Lee Bigelow -
Drums & Percussion
Born in California
and raised on San Diego sand, surf, and sunshine,
Lee spent many fond hours listening to his father’s
collection of 78-RPM speed records. The rhythms from
those thick vinyl discs captivated him. He knew that
the sounds from that phonograph were much larger
than the small living room that he was listening to
them in.
The first chance he got, he bought a set a bongo
drums from a flea market in Tijuana, Mexico. When he
couldn’t find other musicians that shared his
musical zeal, Lee would set up those bongos at house
parties and play along with the stereo late into the
night.
While serving a tour of duty in Vietnam during the
late sixties, music served as an escape outlet for
Lee. When he returned to the states, he hooked up
with various local groups whose styles ranged from
blues, jazz, Latin, folk, and rock. He immersed
himself in mastering the fundamentals of each genre.
During the last four decades, Lee has devoted
himself to refining the key elements of these styles
into a sort of ‘rhythmic stew’ - a feast of
percussion, which he serves up generous portions at
every performance.
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