Bernie Dresel has been with multi-Grammy award-winning artists and recordings; most notably having performed and recorded extensively with The Brian Setzer Orchestra and Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band.
16 Facts About Bernie Dresel
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Bernie Dresel has recorded on numerous television shows and close to 60 movie soundtracks to include The Simpsons, Family Guy, King of the Hill, The Sopranos, Incredibles 2, The Bourne Supremacy, Cars 2, Up, Super 8, The Mask, Inside Out 2, and Elf.
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Bernie Dresel's parents gave him a toy paper-head drum kit at age two.
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Bernie Dresel was inspired by seeing Ringo Starr and the Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan Show, received a copy of Meet The Beatles from his grandmother, and started drum lessons at the age of four and a half.
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Bernie Dresel played music in elementary school programs and participated in drum corps ensembles.
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Bernie Dresel's younger brother, Jonathan Dresel, is a drummer who has performed on the television show Jimmy Kimmel Live.
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Bernie Dresel intended to complete the California CBEST teaching certification test, but within three weeks he got a job at Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas supporting the Albaricci Sisters.
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Bernie Dresel went on tour for six months with The Lettermen and in 1986 with Maynard Ferguson.
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Bernie Dresel performed with his idol Ringo Starr on the Dame Edna television series.
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Bernie Dresel recorded on the Man of Steel soundtrack by Hans Zimmer.
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In 1992 Bernie Dresel was asked to join Brian Setzer's 16-piece rockabilly big band for two performances.
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Bernie Dresel recorded and toured with the Brian Setzer Orchestra over the next 15 years recording four albums.
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Bernie Dresel was the drummer for Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band since its beginning in 2000 until 2015, appearing on ten recordings.
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Bernie Dresel has been on the faculty of University of Nevada Las Vegas and taught private lessons in Los Angeles.
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Bernie Dresel created video lessons and wrote two Big Phat Band Play-Along Series for drums with Gordon Goodwin.
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Bernie Dresel has worked at educational conferences such as ASMAC, PASIC, and the Jazz Education Network.