Drummer,
teacher, author Rick Lawton
Rick was born and
raised in Lexington, Virginia. He graduated from the Shenandoah
Conservatory of Music. He gained great day-to-day
playing experience touring on the Holiday Inn circuit.
He then played in Army bands for 6 years, worked for a national
drum distributor, managed music store drum departments, and
helped new and inexperienced drummers invest in drum gear.
He's been teaching for over 20 years, and has shared the
stage with Patti Labelle, Stevie Wonder, Steve Winwood, and
the Monterey Bay Symphony Orchestra.
Rick Lawton, Vic Firth drum stick endorser
Rick has become a Vic Firth stick endorser and a member
of the Vic Firth Educational Team.
Vic
Firth, the world's largest manufacturer
of Drumsticks & Mallets, has a great web site, with
all kinds of information for drummers. Vic
was just featured on CBSNews' Sunday Morning program
at the end of March.
Still working on getting those Rick Lawton custom sticks
manufactured—stay
tuned.
Rick's played in various rock, jazz and blues bands since
age 15, and now resides, teaches, writes and plays in the
Philadelphia area, including holding down the drum chair and
driving the rhythm section for blues-drenched, horn-enriched,
legendary
award-winning Jersey band Joe
Zook & Blues Deluxe.
Saturdays with Dom
Rick's brought back some more photos from his one-on-one
drum lesson with master
clinician, fellow Vic Firth stick endorser, and
inspirational "ambassador of the drums", Dom
Famularo.
Yes,
we kept Dom's
quote about Rick at right (thanks, Dom!).
Yet again, Rick showed up with a photographer, to record what has become a kind of pilgrimage to the studio of the "teacher's teacher".
The first Wizdom Drumshed School in the world, this studio way
out on Long Island is just a dream come true.
Have a look at some photos of Dom's incredible new 
studio, a fully soundproofed, roomy, great-sounding space (that could easily double as a bomb shelter!).
Click the photo above to see full set of photos
from the studio.
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