Interview with New Orleans drummer, Carlo Nuccio
This is the first part of an interview with the great drummer and songwriter, Carlo Nuccio. There are a few other hats he’s donned too. But most know him sitting behind the drums recently in New Orleans with bands like the Continental Drifters, Alex Mcmurray, John Mooney, and Benny Grunch. He does a ton of stuff really because he plays in such a unique style with the most basic function of the drums completely taken care of in an invisible manner.
There was also a large section of his career on the LA music scene.
In this interview segment, Carlo talks about his formative years, coming up on tap dancing, and drums, and working around his Father’s businesses.
Check out Pt.1 now!
Part 2
Earl Palmer and tap dancing; playing drums for a living; putting bands together; being on the road; being a lead singer; viewpoints on money in the music business; sacredness of songs and empathizing with the writer; song contest and The Who Dat song; David Torkanowsky; Allen Toussaint; playing music in the late 70s in New Orleans; looking after the DJs; going to LA; starting out as recording engineer; how he ended up with a studio; more on how he wrote the Who Dat song; selling the rights to Who Dat;
The podcasts are also available on iTunes (now the podcast app) at this link…
