Chris Jago - Part 2 (Neil Diamond, Boy George, Wicked, Rent, We Will Rock You, Frozen the musical)

Percussion Discussion Podcast

Joining me today is Chris Jago for the second part of our conversation.
Chris originally hails from Toxteth in Liverpool however he has lived in Los Angeles for the last 20 years. Chris has a remarkable story in the world of drumming and music in general, he has played for the likes of the legendary Neil Diamond, Alan Cumming, Boy George, Barclay James Harvest and many more....... but wait there is more, Chris is hugely respected in the musical theatre / Broadway world with a whole other CV in his back pocket including Wicked, Rent (Live on Fox) We Will Rock You, Frozen the musical plus he has written the drum book for Paradise Square and his new musical Shucked.
Join Chris and myself as we talk through his incredible career so far from his beginnings in Toxteth through to heading to London to hopefully take his career further and how he found himself in accidentally in a Musical thinking that the audition for a touring band!
we talk about all the twists and turns that lead Chris to where he is now, an incredibly busy drummer with many plates to juggle including his own Shabby Road Studio where Chris is constantly recording drum parts for many clients around the world.
Todays Episode includes the INCREDIBLE Neil Diamond story, you need to listen to it, im not giving it away!
Chris - Thanks so much for giving up your time, cant tell you how much i enjoyed it.
www.chrisjago.com