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A Nashville – Brooklyn based drummer currently holding the drum set chair at & Juliet on Broadway at the Sondheim Theater in New York City. Previously, he spent nearly five years and played over 1200 performances with the national tour of Hamilton: An American Musical.
Sam has also had the distinct pleasure of recording and/or performing with:
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires, Toots and the Maytals, Saun & Starr (Daptone Records), Charlie Wilson (The Gap Band), That Handsome Devil (Rockband 2, Guitar Hero), People’s Champs, Kendra Morris (Colemine Records), and many more.
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Clayton Craddock hosts the Broadway Drumming 101 Podcast and Newsletter. He has held the drum chair in several hit broadway and off-broadway musicals, including Tick, tick…BOOM!, Altar Boyz, Memphis The Musical, Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar and Grill, and Ain’t Too Proud.