Artist Spotlight: Mike Calabrese | Lake Street Dive

[@kennethdean4349]

Mike is a tasteful drummer. He plays for the song. Sometimes a tambourine in one hand and a stick in the other. I appreciate his variable kit - sometimes two snare drums, sometimes a high hat between the rack tom and the ride cymbal. Sometimes he muffles a drum with a chamois or a towel. He gets the right sound and plays the right thing for the song. Mike is exactly the right drummer for this great band.

[@TheJcah]

Great drummer and not to mention spot on harmony. I love this band. Everybody kicks ass.

[@famosmkingbrd]

I know this video is about Mike but poor Bridget is behind a post for all the live footage. We love you Bridget!

[@YonderZev]

After seeing this dude live, he is easily one of my top 10. I mean, he carried on a convo with the crowd as he kept a perfectly timed funky groove.... That's hard folks! Congrats Mike C :)

[@AndrewlovesBeatles14]

I love this band!!

[@FrankCizewitz]

truly individual musicians and good in finding a way of inspiring band harmony. Simply Great!

[@Radaep1]

Great interview, abundantly talented band, bunch o' sweet souls, listen to their new album "Obviously" it's stunning !!

[@AntiChangeling]

They always seem to downplay their early stuff a lot, but they have a bunch of great songs on those first two albums - some of my favourites from them, in fact. I find Dupont and Be Cool to be way more interesting as songs than pretty much all of the stuff from Free Yourself Up, and I feel the same about the material from their self-titled as well - their new stuff just has little to no risk in it at all, as good as it is.

[@rocklegend3388]

I love this band! Seen them live twice, and this most recent time was in Birmingham, AL as a birthday present, and Mike tossed me his Vic Firth drumstick! (Presumably because of my stellar dance moves.)

[@ThisIsReMarkable]

That was awesome. I'm am always in awe of the fact that Mike can sing AND play drums. That in itself is a testament to his talent. Unrelatedly, my first pair were Vic Firth Corpsmaster MS5's, but first rock pair were 2B's. Still love 'em when I get to play.

[@handidrummed]

One of my favorite drummers. Glad to see him featured!

[@Waccoustics]

he broke a stick at about 3:00; nice to see a pro do that too !

[@peggyconrad]

Oh sweet Mike - love this boy! So pleased for your success and your awesome sound- I am sure Uncle Larry is pleased too!

[@amyo]

solid band

[@york9x19]

Love this band!

[@NorthandClark]

Get it Mike!

[@osamafart]

Thats Jake Johnson from new girl

[@zolazingo]

been luv'n you catz for a couple years now .... keep up with writing, great grooves & tunes ... would dig to catch a show if you folks are ever in the Toronto Canada area !

[@Atelerix98]

They're at Toronto Jazz Festival this summer

[@zolazingo]

so thankful for that info Atelerix98 thx ! will be check'n into that for sure :)

[@DrumSpotScuoladibatteriaOld]

Great job

[@willruelas3529]

I wanna see them live so bad

[@Usernamesaredumb666]

Do it!! Best live show I've ever seen.