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1) Simon Phillips (born February 6, 1957) is a prolific British jazz and rock drummer. He is best known for his work with Chick Corea and Toto, but has played with a wide array of musicians including The Who, Jeff Beck, Jack Bruce, Brian Eno, Mike Oldfield, Gary Moore, Mick Jagger, Phil Manzanera, Stanley Clarke, and Hiromi. He also was the drummer for The Who in their 1989 American reunion tour, and appeared on recordings by band members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend. He has also worked with heavy metal acts Judas Priest on “Sin After Sin” and Michael Schenker’s debut album “The Michael Schenker Group.”

Simon began to play professionally at the age of twelve in his father’s Dixieland band for four years. He was then offered to play in the musical “Jesus Christ Superstar”. He quickly became a sought-after session player, until he joined Toto in 1992. He also released several studio and live albums of varying styles, e.g. in the genre. See the Wikipedia article for a selected discography and a list of his drum equipment.

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2) An Australian folk blues singer and guitarist who has released the album A Woodbox, A Biscuit Tin, A Tambourine, a Guitar, A Healing Heart and a Spoon in 2012 and an earlier album as the Simon Phillips Band with Savannah Blount on saxophone, Owen Downie on bass, and Gareth Bowen on drums.
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  • hjbardenhagen

    There is also a tag radio on Last.fm with streamable albums and tracks, and Spotify and Deezer offer his solo albums as well.

    11 May 8:53am Reply

  • sluguser

    was fuer ein reicher musikalischer geist - wer hat noch solch eine bandbreite verbunden mit so viel virtuositaet?

    26 Aug 2012 Reply

  • Zoltanrah

    hot man :)

    25 Jan 2012 Reply

  • Skixx

    Unbeschreiblicher Gig in Hamburg Fabrik. Er hat mal wieder gezeigt warum ER der Meister ist ! :D

    4 Nov 2009 Reply

  • yngwerhappen

    ein super gig war das am freitag in worpswede mit PSP. die ansage auf deutsch war ein hammer. comedy pur. sehr sympathischer phillips. palladino ist etwas langweilig. phillips stil ist einfach klasse. diese rock-jazz-mischung einfach nur klasse.

    2 Nov 2009 Reply

  • Mrdrummer89

    One of my all time favorite drummers from past to present.

    24 Oct 2009 Reply

  • Skixx

    Mein riesiges Vorbild. Einfach nur Lebensprägend für mich. Ein wahnsinnig talentierter Mann.

    29 May 2009 Reply

  • Sal-ival

    One of the finest drummers walking on earth! Seriously, he deserves more shouts here

    14 May 2009 Reply

  • voodookris1

    świetna aranżacja

    9 Mar 2009 Reply

  • deeppurple1994

    mein lieblings titel von Simon ist Wall Street! Einfach unglaublich! Findet ihr nicht auch?

    17 Dec 2008 Reply

  • ycdycd

    厉害！

    15 Oct 2008 Reply

  • shef_dave

    absolutely brilliant drummer

    30 Mar 2008 Reply

  • EvermoreRocks

    my hero

    21 Jun 2007 Reply

  • tobstone

    gibt es noch keine gruppe zu simon philips?

    22 Dec 2006 Reply

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