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Ricky Sebastian
Tipitina's Artist Has performed with the who's who in music

RICKY SEBASTIAN was born in Opelousas, Louisiana. He started taking drum lessons at the age of eight. Throughout junior and senior high school, he studied classical percussion winning many All-State, All-Parish, and Sight-reading awards. Ricky began playing drumset at fifteen years old. He attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana (classical theory, composition, drums) on a full scholarship and later attended Berklee College of Music (drums, arranging, composition).

Ricky has performed with a who's who of the music world, including Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Mike Stern, Jaco Pastorius, Exuma, Paul Butterfield, Leo Nocentelli, Dori Cayimi, Les McCann, Michael Franks, Nnenna Freelon, Harry Belafonte, Dr. John, Charles Neville, Emily Remler, Jerry Gonzalez, Dave Valentin, Chico Freeman, Larry Coryell, David "Fathead" Newman, Vanessa Rubin, Dianne Reeves, Blood, Sweat, & Tears, Sam Rivers, Ellis Marsalis, Bobby McFerrin, John Scofield, Claudio Roditi, Chuck Rainey, John Lucien, Charles Fambrough, Delmar Brown, George Porter, Jr., Othello Molineaux, Leni Stern, Herbie Mann, Tania Maria, Cornell Dupree, Don Alias, Kevin Mahogany, Donald Harrison, Jr., Carlos Malta, JoAnne Brackeen, Los Hombres Calientes, Clarence Johnson III, and the Joe Krown Organ Combo. ~ strdigital.com
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