Jon Schwartz (drummer)

Jon Schwartz (drummer)

Infobox Person
name= Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz


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birth_date= birth date and age|1956|8|18
birth_place= Chicago, Illinois
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Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz (born August 18, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois) is a drummer best known for working with the singer-songwriter "Weird Al" Yankovic. The two met while recording "Another One Rides the Bus" at the Dr. Demento show on September 141980. Shortly after, Yankovic invited Schwartz to join his band, gave him the nickname "Bermuda" (a play on words of tropical apparel Bermuda shorts) and they have worked together ever since. Schwartz is heard and seen on all of Yankovic's albums, videos, and concerts.

Biography

Although born in Chicago, Schwartz grew up in Phoenix. He came from a musical family; his father played accordion, his mother was a singer and piano player, and his brother, session guitarist and producer Richard Bennett, has recorded with countless top artists in Los Angeles and Nashville, and enjoyed lengthy associations touring and recording with Neil Diamond and Mark Knopfler.

Schwartz began drum lessons in 1965, and when his family moved to Los Angeles a few years later, he had decided to become a professional drummer and by the mid-1970s was drumming regularly with a few bands and doing some recording work.

Schwartz has played drums for every "Weird Al" Yankovic concert since 1981, except for three shows during the 2003 Poodle Hat Tour; a minor illness prevented him from playing the drums, and bassist Steve Jay's friend and collaborator Pete Gallagher, who was working as a tech on that tour, sat-in on the drums while Schwartz handled the electronics, cues, and vocals from behind the drum riser.

Schwartz is also the official band historian, known for keeping meticulous lists and notes, and has archived an unsurpassed collection of unique retail and promo audio and video products from around the world that feature "Weird Al" Yankovic either as a performer, director, in a cameo appearance, or named or pictured on the product. Schwartz has an unmatched wealth of photos, memorabilia, and details on his career with Yankovic, and is regularly sourced for rare and behind-the-scenes images or other materials and information for TV shows, publications, and audio and video releases having to do with Yankovic.

In between Yankovic projects, Schwartz continues to play with other L.A.-area artists and bands and has recorded albums with Rip Masters, Jim Silvers, Ray Campi, Raymond And Scum, ApologetiX (specifically the album Biblical Graffiti, where he played drums on 7 of the tracks [http://www.apologetix.com/faq/faq-detail.php?faq_q_id=193] ), Lousy Little Gods, and [http://www.idlehandslive.com Idle Hands] .

Schwartz has enjoyed a respectable online presence since 1993. Schwartz began designing web sites in 1995, and grew it into a side-business that now includes other graphic design work such as CD layouts and book cover art. He also created The Official "Weird Al" Yankovic Website in 1995, which later became weirdal.com. He continues to maintain it, along with his own site and several others. He is an administrator for the [http://www.weirdalforum.com World Of "Weird Al" Yankovic Forum] , and regularly participates in various drum-related forums (such as the [http://www.drummercafe.com Drummer Cafe] forum) under the name "Bermuda."

Schwartz and his wife Leslie live in the Los Angeles area with their dog Pepper.

External links

*http://www.bermudaschwartz.com/
*http://www.myspace.com/bermudaschwartz
*http://www.weirdal.com/
*http://www.myspace.com/weirdal
* [http://www.drummercafe.com/featured-musician/drummer-percussionist/jon-bermuda-schwartz.html Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz] — Drummer Cafe


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