I-95 Drive Home Mystery Artist [VIDEO]

Tonight’s mystery artist is a drummer whose first drum sticks were cut out of a hedge. Think you know who this determined kid grew up to be??

I found this interview in ‘Modern Drummer’ with Bad Company and Free drummer Simon Kirke.  He told the magazine that growing up in a very early area on the Welch border when he got the urge to play at 12 after seeing it on a TV program there were no shops around to get things like that from.  Simon's story:

"I had to get my own drumsticks by cutting them out of a hedge, and the first sticks I made were about six inches long. I had no idea how long drumsticks should be. The first drum I ever owned didn’t even have a name on it. It was a snare drum on a wooden stand with an arm on it and a little 8″ splash cymbal."

Here he is with Bad Company with tonight's featured song.