Drummer Sterling Campbell on His Years With David Bowie, Duran Duran, and Soul Asylum
He was Bowie’s go-to dummer for the last 20 years of his career, but Campbell also toured with Cyndi Lauper and played on Soul Asylum’s “Runaway Train”
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Subscribe NowHe was Bowie’s go-to dummer for the last 20 years of his career, but Campbell also toured with Cyndi Lauper and played on Soul Asylum’s “Runaway Train”
The veteran vocalist has also worked with Dave Matthews Band, Whitney Houston, Steely Dan, Alicia Keys, Luther Vandross, and too many others to mention
Veteran sideman appeared on classic LPs by Lou Reed and Alice Cooper, performed the intro to Peter Gabriel’s “Solsbury Hill,” and worked with Aerosmith and Tracy Chapman
The drummer is best known for his 22-year stint in the Heartbreakers, but he’s also played with Paul Simon, Average White Band, and many others
Tuggle played in Fleetwood Mac and their various solo offshoots for nearly 20 years, but was let go shortly after the band parted ways with Lindsey Buckingham
“I am definitely the only person who has been in the Smiths and Whitesnake,” says Pratt, who has played with Pink Floyd and their various offshoots since 1987