/rods & mallets, REMO drumheads, Factory Metal Percussion, and KICKPORT.
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Clayton Craddock hosts the Broadway Drumming 101 Podcast and Newsletter. He has held the drum chair in several hit broadway and off-broadway musicals, including Tick, tick…BOOM!, Altar Boyz, Memphis The Musical, Lady Day At Emerson's Bar and Grill and Ain’t Too Proud.
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