"Weird Al" Yankovic, Diamond Records, and Snare Drums with Bermuda Schwartz

Jon "Bemuda" Schwartz has been the drummer and right-hand man of Weird Al for the better part of four decades. He's toured the world, been on the Simpsons, played on certified diamond records, and made his mark across genre and culture. He joins the pod to share his love of music and regale us with tales of the absurd journey.In 2020 Jon became a published author with BLACK & WHITE & WEIRD ALL OVER, a coffee-table book featuring more than 200 of his unreleased black-and-white photographs of Weird Al from the early '80s. LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACCORDION! followed in 2022, with more than 300 color photos of Al and the band. There are still gigs and recordings with various local players, but none quite as notorious as Jon's perennial association with Al, which he regards with great pride:"I get to be a dozen different drummers on every album... I don't know of another drummer who has a gig like that. It's always fun and often a welcome challenge. Al's made me play parts I didn't know how to play, and learn technologies that didn't exist when we started, and I thank him for that."Check out Bermuda's website at ⁠BermudaSchwartz.com⁠Visit this episode's sponsor at VinylMoon.coHear my music at ⁠ScoobertDoobert.pizza⁠Create that synergy. Do stuff together. 🪗🥁🌗Set Design by Max HorwichPodcast Produced by Beformer