Jeff Harrell

Dad taught me about the natural heartbeat of life through the sacred drum... grew up under the influence of a worldly school of percussion fueled by Billy Cobham, Santana, Papa Dee Allen of War, and Rebop Kwaku Baah of Traffic...I hooked into my first money band on drums with Thomas Moore when we were students at Ball State University, although I really began my music career as roadie for my personal heroes, the Allman Brothers Band. After spending just enough time learning the basics of mics and sound and tuning drums from the greatest roadie of them all, Red Dog, I moved to Fort Lauderdale and took that knowledge into the first makings of a music career. I played congas extensively with South Florida jazz singer Toni Bishop, which led to working two shows on the fly at the behest of the legendary Dizzy Gillespie who at the time also featured an amazing saxophone player in his band, Ron Holloway. I also worked congas for three shows with the phenomenal bassist Jaco Pastorius.