Haggard's music brings Vandell home
He’s the answer to a trivia question: Who was the last drummer to play with Prince in public?
He’s also the best St. Cloud-born musician who almost nobody in town knows anything about.
Say hello to Bobby Vandell — or, if you’re going to his show Sept. 30 at Pioneer Place on Fifth, just call him “Merle.”
“No one in St. Cloud has ever paid any attention to me,” said a laughing Vandell, who has the title role in "Sing Me Back Home — The Definitive Merle Haggard Tribute" at p.m. Sept.
“There’s no reason for anybody to pay attention to me.”
That last part is demonstrably false.
Vandell, 63, has been awarded five gold records and is a nine-time inductee into the Midwest Rock and Country Hall of Fame.
He spent almost 50 years drumming for a who’s who of performers ranging from Prince to Bonnie Raitt, Chuck Berry to Lipps Inc., in venues large and small around the world.
“He’s a great drummer,” St. Cloud guitarist Paul “Stretch” Diethelm said. “He’s a groove monster.”
He’s also a terrific singer, and Vandell is stepping out from behind the drum kit for this show.
“Whenever I sang a Merle song, people would say, ‘Man, you really soun
Bobby Vandell
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Drummer, percussionist and singer from Twin Cities. He is also a founding member and leader of the Minnesota band, The TC Jammers and was the original drummer in Dr. Mambos Combo. Locally, he has worked with Lamont Cranston, The Steeles, The Doug Maynard Band, The Hoopsnakes, Stockcar Named Desire, Root City and Mick Sterling, and the Stud Brothers among others. He is currently active with The Bobby Vandell Band, performing regularly on Sunday night jams at The Whiskey Junction in Minneapolis. On the national and international level, he has played drums with The Time, Jesse Johnson’s Revue, Bonnie Raitt, Bobby Lyle, Roy Buchanan, Curtis Salgado, Chuck Berry, Roseanne Barr, Tom Arnold, The Shirelles, The Marvellettes, Johnathon, Al Wilson, Otis Day and The Knights, Sam Moore of Sam and Dave, Bruce Conte of Tower Of Power, Lipps Inc., and Soupy Sales. Bobby spent on the road playing drums on a world tour with Alexander O’Neal as the supporting act of Gladys Knight And The Pips. Highlights of that tour include performances at festivals with Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross and Earth Wind and Fire
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In , when I first moved to DC, unsure of what I wanted to do with my life (something I still grapple with, 16 years later, with a PhD), I set up a website for TDC Productions, an informal &#;production company&#; my cousin, his friends and I, co-founded sometime in the mids. After the TDC crew dispersed in the mid&#;s, I was the only one consistently using the name. Unfortunately, it took me a few years to get any video production work, so the website turned into more of a blog and repository for other projects and events I was starting to put on around town. In , I started doing freelance writing for a briefly lived music and culture blog, and I remember the editor telling me that he liked my website, but he really had no idea what it was. Was it a music blog? Was it a comedy website? Was it a retrospective archive of some marginally funny DIY films my cousin and I had made over the previous decade (hindered, no doubt, by the lack of embeddable streaming way to share the films).
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About Bobby
Bobby has been a “first call” drummer in the Twin Cities for over 30 years, and was a founding member and leader of MN musical institution, the TC Jammers. He has worked locally with Lamont Cranston, The Steeles, the Doug Maynard Band, Hoopsnakes, and Mick Sterling & the Stud Brothers to name a few, and was original drummer in Dr. Mambos Combo.
On national & international level, Bobby played with The Time, Jesse Johnson’s Revue, Bonnie Raitt, Bobby Lyle, Roy Buchanan, Curtis Salgado, Chuck Berry, Roseanne Barr, The Shirelles, Al Wilson, Otis Day and The Knights, Bruce Conte of Tower Of Power, Lipps Inc., among many others. Bobby spent on world tour in supporting act for Gladys Knight And The Pips. Nat’l & int’l TV appearances include Soul Train w/Jesse Johnson’s Revue, opening Soul Train Music Awards w/Alexander O’Neal, and Rick Dee’s Into The Night TV show with Roseanne Barr. The video “Be Your Man” with Jesse Johnson’s Revue as well as an acting appearance in the movie “Purple Haze.” Recording highlights include Jesse Johnson’s Revue on A & M Records and 4 albums for Lipps Inc. on Polygram Records as well as playing drums and being featu
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