Is Ed touring with a new drummer? Options

[dangum]

So far Ed has used a couple of drummers on tour. First there was Ramy Antoun and then Cory Heerlein replaced him for certain dates.

According to a Facebook post by "Sabian" (the Cymbal manufacturer), Ed will be using another drummer on his Canadian tour this month.

Drummer Bryan Head has a busy year coming up - touring with Ed Kowalczyk (LIVE) this month in Canada and with Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) this fall!
· 18 hours ago

https://www.facebook.com/SABIANCymbals/post...150502965591237

Here's an extensive list of bands he's worked with:
http://www.bryanhead.com/BRYAN_HEAD/the_drummer.html

Some standouts:

Foreigner
Shelby Lynne
Sugar Ray
Dave Navarro
Eddie Vedder
Julian Lennon
Steve Vai
Black Lab

[OutToDry]

Droppin like flies? Maybe they wanted to collect pay for services rendered?

[Hobbsy]

Droppin like flies? Maybe they wanted to collect pay for services rendered?

He's obviously not getting the crowds they were expecting to the shows.

I guess the only way he can get his 100k lead singer bonus is to cull musicians.

[World Dreamer]

He's obviously not getting the crowds they were expecting to the shows.

I guess the only way he can get his 100k lead singer bonus is to cull musicians.

His problem is he has two types of fans.

1) People showing up to see Live which he and his "band" just can't deliver no matter how many covers they do.

2) People showing up to see Alive which he won't deliver because he relying on his past association with Live to get people in the door and is singing mostly Live songs.

Neither are getting what they want. Crowd size will dwindle the longer he tries to keep this up.

This post has been edited by World Dreamer: Feb 14 2012, 9:37 am

[dancing queen]

His problem is he has two types of fans.

1) People showing up to see Live which he and his "band" just can't deliver no matter how many covers they do.

2) People showing up to see Alive which he won't deliver because he relying on his past association with Live to get people in the door and is singing mostly Live songs.

Neither are getting what they want. Crowd size will dwindle the longer he tries to keep this up.

I agree totally. I don't hate the "band" shows, but they don't play Live the way Live did. and I actually like the songs on Alive enough to want to actually hear them in concert (because I think they're better in person). So I guess I'm both of those fans. And he has not delivered on either.

I went to an Open Wings acoustic show, and it was wonderful. More of that is what's necessary. The show I saw he had a girl with him who play some kind of box (it was a percussion instrument, but it literally just looking like an upside down wooden box) and that was pretty cool. It was enough. I'm hoping he leaves the band at home for a while.