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SIBLINGS

SIBLINGS

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Bissonette 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. Bissonette started learning to play the drums at age 5 from his father. Bissonette went on to study at the University of North Texas where he was a music education major. He was also featured in the famed One O'Clock Lab Band. After college, he joined Matt in the Maynard Ferguson Big Band and recorded "Live from San Francisco". One of Bissonette's first recordings was Brandon Field's "The Other Side of the Story" in 1985. It also featured David Garfield on keyboards. A few years later Bissonette would start playing shows with Brandon, David, and Steve Lukather on guitar and with John Pena on bass as "Los Lobotomys" to standing room only audiences. These shows took place at The Baked Potato, a jazz club and restaurant located in Los Angeles, California, playing rock, Latin, jazz and more. Bissonette was the drummer, Steve Vai was the guitarist, and Billy Sheehan was the bass player on David Lee Roth's multi-platinum releases Eat 'Em and Smile (1986) and Skyscraper (1988). Bissonette also appears on David Lee Roth's "A Little Ain't Enough" (1991) and Joe Satriani's The Extremist (1992) along with brother Matt playing bass. In October 1989, Bissonette was invited to perform two songs with the Buddy Rich band for The Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship Concert. Fellow performers included Dennis Chambers, Louie Bellson, Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta and Steve Gadd. In 1992 this special CD "Siblings" was released by Pearl drums. Tracks 1-Teenage Immigrant 2-The Vulgar Boatman 3-Frybrain 4-You Kill Me 5-1920 Shady Drive. Other players are Matt Bissonette, Scott Henderson, Paul Gilbert, Steve Lukather & Michael Thompson.
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