The Rich Redmond Show

The Rich Redmond Show is a conversational music series with drummers at its center and Nashville in its bloodstream. It is not a tidy classroom. It is a room full of players talking shop, chasing tangents, laughing at each other, and circling back to the hard-earned lessons behind long careers. Episodes linger on the real machinery of musician life: gigs that start through friendships, records that shaped a player, side-person dynamics, studio preparation, gear that catches on, and the small social instincts that keep someone welcome in a session. The show has an obvious affection for working drummers. It treats them as musicians who can lift a band, steady a room, and tell the story of an era from behind the kit. Nashville stories carry much of the weight, from venue references to conversations about country sessions, tribute bands, and long-running road work. The guest list ranges across studio players, touring drummers, music executives, producers, and musicians with roots in scenes like Detroit. Some episodes lean philosophical. Joseph Wooten talks about rhythm as a force that puts unrelated things into relationship, while Paul Leim reflects on playing as long as the love remains. Other episodes are looser and more barroom-adjacent, with jokes about weddings, horror movies, odd food talk, and the chaos of friends pressing record during COVID. That looseness is part of the appeal. The show often feels like access to the conversation before and after the formal interview, where the craft talk is braided with memory, teasing, and blunt encouragement. It works best for listeners who care about how musicians actually survive: the chart reading, the networking, the humility, the stamina, and the joy of still wanting to play.