
Russ Lawton grew up in the Boston area where he began drumming professionally and studying with Gene Roma. Early in his career, Russ toured with the Afro-fusion band Zzebra, formed by Osibisa's Nigerian-born percussionist Lofty Amao.
He currently tours and records with a variety of musicians including Phish's Trey Anastasio. Collaborating with Trey includes co-writing songs from Phish's "Farmhouse" CD (featuring the Grammy-nominated song First Tube), Trey's first solo CD, the live "Plasma" CD, and "Live at the Warfield Theatre" DVD with Trey and Carlos Santana, as well as his three latest releases "The Horseshoe Curve," "Tab At The Tab Live" in Atlanta, and “Traveler.”
a href="https://russlawton.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/unnamed-1.jpg">Russ's television appearances are PBS's Austin City Limits with Trey Anastasio, Late Night with David Letterman, The Jimmy Fallon Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Conan O'Brien Show, and The Carson Daly Show.
Russ also tours with his fellow TAB band-member, Ray Paczkowski in the Vermont Funk duo, Soule Monde. When not with Trey or Soule Monde, Russ plays with a variety of other musicians, whose repertoire includes blues, funk, country, and rock. In between gigs, Russ keeps busy with his drum students and various studio dates.
Other notable work includes the music for the independent movies "Mud Season," Mike Gordon's "Outside Out" and "Left Hand Path."
Discography
Russ Lawton | Listen to Singles on Spotify |
Dan King | Bathed In Dream Light |
Rob Compa | Same Damn Thing |
LaMP | Russ Lawton Scott Metzger Ray Paczkowski |
Soule Monde | Holiday Songs / Funky Little Drummer Boy/ Dance Of the Sugar Plum Fairy/Carol Of The Bells |
K Bong | Good To Hear Music |
Jennifer Hartswick | Nexus |
Katie Jo & The Next Of Kin | Wild Blackberries |
Sensible Shoes w/ Joey Spaminato | Breath In Breath Out |
Mark Legrand | This Dream I’m In |
Christine Malcom | I Like You, Crickets, Coyotes& the Big Yellow Moon |
John Symth | Hunger Mountain Clay |
Reid Parsons | |
Tim Brick | Just Passin Through |
Tiffany Couture | She Still Rises |
Soule Monde | Must Be Nice |
Trey Anastasio | Paper Wheels |
Colleen Bartlett | Serenity |
Molly Millwood | Home |
Andrew Hacksaw Harney | Carnival of Groove |
Tom Brick | Three of a Kind |
Herb Heath | Mixed Bag, Country Roots |
Soule Monde | Smashed World |
Duane Carlton | A Girl Like You |
The Re-Bops | Even Kids Get the Blues |
Soule Monde | The Soule Monde LP |
Soule Monde | Smashed World |
Trey Anastasio | Traveler |
Perry Nunn | Between Two Points |
Eric Pace | Full Brogue |
Laughing Buddha | Kevin Griffin |
Mike Woodward | A Family Christmas |
Jeff Sampson | Solo World |
Patience | The Roots Of Soule |
Trey Anastasio | Trey Anastasio (first solo record), Plasma, The Horseshoe Curve, Tab At The Tab |
Compilations w/ Trey Anastasio | Bonnaroo 2002&2004 |
Austin City Limits Festival | 2004 |
Jennifer Hartswick | Ocean Floor (tracks 1-6-7-8), Fuse |
The Shrine Afrobeat w/Jimi Sholanke | Eje Kajo |
Mike Gordon | Inside In, The Green Sparrow (Pretend) |
Zzebra | The LA recordings |
Gordon Stone | Even With The Odds |
Keith Lewis | Shine, Exhausted Alibi's |
Ron Levy | Finding My way, Voodoo Boogaloo |
The Dirtminers | American Typewriter |
Rich Price | Moonlight Breaks ( Tracks 5-8-9) |
Rhythmo Loco | All Time Low |
Dan King | Two Kinds Of Mind |
Sharin The Groove | Runaway Jim |
Sarah Swain | One Girl Town |
The Grift | Live at Nectar's Trk 7&8 |
Zeile August | Cloudbursting |
Jo Henley | Inside Out |
Laslo Cameo | 2nd Avenue Serenade |
Notheast Rhyhtm Collective | Notheast Rhyhtm Collective |
Allan Nicholls | Songs From The Source |
What Time is it MR. Fox and other stories | |
Michael Jerling | In Another Life |
Lowell Thompson | The Repobs |
Lowell Thompson | Even Kids Get The Blues |
Erin Dooley | |
Kort mcCumber | Ain't The Same Before |
Megan Walsh | Float |
Hollow | merry-go-round |
vision 2b | Free My Angel |
Ryan Fawcett | |
Shannon Chase | Night and Day |
Paulie Heath | Mostly What I Needed |
Love Stories | Bobby Gosh |
Dan Aaron | Wide Alive |