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TIMOTHY
LEE DRUMMOND, Bassist, Born April 20, 1940 in Bloomington,
Illinois, USA. Bassist, Tim Drummond began playing Rhythm
& Blues and Rock 'n' Roll while in Charleston, South
Carolina.
Tim's father was stationed in Charleston with the U. S.
Air force for a year. Upon returning to Chicago,
Illinois, Tim played guitar in a local group 'WILD CHILD
GIBSON' of LITTLE RICHARD fame. Tim began playing Bass
Guitar and toured with local musicians Eddie Cash & The
Cashiers. Then, Tim Drummond started playing Bass Guitar
for Rockabilly CONWAY TWITTY. Twitty began to move into
Country Music, so Tim Drummond relocated to Cincinnati,
Ohio where he began working the clubs with TROY SEALS,
LONNIE MACK and ROGER TROY (Electric Flag), and worked on
recording sessions for HANK BALLARD (Hank Ballard & The
Midnighters) and JAMES BROWN. Tim joined James Brown's
band JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES, touring with band
members and musical legends JIMMY NOLEN and MACEO PARKER
throughout North America, Vietnam, Korea and Africa.
Exhausted Tim quit and moved to Nashville and began
working on recording sessions for Blues and Rhythm & Blues
singers, including; JOE SIMON, MARGIE HENDRICKS, FENTON
ROBINSON and Country artists, including; RONNIE MILSAP,
JIMMY BUFFETT, DOUG KERSHAW and CHARLIE DANIELS... NEIL
YOUNG requested Tim Drummond to work on the now platinum
album "HARVEST" and later Tim toured as part of NEIL
YOUNG'S backup group 'THE STRAYGATORS' . Moving to
California, Tim became "THE" recording session player,
working with NEIL YOUNG, BOB DYLAN (Slow Train Coming,
Saved, Shot of Love), RY COODER (Bop Till You Drop, The
Slide Area, Borderline), J. J. CALE (Naturally, Travel
Log, Anyway The Wind Blows and J. J. CALE "Live"), CROSBY,
STILLS and NASH (CSN), GRAHAM NASH (Wild Tales), The BEACH
BOYS (16 Big Ones), JOHN MAYALL, RICK DANKO, DON HENLEY
(Building The Perfect Beast) and JEWEL (Pieces Of You).
Tim Drummond just completed working with Blues legend
ARTHUR 'BIG BOY' CRUDUP'S sons, JAMES, JONAS and GEORGE
CRUDUP on the 'FRANKTOWN BLUES' project and a project with
ESSRA MOHAWK entitled, ESSIE MAE HAWK & THE
KILLERGROOVEBAND. The Grammy Nominated Bassman moves and
plays on.
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