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  <bio>Erik Played with James Brown for 7 years and has performed and recorded with Bootsy Collins and performs with other artist such as Sister Hazel, Thomas McClary founder of the Commodores and more.&amp;nbsp;Erik teaches many of the major styles of music.&amp;nbsp;Jazz, Funk, R&amp;amp;B, Rock&amp;amp;Latin.&amp;nbsp;Erik also teaches the reading and writing of music at Drums2Go in Orlando.&amp;nbsp;For 26 years Erik Hargrove has played the drums&amp;nbsp;and percussion in various bands and groups.Erik has played in all sorts of musical situations as&amp;nbsp;well.&amp;nbsp;In high school Erik played in the marching band,&amp;nbsp;concert bands, jazz band, steel drum band and also a&amp;nbsp;local classic rock band.&amp;nbsp;Erik continued after high school in the U.S. Army&amp;nbsp;where he was stationed in Frankfurt, Germany for 3&amp;nbsp;years and served in the first Gulf War.&amp;nbsp;A few years later Erik was stationed at Fort Gordon&amp;nbsp;in Georgia.&amp;nbsp;Erik left the military after 9 years of service and&amp;nbsp;joined with The Late Great &#8220;James Brown&#8221; where&amp;nbsp;he tour all over the world from January of 1998 until&amp;nbsp;March of 2005.&amp;nbsp;Erik is now doing various gigs around the world with&amp;nbsp;Sister Hazel,&amp;nbsp;Ken Block&amp;#39;s Solo Performances,Thomas McClary ( Founder of &#8220;The Commodores&#8221;,&amp;nbsp;Guitar Player and Writer of &#8220;Brick House&#8221;)&lt;br /&gt;Bootsy Collins in his &#8220;Tribute to James Brown&#8221;&amp;nbsp;where he toured Europe and Japan in 2008 and&amp;nbsp;2009. Erik Hargrove is involved in Full Sail Univ.&amp;#39;s Recording program in Orlando Florida.&lt;br /&gt;Erik Hargrove is sponsored by&lt;br /&gt;Allegra Drums&lt;br /&gt;Audix Microphones&lt;br /&gt;Aquarian Drumheads&lt;br /&gt;Bosphorus Cymbals&lt;br /&gt;Qwikstix Stick Holders&lt;br /&gt;Rhythm Tech Percussion&lt;br /&gt;Vic Firth Drumsticks</bio>
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