1. Steve Ferrone is known as a member of the rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from 1994 to 2017, replacing original drummer Stan Lynch, and as part of the "classic lineup" of the Average White Band in the 1970s.
15 Facts About Steve Ferrone
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Steve Ferrone played with the band Bloodstone, appearing on their 1975 album Riddle of the Sphinx.
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Steve Ferrone then began playing with Brian Auger's band Oblivion Express, which had previously featured drummer Robbie McIntosh.
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Steve Ferrone was asked to join AWB in his place and stayed with them for the next eight years, recording and playing concert tours to support several hit albums, until AWB broke up in 1982.
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Since appearing on Chaka Khan's 1978 debut album, Steve Ferrone went on to play on most of her subsequent albums in the 80s, including "Naughty" with former AWB band member Hamish Stuart.
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Steve Ferrone contributed as session drummer for Duran Duran on the Notorious, Big Thing, Duran Duran, and Thank You albums.
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Steve Ferrone toured with Duran Duran on the Strange Behaviour Tour in support of Notorious.
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Steve Ferrone toured and recorded with Eric Clapton from 1986 to 1992.
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Steve Ferrone met guitarist Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers when the two played a show with George Harrison as part of his Hari and the Hijack band at Royal Albert Hall.
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Steve Ferrone became the band's full-time drummer after the departure of original drummer Stan Lynch in 1994.
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In November 2002, Steve Ferrone set up Drumroll Studios in Burbank, California with financial advisor Alan Arora and the technical expertise of producer John Jones, with whom he had worked since Duran Duran's "Ordinary World" in 1992.
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In 2010, Steve Ferrone played on the eponymous first solo album by Slash, and joined the Italian band Pooh.
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Steve Ferrone worked on a collaborative project with composer and musician Eric Alexandrakis, guitarist and composer Warren Cuccurullo, and producer and songwriter Anthony J Resta.
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On 10 July 2019, Steve Ferrone was inducted into the Brighton Music Walk of Fame in his hometown of Brighton, England.
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Stephen A Ferrone was born on 25 April 1950 in Brighton, Sussex.