Cool Drum Set

Went to see Trilogy last night at the Pittsboro General Store. I used to share the stage fairly often with Richard Edwards and Sheila Warner of Trilogy back in the day... but haven't seen them in 8-10 years. I was very impressed with how their sound has matured - they've grown from excellent but vanilla singer/songwriters to sort of a jazz swing band. Great show.

I was intrigued by the drum set. Drummer Donavon (did I get the name right? Someone correct me if not) made his own set... it's a floor tom with a simple hoop with drum head/snare on the side and a couple of cymbals mounted above it. And the whole thing is on a strap so he can wear it standing while he plays. He told me during the break that he leads a lot of parades so he needed a kit he could walk with.

While he uses sticks in a parade, last night he was playing mostly with brushes. Great sound and fit in perfectly with the acoustic guitars.