John Siomos
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John Siomos, was an American rock drummer who performed with Todd Rundgren
, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, Rick Derringer
, Carly Simon
, Mark Moogy Klingman
, Buzzy Linhart
, Frampton's Camel
and played on Peter Frampton
's "Frampton Comes Alive", once the biggest selling album of all time, currently the fourth best-selling live album in the U.S. at 6 times platinum. He co-wrote and performed on the songs "Doobie Wah", and the hit single "Do You Feel Like We Do
" from that album. He also played drums on "Hello, it's Me", and other songs on Todd Rundgren
's best-selling platinum album, "Something/Anything?
". Born in Chicago, Illinois, he died in Brooklyn, New York on January 16, 2004. He is survived by an ex-wife, Barbara, and a son, Judah.
1975 (l to r) Bob Mayo
, Peter Frampton
, John Siomos, Stanley Sheldon
photo: Richard E. Aarons - http://www.rockpix.com
Performance credits:
Todd Rundgren
Todd Harry Rundgren is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer. Hailed in the early stage of his career as a new pop-wunderkind, supported by the certified gold solo double LP Something/Anything? in 1972, Todd Rundgren's career has produced a diverse range of recordings...
, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, Rick Derringer
Rick Derringer
Rick Derringer is an American guitarist, vocalist, and entertainer.-1960s:When he was seventeen years old, his band The McCoys recorded "Hang on Sloopy" in the summer of 1965, which became the number one song in America before "Yesterday" by The Beatles knocked it out of the top spot. The song was...
, Carly Simon
Carly Simon
Carly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work...
, Mark Moogy Klingman
Moogy Klingman
Mark "Moogy" Klingman was an American musician and songwriter. He was a founding member of Todd Rundgren's musical team Utopia, and later became a solo recording artist, bandleader and songwriter...
, Buzzy Linhart
Buzzy Linhart
Buzzy Linhart is an American rock performer and musician.Born William Linhart in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he began honing his craft playing percussion for symphony at the age of seven, switching to vibraphone at ten...
, Frampton's Camel
Frampton's Camel
Frampton's Camel is Peter Frampton's second album, recorded and released in 1973. It was the first album that Frampton recorded in the United States. Most of the album was written in New York...
and played on Peter Frampton
Peter Frampton
Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. Frampton's international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold over 6 million copies...
's "Frampton Comes Alive", once the biggest selling album of all time, currently the fourth best-selling live album in the U.S. at 6 times platinum. He co-wrote and performed on the songs "Doobie Wah", and the hit single "Do You Feel Like We Do
Do You Feel Like We Do
"Do You Feel Like We Do" is a song by Peter Frampton originally on the Frampton's Camel album released in 1973. The song became one of the highlights of his live performance in following years...
" from that album. He also played drums on "Hello, it's Me", and other songs on Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren
Todd Harry Rundgren is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer. Hailed in the early stage of his career as a new pop-wunderkind, supported by the certified gold solo double LP Something/Anything? in 1972, Todd Rundgren's career has produced a diverse range of recordings...
's best-selling platinum album, "Something/Anything?
Something/Anything?
Something/Anything?, released in 1972, is Todd Rundgren's third solo album. It peaked at #29 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold three years after its release, and remains the singer-songwriter's best-selling album...
". Born in Chicago, Illinois, he died in Brooklyn, New York on January 16, 2004. He is survived by an ex-wife, Barbara, and a son, Judah.
1975 (l to r) Bob Mayo
Bob Mayo
Bob "Bobby" Mayo was a session keyboardist and guitarist, perhaps best known for his work with Peter Frampton....
, Peter Frampton
Peter Frampton
Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. Frampton's international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold over 6 million copies...
, John Siomos, Stanley Sheldon
Stanley Sheldon
Stanley Sheldon is a bass guitar player best known for his work with Peter Frampton. He is notable as an early adopter of the fretless bass for rock music....
photo: Richard E. Aarons - http://www.rockpix.com
Performance credits:
Year | Album | Artist | Credit |
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1971 | Carly Simon Carly Simon Carly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work... |
Carly Simon Carly Simon Carly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work... |
drums |
1971 | Music | Buzzy Linhart Buzzy Linhart Buzzy Linhart is an American rock performer and musician.Born William Linhart in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he began honing his craft playing percussion for symphony at the age of seven, switching to vibraphone at ten... |
drums |
1972 | Mike Corbett & Jay Hirsh with Hugh McCracken Hugh McCracken Hugh McCracken is a rhythm guitar player and session musician, arranger and producer based in New York.Especially in demand in the 60s, 70s and 80s, he appears on many recordings by Steely Dan, as well as albums by Donald Fagen, Jimmy Rushing, Billy Joel, Roland Kirk, Roberta Flack, B. B... |
Mike Corbett & Jay Hirsh with Hugh McCracken Hugh McCracken Hugh McCracken is a rhythm guitar player and session musician, arranger and producer based in New York.Especially in demand in the 60s, 70s and 80s, he appears on many recordings by Steely Dan, as well as albums by Donald Fagen, Jimmy Rushing, Billy Joel, Roland Kirk, Roberta Flack, B. B... |
drums |
1972 | Moogy | Mark Klingman | drums |
1972 | Something/Anything? Something/Anything? Something/Anything?, released in 1972, is Todd Rundgren's third solo album. It peaked at #29 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold three years after its release, and remains the singer-songwriter's best-selling album... |
Todd Rundgren Todd Rundgren Todd Harry Rundgren is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer. Hailed in the early stage of his career as a new pop-wunderkind, supported by the certified gold solo double LP Something/Anything? in 1972, Todd Rundgren's career has produced a diverse range of recordings... |
drums |
1973 | Frampton's Camel Frampton's Camel Frampton's Camel is Peter Frampton's second album, recorded and released in 1973. It was the first album that Frampton recorded in the United States. Most of the album was written in New York... |
Peter Frampton Peter Frampton Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. Frampton's international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold over 6 million copies... |
drums |
1973 | A Wizard, a True Star A Wizard, a True Star A Wizard, a True Star is a progressive rock recording by Todd Rundgren, released in 1973.The album, and especially the first side of the vinyl recording, is an extended medley after the fashion of the Beatles' late recordings; brief songs segue into one another, and the lyrics are frequently... |
Todd Rundgren Todd Rundgren Todd Harry Rundgren is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer. Hailed in the early stage of his career as a new pop-wunderkind, supported by the certified gold solo double LP Something/Anything? in 1972, Todd Rundgren's career has produced a diverse range of recordings... |
drums |
1974 | Frampton (album) | Peter Frampton Peter Frampton Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. Frampton's international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold over 6 million copies... |
drums, percussion |
1975 | Fingertips | Duster Bennett Duster Bennett Anthony "Duster" Bennett was a British blues singer and musician. Based around London, his first album Smiling Like I'm Happy saw him playing as a one-man band, playing a bass drum with his foot and blowing a harmonica on a rack while strumming a 1952 Les Paul Goldtop guitar given to him in 1968... |
drums |
1975 | Spring Fever | Rick Derringer Rick Derringer Rick Derringer is an American guitarist, vocalist, and entertainer.-1960s:When he was seventeen years old, his band The McCoys recorded "Hang on Sloopy" in the summer of 1965, which became the number one song in America before "Yesterday" by The Beatles knocked it out of the top spot. The song was... |
drums |
1976 | Frampton Comes Alive! Frampton Comes Alive! Frampton Comes Alive! is a double live album by English rock musician Peter Frampton released in 1976, and one of the best-selling live albums in the United States. Following four solo albums with little commercial success, Frampton Comes Alive! was a breakthrough for the artist.Released on January... |
Peter Frampton Peter Frampton Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. Frampton's international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold over 6 million copies... |
drums |
1977 | I'm in You I'm in You I'm in You is the fifth studio album by Peter Frampton, released in 1977. Frampton returned from touring in 1976 to record this album. Stevie Wonder is also featured.-Background:... |
Peter Frampton Peter Frampton Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. Frampton's international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold over 6 million copies... |
drums, tambourine Tambourine The tambourine or marine is a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though some variants may not have a head at all.... , cabassa |
1977 | Other Side | Tufano & Giammarese (The Buckinghams The Buckinghams The Buckinghams are an American Sunshine Pop band from Chicago, Illinois. They formed in 1966 and went on to become one of the top selling acts of 1967. The band dissolved in 1970 but reformed in 1980 and continue to tour throughout the United States.... ) |
drums |
1978 | Moogy II | Mark Moogy Klingman Moogy Klingman Mark "Moogy" Klingman was an American musician and songwriter. He was a founding member of Todd Rundgren's musical team Utopia, and later became a solo recording artist, bandleader and songwriter... |
drums, bg vocals |
1979 | Rogue Waves | Terry Reid Terry Reid Terry Reid is an English rock vocalist and guitarist. He has performed with high profile musicians, as a supporting act, a session musician, and sideman.- History :... |
drums, percussion |
1992 | Shine On: A Collection | Peter Frampton Peter Frampton Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. Frampton's international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold over 6 million copies... |
drums, percussion |
1992 | Through the Years | Guthrie Thomas | drums |
1996 | Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo: The Best of Rick Derringer | Rick Derringer Rick Derringer Rick Derringer is an American guitarist, vocalist, and entertainer.-1960s:When he was seventeen years old, his band The McCoys recorded "Hang on Sloopy" in the summer of 1965, which became the number one song in America before "Yesterday" by The Beatles knocked it out of the top spot. The song was... |
drums |
1997 | Very Best of Todd Rundgren | Todd Rundgren Todd Rundgren Todd Harry Rundgren is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer. Hailed in the early stage of his career as a new pop-wunderkind, supported by the certified gold solo double LP Something/Anything? in 1972, Todd Rundgren's career has produced a diverse range of recordings... |
drums |
1998 | This One's for Sarah | Guthrie Thomas | drums |
2001 | Buzzy Linhart Loves You: Classic Recordings | Buzzy Linhart Buzzy Linhart Buzzy Linhart is an American rock performer and musician.Born William Linhart in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he began honing his craft playing percussion for symphony at the age of seven, switching to vibraphone at ten... |
drums |
2001 | Frampton Comes Alive! [25th Anniversary Deluxe Editio | Peter Frampton Peter Frampton Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. Frampton's international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold over 6 million copies... |
drums |
2002 | All American Boy/Spring Fever | Rick Derringer Rick Derringer Rick Derringer is an American guitarist, vocalist, and entertainer.-1960s:When he was seventeen years old, his band The McCoys recorded "Hang on Sloopy" in the summer of 1965, which became the number one song in America before "Yesterday" by The Beatles knocked it out of the top spot. The song was... |
drums |
2002 | Tawny Tracks | Arrows | drums |
2003 | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Peter Frampton | Peter Frampton Peter Frampton Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. Frampton's international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold over 6 million copies... |
drums, percussion |
2003 | Frampton Comes Alive! [DVD Audio/Bonus Videos] | Peter Frampton Peter Frampton Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. Frampton's international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold over 6 million copies... |
drums |
2003 | Superstar Rock Festival | Various Artists | drums |
2004 | Spring Fever/Sweet Evil | Rick Derringer Rick Derringer Rick Derringer is an American guitarist, vocalist, and entertainer.-1960s:When he was seventeen years old, his band The McCoys recorded "Hang on Sloopy" in the summer of 1965, which became the number one song in America before "Yesterday" by The Beatles knocked it out of the top spot. The song was... |
drums |
2005 | Gold | Peter Frampton Peter Frampton Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. Frampton's international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold over 6 million copies... |
drums, percussion |
2008 | Wind of Change/Frampton's Camel | Peter Frampton Peter Frampton Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. Frampton's international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold over 6 million copies... |
drums |
2008 | Buzzy Linhart Is Music | Buzzy Linhart Buzzy Linhart Buzzy Linhart is an American rock performer and musician.Born William Linhart in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he began honing his craft playing percussion for symphony at the age of seven, switching to vibraphone at ten... |
drums |
1970 | Fulton Fish Market | James Late | drums |
2008 | Norman Feels | Norman Feels | drums |
External links
- "John Siomos; drum work included 'Frampton Comes Alive' album", obituary article from: Chicago Sun-Times, Article date: January 23, 2004 Author: Brenda Warner Rotzoll
- Brief obituary on LifeinLegacy.com
- Memorials from fans posted on FindAGrave.com
- "Do You Feel Like We Do" on Youtube
- http://www.bruceelgort.com/blogs/be.nsf/plinks/BELT-5Z6NMR