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The
drumming of Tommy "Mugs" Cain has provided the heartbeat
for the best of American pop and rock music for over a decade.
A song-conscious
player with impeccable taste, Mugs has gigged his way up through
the ranks, to play with a diverse selection of some of the biggest
chart-topping names: Van
Halen's Sammy Hagar, Grammy winner David Foster, Journey's Gregg
Rollie and Jonathan Cain (Mugs' brother), the
provocative Divinyls, songwriter supreme Eric Martin, and the eclectic
Thompson Twins, among many others. |
| When
then rising star Michael Bolton needed a drummer who could lay down
classic R & B grooves with metronomic precision, or let loose
and kick his all-star band through flat-out powerchording rock, Mugs
was the obvious choice. "I grew up playing everything from the funky Stax classics
to Led Zeppelin, so Michael's
gig was very natural for me," he says. |
| Multi-platinum
success with Bolton meant global tours, major television appearances,
and a number of sessions for Mugs. Along the way he added his compositional
and performance skills to soundtracks for the hit movies "If
Looks Could Kill' and 'The Terminator". Recently, he has
released a CD with his band The Railbirds and appears on 'Back to
the Innocence', Jonathan Cain's debut solo disc. |
| An
experienced programmer, Mugs also provides rhythm tracks for all types
of music projects. "Any drummer expecting to survive in this business
should realize that programming is a definite asset." Mugs' programming
led him to create the D.M.I. (Drum Machine Index), a complete index
and workbook for recording drum machine data. |
| Over
the holidays, Mugs recorded another cd with his brother Jonathan.
It will be available at Jonathan's website (www.JonathanCain.com).
The new cd is a collection of Disney love themes done instrumentally
on the piano with lush orchestral accompaniment titled "Fantasies
In Love". Mugs has also played on three of Jonathan's other solo records,
all of which are available at his site. The solo cd's are: "Windy
City Breakdown", "Back To The Innocence" (U.S.& Europe), and "Anthology". |
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