I filmed this video many years ago, however I recently moved it to this channel, so all of my videos would be in one place (more videos on the way).
THE STORY:
At the beginning of Dec (2011) my buddy Jeffrey Nowak sent me an email, and suggested that I remake the song The Little Drummer Boy. To be honest, I couldn’t see it! It just didn’t interest me. It certainly wasn’t the kind of song I could see myself playing, and Christmas was only a few weeks away. So I dismissed it, and went into the kitchen to make a sandwich (this is 100% true). LOL
About 10 minutes later, I had a vision of myself playing a Metal Version of the song, while wearing an elf costume, and playing double bass in elf shoes. I immediately began to laugh… and that was all the justification I needed!!!
I picked up the phone and called my old friend Jim Dofka. We quickly worked out an arrangement of the tune (over the phone) and scheduled a time to track the drums. He immediately contacted Rev Jones (Steelheart, Michael Schenker) to play bass. Then he contacted Jeff Martin (Racer X, Badlands, Dokken) to sing. While they worked out of the logistics, I jumped online and purchased an elf costume… the most important part. Right???
I called another old friend (Bob Williams) who had a photography studio, and asked him to help me out. And finally, I called my old bandmate Bill Stockwell (the original bass player for Rick K) to play the role of "The Employer." The entire thing happened very quickly. We went from a “random suggestion” to a completed video within a few weeks.
GIGANTIC THANKS to everyone involved. It was a lot of fun.
BTW, For those that have questioned… YES, that is Mike Portnoy in the video!!! I honestly can’t say enough great things about Mike. He’s really been in my corner over the last 10 years or so.
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