Comments on: Drummer Ian Wallace dies at 60 http://www.intuitivemusic.com/drummer-ian-wallace-dies-at-61 Recommendations for sharp music listeners since 2000 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:05:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bleu Lane http://www.intuitivemusic.com/drummer-ian-wallace-dies-at-61/comment-page-1#comment-12433 Bleu Lane Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:13:27 +0000 http://www.intuitivemusic.com/drummer-ian-wallace-dies-at-61#comment-12433 When Ian came to work on our album is September of 2002 he was the ultimate professional. Mapping out parts in songs quietly and quickly he came prepared to ROCK. He laid down his licks and provided us with the best adventure during our stay in the studio with dinner at the Sunset Grill. It was a classy place just like our session percussionist, the fish was great, the wine flowed, and we all had a great time. I had known Ian over the years as I have journeyed from band to band and city to city. At one point in Austin while he was playing with Ronnie Lane and Ian MacDonald at Antone's and the old Steamboat on 6th Street. I would go hang in and hang out enjoying the moment with the MUSIC. When I became reintroduced to Ian just before cutting this album by way of the studio owner and head engineer, Tommy Spurlock, I was really excited to have him come play for us. The way the album sounds is due in no small part to the licks that Ian laid down. Keeping us loose when we were to tight and bringing us back from being to loose to tighten us up. The accents and turnarounds he put into songs gave them an added spark. Now that I have overcome my medical issues that have kept me out of the business and unable to tour full time I will be at a loss without Ian. I have now found an excellent drummer whose rep is very strong and comes to us via a very close friend and band member. He can not replace Ian. He can however find his own place in this band and take us to new heights as Ian had done. God Bless Ian Wallace. He was a great person and musician. I will never be able to get over his passing but can find solace in the fact he is with Ronnie, Boz, and all the others who have gone on ahead leading the way for the rest of us to follow. God bless his wife and family for they have lost the greatest percussionist I have I ever had the pleasure of knowing and working with. I could only hope to be as respected for my craft as Ian was and will always be. When Ian came to work on our album is September of 2002 he was the ultimate professional. Mapping out parts in songs quietly and quickly he came prepared to ROCK. He laid down his licks and provided us with the best adventure during our stay in the studio with dinner at the Sunset Grill. It was a classy place just like our session percussionist, the fish was great, the wine flowed, and we all had a great time.

I had known Ian over the years as I have journeyed from band to band and city to city. At one point in Austin while he was playing with Ronnie Lane and Ian MacDonald at Antone’s and the old Steamboat on 6th Street. I would go hang in and hang out enjoying the moment with the MUSIC.

When I became reintroduced to Ian just before cutting this album by way of the studio owner and head engineer, Tommy Spurlock, I was really excited to have him come play for us. The way the album sounds is due in no small part to the licks that Ian laid down. Keeping us loose when we were to tight and bringing us back from being to loose to tighten us up. The accents and turnarounds he put into songs gave them an added spark.

Now that I have overcome my medical issues that have kept me out of the business and unable to tour full time I will be at a loss without Ian. I have now found an excellent drummer whose rep is very strong and comes to us via a very close friend and band member. He can not replace Ian. He can however find his own place in this band and take us to new heights as Ian had done.

God Bless Ian Wallace. He was a great person and musician. I will never be able to get over his passing but can find solace in the fact he is with Ronnie, Boz, and all the others who have gone on ahead leading the way for the rest of us to follow. God bless his wife and family for they have lost the greatest percussionist I have I ever had the pleasure of knowing and working with. I could only hope to be as respected for my craft as Ian was and will always be.

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