"Pick the Finish Line and Figure Out How to Get There": Chris Fryar: Ep. 166: The Rich Redmond Show

Chris Fryar is the longtime drummer with the Grammy award winning Zac Brown Band. He has also worked with Oteil and the Peacemakers, led by bassist Oteil Burbridge of the Allman Brothers Band, Charles Neville, Victor Wooten, John Popper, Steve Bailey, David Hood, Robert Moore and the Wildcats, and the blues trio, Gravy.,,as well as Alan Jackson, Kid Rock, Jimmy Buffett, Dave Grohl, Chris Cornnewll, Brandi Carlile, John Fogerty, Skrillex and many more.
Some Things That Came Up:
-4:00 Broke leg playing baseball. Started drums
-5:20 UNT, The Mississippi University for Women
-8:20 Gary Chafee’s “Patterns, Vol. 3” Book
-11:30 The genius of Keith Carlock
-18:40 The Dream Theater of the country genre
-20:00 Archived shows since 2011
-21:50 Kicking butt without a click!
-25:00 Perfect time vs. great feel
-26:00 Original drummer Marcus Petruska
-34:20 What is a successful drummer?
-37:20 Pick the finish line and figure out how to get there
-42:50 Jim’s ZBB crying game
-51:50 Southern Ground Studio. Haunted?
-63:20 The Science of “Uncaged”
-1:05:20 Working with iconic artists. Commonalities?
-1:12:40 Ringo Starr is the real thing and Jimmy Buffett is the genuine article!
-1:15:00 The 5 Love Languages
-1:19:20 Teaching at Samford University
-1:23:40 The Chris Fryar Drum Method Book?
-1:28:00 Incorporating shoulders into warmups
-1:31:00 2024 Co-Bill Tour with Kenny Chesney
-1:41:00 “Following The Fryars” Podcast
-1:42:50 GRANDfatherhood
-1:50:00 Sting and Frank Zappa
-1:50:20 The Power of Reading Charts
-1:52:50 The Fave 5
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The Rich Redmond Show is about all things music, motivation and success. Candid conversations with musicians, actors, comedians, authors and thought leaders about their lives and the stories that shaped them. Rich Redmond is the longtime drummer with Jason Aldean and many other veteran musicians and artists. Rich is also an actor, speaker, author, producer and educator. Rich has been heard on thousands of songs, over 25 of which have been #1 hits!
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[@Rocksoup77]

Just watched this episode in it's entirety. Chris is an interesting character and great talent. Tons of great advice. Thanks for another excellent interview, Rich and Jim.👍

[@scottkinsey4392]

This is an amazing conversation! I’m a big fan of Chris, Rich love your show! Just got home from my gig, I’m heading to the Delaware drum show in the morning, but I just had to listen to the rest of this.. it’s now 1:30am here .. also gonna try and catch you in Murpheesboro March 12th..

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