Florida native McCoy Gibbs made the move to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 18 to pursue a Music Business degree at Belmont University.  He not only earned that degree, but also made lifelong connections and friendships while falling in love with the city, energy, and opportunity that is Nashville.  The crazy part is that Gibbs didn’t really learn to play drums until his college years.  For this natural musician, drums and rhythm came naturally and he found his groove, literally.

After college, Gibbs emerged as a drummer while playing with pop/rock band Hot Celle Rae.  He then went on to become an independent drummer to soak in all the music he could.  During this time he met tons of musicians, bands and artists, cut his teeth on the grind of Broadway bars and “honky tonks,” and jumped in a van for a random show in Montana.  He loved every minute of it.

In 2013, his hard work paid off when Gibbs successfully auditioned for CMA-nominated Duo of the Year, Love and Theft, and hit the road for the busiest year of his life thus far.  It hasn’t slowed down for him since.  From touring, live TV performances, music videos and award shows, Gibbs has kept himself quite busy.

Gibbs is currently playing with 2017 CMA New Artist of the Year nominee Lauren Alaina, and continues to find other ways to fill in the occasional off day with sessions, shows, and housework.  If there is an example of hard work, passion, and preparation paying off, McCoy Gibbs is that example.

 

Some Things That Came Up: 

-2:45 Tall drummers 

-4:15 Playing the Opry

-5:00 Imposter Syndrome? 

-5:20 Musical family. Played Sax, Sing, Guitar

-8:20 An elder Millennial 

-10:90 The beauty of the Dave Matthews band and Carter

-12:00 No formal lessons. NOT passing the torch yet! 

-14:00 Guitar! Singing AT you! 

-16:30 The birth of Grunge and Dave Grohl

-21:00 Music Business Major at Belmont University 

-26:50 Meeting Ed Toth. Into Tonic, Vertical Horizon, etc. 

-28:00 The Singing Drummer (“The 5th Limb”). Don Henley, Deen Castronovo, Phil Collins. 

-33:00 Continuing to play Lower Broadway 

-36:30 John Hamlin and Hot Chelle Rae 

-38:30 Early Hot Chelle Rae demos 

-50:00 Playing with Lauren Alaina 

-52:20 Aaron Sterling on some of the records

-52:50 Joey Moi as producer now 

-54:00 The glory of private jets

-56:00 Jim Riley and Zoro always got the photos!

-1:00:00 Gretsch, Remo, Zildjian, Vic Firth…getting endorsements

-1:09:00 Pass

-1:11:00 House Band at The CMT Awards since 2014

-1:14:50 McCoy’s charts

-1:15:30 Subbing for Cole Swindell’s tour last minute

-1:25:00 “The Fave 5” 

 

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IG: @McCoy.Gibbs 

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The Rich Redmond Show is about all things music, motivation and success. Candid conversations with musicians, actors, comedians, authors and thought leaders about their lives and the stories that shaped them. Rich Redmond is the longtime drummer with Jason Aldean and many other veteran musicians and artists. Rich is also an actor, speaker, author, producer and educator. Rich has been heard on thousands of songs, over 30 of which have been #1 hits!

 

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