Gavin Harrison to appear on Letterman

THE RHYTHM SECTION GETS AN ENCORE AS CBS's "LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN" PRESENTS "DRUM SOLO WEEK II," THE WEEK OF AUG. 22
Stewart Copeland, Tony Royster Jr., Gavin Harrison And Dennis Chambers to Showcase Unique Drum Solos on the Broadcast



The beat goes on as the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN gives drummers their due during "Drum Solo Week II," featuring some of the best drummers in music, Monday, Aug. 22-Thursday, Aug. 25 (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.



On Monday, Aug. 22, 26-year-old drumming prodigy Tony Royster Jr., who began playing at the age of 3, performed on the GRAMMY® Awards at the age of 15 and has worked with artists such as the LATE SHOW's Paul Shaffer and Jay-Z, will kick things off with his performance. On Tuesday, Aug. 23, progressive drummer Gavin Harrison, who has worked with artists Iggy Pop, Lisa Stansfield and King Crimson, rocks the drum kit. On Wednesday, Aug. 24, Stewart Copeland, best known as drummer for the legendary GRAMMY® Award-winning rock band, the Police, and also an acclaimed composer and solo artist in his own right, takes to the Ed Sullivan Theater stage. And, putting the coda on the week, Thursday, Aug. 25 is a performance by renowned drummer Dennis Chambers, who has worked with artists John Scofield, Maceo Parker, Santana and Parliament/Funkadelic.

ooooooo! and Dennis Chambers too! Nice!

Much like science, Gavin rules.

Letterman has Bono and The Edge on last night to promote Spider-Man.  I think that it was probably a re-run, I just happened to tune in as I remembered this thread.  I forgot if it was for this week or next week that was going to be drummer week.  Anyhow, my comment falls under "who cares" but I thought I would share it anyways.  Hopefully I remember to tune in for next week.  Harrison, Copeland, and Chambers are all fabulous drummers.

Copeland and Harrison?This pleases me. 

terryl wrote: Tony R wrote: On Tuesday, Aug. 23, progressive drummer Gavin Harrison, who has worked with artists Iggy Pop, Lisa Stansfield and King Crimson, rocks the drum kit. On Wednesday, Aug. 24,   No mentioning of Porcupine Tree?

or Herd of Instinct either. ;)

Sitting here watching Letterman with my son( a drummer himself and rabid fan of Harrison),waiting for Gavin to perform.

Wow - I will wait for it to crop up on youtube soon! Gavin rocks. I met the guys when they played at Bombay, India. Day 1, me and my friend primarily spent drinking with Steven and Colin. Richard kept popping in and out while Gavin retired early. Day 2, after the concert, he spent some time with us. We got Richard an Indian harmonium (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Harmonium.jpg/200px-Harmonium.jpg) and Richard ripped it apart wanting to see the insides of it and then started playing it. Gavin spent some time with us on the 2nd day but was maybe less communicative than the others. I have a pic of Richard playing the harmonium. Will put it up some day :-)

Loved his performance,was pleased to see him do that move where he licks his thumb and rubs it along the drum head.Can't wait to see Stewart Copeland and the percussive genius that is Dennis Chambers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTcokoyn_HQ&feature=player_embedded

Already on Youtube!