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Gregg Bissonette, (born June 9, 1959, Detroit, Michigan) is an American drummer. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion Gregg was born in a family of musicians. His father Bud Bissonette plays drums, his mother Phyllis plays piano and vibraphone, and brother Matt Bissonette plays bass guitar. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a Musical instrument in the mallet subfamily of the percussion family Matt Bissonette (born 1961 is an American bass player and the brother of drummer Gregg Bissonette. The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Gregg started learning to play the drums at age 5 from his father. Gregg went on to study at the University of North Texas where he was featured in the famed One O'Clock Lab Band. The One O'Clock Lab Band is the premiere Jazz ensemble of the University of North Texas ' College of Music After college he soon joined Matt in the Maynard Ferguson Big Band. Walter Maynard Ferguson ( May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006) was a Canadian Jazz Trumpet player and Bandleader

In 1997 he played drums on an album by Pat Boone in which Boone covers hard rock and heavy metal songs in a jazz/big band style.

Bissonette was the drummer for Steve Vai and played on multi-platinum releases from David Lee Roth, including the albums Skyscraper and Eat 'Em and Smile. Steven "Steve" Siro Vai (born June 6 1960 in Carle Place New York) is an American Instrumental rock Guitarist David Lee Roth (often referred to as "Diamond Dave" (born October 10 1954 Bloomington Indiana) is an American rock Vocalist Eat 'Em and Smile is the debut full-length Album by original Van Halen vocalist David Lee Roth released in 1986 He recorded drums for Joe Satriani's 1992 album The Extremist, and has recorded and toured with an array of other rock artists, including Electric Light Orchestra in 2001. Joseph "Satch" Satriani (born July 15, 1956 in Westbury New York, U The Extremist is an Instrumental rock album released by Joe Satriani in 1992 and re-released in 1997 with his entire Epic Records catalog

In 2002, he was involved in the band Jughead with Ty Tabor of King's X, Derek Sherinian, and brother Matt. Jughead is a rock band consisting of Ty Tabor (guitar Derek Sherinian (keyboards Matt Bissonette (bass and Gregg Bissonette (drums Ty Tabor (born September 17 1961 in Pearl Mississippi) is the lead guitarist songwriter and co-lead vocalist for the Progressive metal band King's X is a critically acclaimed American Hard rock band noted for its sophisticated music that combines progressive metal grunge funk and soul with vocal arrangements Derek Sherinian (born August 25, 1966) is an American ‎ rock and Jazz fusion Keyboardist based in Los Angeles California

In 2003 he and his brother Matt backed Ringo Starr on a promotional tour of the United States. Ringo Starr, MBE (born Richard Starkey on 7 July 1940 is an English Musician, Singer, Songwriter and Actor The two brothers backed Starr again in 2005 at live shows at Irving Plaza in New York City in June 2005, at the Genesse Theatre in Waukegan, IL for the PBS show SoundStage, and the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, as well as on several TV appearances (CBS This Morning, etc. )

Gregg played drums on Santana's multi-platinum album "Supernatural"

Gregg plays on the weekly NBC TV show "Friends", as well as movies like "American Pie 1 and 2", "Payback", " Waiting For Guffman", "Best In Show", and "The Mighty Wind". Santana is a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s Supernatural is a 1999 Concept album by Santana. The songs on the album represent one man's personal emotions through its various Cuban He recently toured with James Taylor, Jeff Lynne, as well as with the semi-fictional band Spinal Tap. James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American Singer-songwriter and Guitarist, born in Boston, Massachusetts Jeffrey Lynne (born 30 December 1947 in Shard End, Birmingham) is a Grammy Award -winning English rock Songwriter Spın̈al Tap is a semi-fictional heavy metal band the subject of the 1984 Rockumentary / Mockumentary film This Is {{Unicode|Spın̈al

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