George Farmer, Zigaboo Modeliste and I having a moment (of fun) after his soundcheck at Freight and Salvage across the street from The Berkeley Repertory Theatre back in October of 2017.

We were fortunate to have the opportunity to watch his soundcheck in between our shows at “Ain’t Too Proud.” We had the chance to chat with him for a good 45 minutes. I asked a million questions and he seemed like he had a million answers for me. I had three million more to ask but he was reminded by his manager to get some food before he had to work…so we let him go-lol!

He was great to talk with. I’m glad we had the chance to meet a living legend and an amazing musician.

I was about to call out sick to my show but remembered that I had no subs in Berkeley to fill in for me if I were to take off…damn..damn…DAMN!

I sure would have been dancing to some good ol’ NOLA funk if I were at his show. He’s so good!

I love that music and love me some New Orleans.

By the way, it appears as if Zig made a choice that I’ll be making soon…moving to the Bay Area. He’s been there for a while.

GOOD CHOICE sir!

I’ll have to catch one of his shows soon. Maybe in 2018 at the Jazz Fest?

Clayton Craddock is a stay-at-home father of two children in New York City. He has a B.B.A from Howard University’s School of Business and is also a 17 year veteran of the fast paced New York City music scene. He has played drums in a number of hit Broadway musicals including “tick…tick…BOOM, Memphis the Musical and Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill with Audra McDonald.

He has worked on other musicals; Footloose, Motown, The Color Purple, Bare, Rent, Little Shop of Horrors, Evita, Cats, and Avenue Q and is currently the drummer in a new Broadway bound musical titled Ain’t Too Proud.

Clayton has written for A Voice For Men, The Good Men Project and is writing a memoir about fatherhood.