Luke and Mark, Back To Their Roots
March 17th, 2008no comments
Hey everyone, Luke here. I thought I’d let you in on a little bit of background for Mark and I. I was inspired to do so, because last week we attended a concert in St. Louis that really took us back. It was the Mike Stern group featuring Dave Weckl on drums and Tom Kennedy on bass. Here is a clip from that tour.
Mark and I grew up idolizing Dave and Tom. My good friend Seth Earnest (drummer for John Reuben) www.johnreuben.com introduced me to jazz fusion style of Dave Weckl when I was about 15. From then on Mark and I were huge fans of the Dave Weckl Band, which featured Dave and Tom. We jammed along to their CD’s and ”tried” to jam their songs together at home. I would encourage you guys to check out any of the Dave Weckl Band stuff. It changed our life. here’s a clip of the recent band
Mark and I have received a lot of gracious comments about our solos and our playing with FE, and we really appreciate that. But it’s great to have a nice reality check and witness a concert like the Mike Stern Show we saw last week. It inpires us to want to practice and be better players. Those guys are some of the best musicians on the planet, and it’s guys like that who have inspired Mark and I to do what we do.
