The section below covers the list of commercial CD’s I have played on

I played various instruments in Tom Booth bands in the mid-to-late 80’s, and on through current years.
I played on two of his CDs:

  • I Will Choose Christ (CD Recording) – 1993. Published by Cristo Music: Drums on “Show Me”

  • Fullness of Life (CD Recording) – 1988. Published by Cristo Music: Drums on “Long, Long Road”

I was very happy to be able to help Matt on his first recording. At the time he was lower budget, and was willing to use local talent to help him get his tracks down. I played shakers, tambourines and congas on some of his tracks. The most fun by far was the conga part for “You are the Lord”. I basically just hit the congas as hard as I could and tried to be inspired by Animal from the Muppets.

I played percussion on many of the tracks of this album. I was honored to get the call to help he and Tom Booth (producer). Trevor still plays frequently with Tom Booth, and I have enjoyed being able to play with both of them for concerts. Trevor is such a light to the world. His laughter is the most contagious thing ever.

These are Miscellaneous CD’s I can remember playing on over the years

  • The Art of Moving Prayer (Music CD and DVD) – Dr Anne Borik: 2004 – Published by Sign Chi Do: Piano, Guitars, Harmonica, Mandolins, Song Writings, Producing, Mixing
  • A Heritage of Hope (CD Recording) – 1992. Musical by Tim And Julie Smith. Published by Troubadour Productions: Percussion
  • Troubadour (CD Recording) – Musical by Tim And Julie Smith – 1988. Published by Troubadour Productions: Percussion
  • Jubilee 2000 (CD Recording) – Musical by Tim And Julie Smith – 1997. Published by Troubadour Productions: Drums, Percussion, Harmonica
  • Altered (CD Recording) – Tim And Julie Smith – 1998. Published by Troubadour Productions: Percussion, Harmonica
  • A Eucharistic People (CD Recording) – Tim And Julie Smith – 1989. Published by Troubadour Productions: Drums, Percussion
  • You’re the One (CD Recording) – Tim And Julie Smith – 1989. Published by Troubadour Productions: Drums, Percussion
  • The Child Within (CD Recording) – Julie Barrett Smith – 1990. Published by Troubadour Productions: Drums and percussion.
  • Songs For Celebration (CD Recording) – St Bridget Church for Jaime Cortez – 1991. Drums
  • Come Follow Me (CD Recording) – Steve Croskey – 1986 – Mel-n-Me Music: Drums, Percussion
  • Don’t Walk Away (CD Recording) – Steve Croskey – 1988 – Mel-n-Me Music: Drums, Percussion
  • Whitestone (CD Recording) – Whitestone – 2003 – Whitestone Music: Mandolin, Harmonica, Vocals
  • MMMKids: CD’s: ABC’s and Much More, It All Adds Up,, Cool Creatures, Early Spanish Adventures, Early Mandarin Adventures, The Amazing Body. All songs by Music Movement and Magination Inc.: Drums, Guitars, Piano, Synths, Vocals, Harmonica, Dobro, Jaw Harp, Bass, Ukulele, Banjo, Mouth Trumpet. All production, recording, mixing, mastering.

Memorable Concerts:

1987: Played for Pope John Paul II’s youth concert in Universal Studios California (OK.. he wasn’t actually there yet when we played… we played the warm up gig about 15 minutes before he got there). This was with Steve Croskey’s band. But this was the night the Tony Melendez (the wonderful artist who plays guitar with his feet… because he has no arms). When the Diocese of LA youth announced that they had gotten the Holy Father the gift of music… the floor opened up, and a small stage came up with Tony in the middle. Just him sitting on a chair with the guitar as his feet. We were all wondering what he was going to do?? When he picked up the guitar pick with his toes… and started to play… the place was paralyzed in awe. The song he had written for the Pope was beautiful. We all had tears running down our face. At the end of the song, the Pope JUMPED off of the stage… ran over to the other stage…. jumped up on the stage and gave Tony a Bear Hug! “Tony”, he exclaimed… “You have brought me great joy”. I have had the privileged to play with Tony over the years at different venues. After the event we were standing out behind the Universal Studios concert hall, numb form what we had just seen. A large limo drove by… and the Pope was waving at us from the back seat!! That put a bit of icing on the cake…

 

1988: Played drums for event with Mother Teresa at the Coliseum in downtown Phoenix Arizona. I sat maybe 20 feet away from this living Saint for about 2 hours. She just sat there very humbly. Never really even lifting her head to look around at what was going on. Nothing magical happened. It was just an honor to have been there.

 

1990ish: At a conferences with Mother Angelica in Phoenix AZ. A little known secret…. Mother Angelica plays the drums in her prayer group with her sisters at the convent. I heard her say that. That being said, when we were playing an opening concert with Steve Croskey Band, I kept noticing that she was watching my drumming. I could tell she either trying to catch some techniques, of sizing me up cuz she thought she could do better. Once I caught her eye while I was playing and she turned away quickly like I had caught her! But that is not the story… A few nights later she came to our church to talk to our youth. We had the most vibrant, middle class, beautiful kids in the country going to our program. Football players, cheerleaders, on and on. Well, right before the talk, she notices two gals in our youth group who were not in that mold. Two beautiful girls, each who had some special needs. She called them up to her -one on each side – and gave her whole talk with an arm around each one of them. I only remember one thing she said that night. And she didn’t even use words to say it.

 

1999: Fenway Park Boston. Tom Booth asked me to play with his band for a three day event held in the arena. We basically had the keys to the place. I was walking though the offices seeing all the memorabilia. I sat in the press boxes behind home plate and just took in the views. We hung out in the locker rooms, and took the walk of hope through the tunnels out onto the fields every day. The same old guy who greets Big Papa every morning would open the gates for us and let us in the mornings. I took some time to tour around with Carl Hergesell. We walked thru the city and saw the sites. Six Pence None the Richer was playing there as well. It was nice to meet those guys and they gave me some guitar strings to give to my son Zach who was a big fan.