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Kenny Aronoff (born March 7, 1953) is an American drummer. A former member (briefly) of the hard rock band Cinderella, he has also played drums for several other musicians, including John Mellencamp, Bob Seger, Elton John, John Fogerty, Lynyrd Skynyrd and others.
r graduating from Indiana University, in 1976, where he studied under the acclaimed tympanist Vic Firth, Aronoff passed on several symphony orchestra offers and decided to head for the East Coast where he studied drum set in Boston and New York.
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Kenny Aronoff (born March 7, 1953) is an American drummer. A former member (briefly) of the hard rock band Cinderella, he has also played drums for several other musicians, including John Mellencamp, Bob Seger, Elton John, John Fogerty, Lynyrd Skynyrd and others.
Early career
After graduating from Indiana University, in 1976, where he studied under the acclaimed tympanist Vic Firth, Aronoff passed on several symphony orchestra offers and decided to head for the East Coast where he studied drum set in Boston and New York. During this time he began to concentrate on jazz and fusion music, and in 1977 he returned to Bloomington, Indiana and spent several years in a popular local band, playing throughout the Midwest.
In 1980 he joined John Mellencamp's band, recording 10 albums and touring with him over a 17-year period.
In the mid-1980s, Kenny began to develop an enormously successful career as a studio musician, playing on hundreds of records as well as touring worldwide with many artists. Aronoff has recorded with musicians such as John Mellencamp, The Smashing Pumpkins, Bob Seger, John Fogerty, Melissa Etheridge, Jon Bon Jovi, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Alanis Morissette, The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Puddle of Mudd, Avril Lavigne, Joe Cocker, B. B. King, Mick Jagger, Ray Charles, Alice Cooper, Meat Loaf, Bonnie Raitt, Ricky Martin, Santana, Trey Anastasio, Michelle Branch, Vince Gill, Gladys Knight, Aaron Neville, Trisha Yearwood, Patti LaBelle, George Jones, Conway Tritty, The Buddy Rich Big Band, and Jefferson Airplane.
Touring sideman
Aronoff also has been, and remains, an in-demand "sideman", touring with the likes of Richard Thompson (filling in for Dave Mattacks on the second half of Thompson's 1989 tour, after Mattacks broke his arm), as well as on one tour with alternative rock group The Smashing Pumpkins.
Equipment endorsements
The gear Aronoff endorses are Tama drums and hardware, Vic Firth drumsticks, Remo drum heads, Meinl Percussion, Shure Microphones, and Zildjian symbals.
The Later Years
In 2005, Kenny began touring again with roots-rock band, The BoDeans. He has appeared on their 2 CD live set, "Homebrewed: Live From the Pabst." Recently, Aronoff had the position of drummer on Avril Lavigne's new CD, "The Best Damn Thing." He starred in the track "Everything Back But You."
Aside from his work with Mellencamp, he is well-known for his work with John Fogerty whom he performed with John and his 2007 US and European Tour. Kenny will be touring with John Fogerty again during the 2008 Australian tour in March.
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