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Oct 13

Elite Travelers + Pete Galub - “Boat”

“Boat” is one of my favourite Pete Galub songs! Here’s us playing with the man himself from last month. We get to do it all again this Saturday October 17 in Toronto at LOLA 40 Kensington Ave at 8pm. I hope you can join us! Get full access to Drumber. at chriscawthray.substack.com/subscribe
Oct 1

Elite Travelers + Pete Galub “Paper Tiger”

I’ve been playing Beck’s “Paper Tiger” with Rob Price for 20 years! It’s such a great song and a great vehicle for improvisation; we’ve never played it the same way twice. Here’s the first time we ever played it with the great Pete Galub! Myles Sloniker is on bass. This was recorded Sunday September 20 at Young Ethel’s in Brooklyn, NY. Get full access to Drumber. at chriscawthray.substack.com/subscribe
Jul 3

Elite Travelers "No Beach To Walk On"

Enjoy this excerpt from our most recent show; stay tuned for upcoming dates, and have a great summer! Get full access to Drumber. at chriscawthray.substack.com/subscribe
Mar 16

NEW! Elite Travelers LIVE VIDEO

Last month, Elite Travelers set up at Annette Studios in Toronto to record some live videos with the most excellent Gary Popovich behind the camera. Having a creative, interactive camera person really levels up the video above cutting between one or two static phone cameras. My intention was that Gary’s single shot would be a performance integrated with the trio, as opposed to a detached observation. “Paper Tiger” is a song that has been in my repertoire for 20 years, and Rob and I have played it on countless gigs. It was fun to pull it out for this session. The other videos coming from this session are new tracks from our Elite Travelers EP (streaming everywhere), which is now available on vinyl. For those of you in Toronto, we’ll be playing a vinyl release show at The Emmet Ray on Sunday April 19. I hope you can join us! Get full access to Drumber. at chriscawthray.substack.com/subscribe
10/07/2025

Umbrella Man

It’s a warm, rainy day here in Toronto and here’s a thematically appropriate song written by Rob Price that will be featured on our upcoming 6-song release, entitled “Elite Travelers”, due to arrive on vinyl and digital this fall! The video is from a trio show at Young Ethel’s in Park Slope, Brooklyn featuring the most excellent Myles Sloniker on bass. Stay tuned to this oh-so-neglected Substack for release dates and details when they become available! Get full access to Drumber. at chriscawthray.substack.com/subscribe
03/27/2025

collaboration with Trace Dance Practice

I have been collaborating with dancers for over 30 years as a composer and performer and also an accompanist for dance training and technique. I would safely estimate that the number of dance classes I have accompanied with live improvised music is in the thousands and rising! Back in the 90s dancer Aimee Dawn Robinson and I met as students at YORK University in Toronto. I was performing with the school’s Dance Ensemble and accompanying classes in exchange for a 4th year credit in a “Fine Art” course requirement. Little did I know that this would be an extremely influential time that opened up a facet of my career that I never considered prior. Aimee has spent decades making dances all over the world, and we recently reconnected through the social media videos she posts as part of her ongoing Trace Dance Practice project (www.tracedancepractice.com). Last weekend we met up in London, Ontario and improvised in a frozen swamp. We shot video and recorded the audio and each went home and created our portion of the video seen here. All of the music was created by manipulating my swamp percussion performance recording. Get full access to Drumber. at chriscawthray.substack.com/subscribe
07/25/2022

American (cue)

A couple of weeks ago I gave myself a composition challenge to extrapolate a piece from a brief melodic motif. I think I had been watching and reading too much news, and maybe you’ll recognize the motif. This recording is just a MIDI rendering of the sheet music (imagine a digital version of an old player-piano roll). Get full access to Drumber. at chriscawthray.substack.com/subscribe
05/13/2022

Drumber. Ep.06

Covers volume 2! This time it’s a collection of cover songs performed by ¡DO! during a gig at Cliff Bell’s in Detroit, MI on June 22, 2014 ¡DO! is Simeon Abbott on Hammond B# organ + Chris Cawthray on drums, percussion, and vocals The songs featured are: Adam’s Apple (Wayne Shorter) Roots Rock Reggae (Bob Marley & The Wailers) Isobel (Bjork) Basically Frightened (Col. Bruce Hampton) The Cure (Keith Jarrett) Casanova (Roxy Music) Stir It Up (Bob Marley & the Wailers) Become a Substack subscriber and gain perks like my COMPLETE music download catalog. TO DONATE: via Square Donate $1 Donate $3 Donate $10 pay-what-you-wish via PayPal SUBSCRIBE HERE Get full access to Drumber. at chriscawthray.substack.com/subscribe

Vibrating and relating! chriscawthray.substack.com

Creator

chris cawthray
Years Active

2022 - 2026
Episodes

13
Rating

Clean
Copyright

© chris cawthray
Show Website

Drumber.