Barrett Martin (born April 14, 1967 in Olympia, Washington) is an American drummer, composer, artist, and writer. He was the drummer for the Seattle, Washington group Screaming Trees, as well as the supergroups Mad Season and Tuatara. A multi-instrumentalist and composer, he was also a session musician in Los Angeles for several years in the 1990s and has played on, or produced, over 60 albums to date. He is primarily known for his powerful triba...
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Barrett Martin (born April 14, 1967 in Olympia, Washington) is an American drummer, composer, artist, and writer. He was the drummer for the Seattle, Washington group Screaming Trees, as well as the supergroups Mad Season and Tuatara. A multi-instrumentalist and composer, he was also a session musician in Los Angeles for several years in the 1990s and has played on, or produced, over 60 albums to date. He is primarily known for his powerful tribal drumming style, which has been featured on dozens of albums and several films. Notable collaborations include work with REM guitarist Peter Buck, Iraqi master musician Rahim Alhaj, West African Griot and master musician Foday Musa Suso, delta bluesman CeDell Davis, Rumi scholar and poet Coleman Barks, and Native American poet and songwriter Joy Harjo.
Martin grew up in Olympia, WA and studied jazz and classical music theory at Western Washington University in the mid-1980s. He completed both his bachelors and masters degrees in anthropology...
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