5.5X14" Black Panther Cherry Wood w.gold lugs
and rims
19" A Custom Crash
1 @ DW9500 high hat (2-leg)
Rack 1 - Sennheiser E604
2 @ 14X14" Floor Tom
6.5X14" Gretsch Black Brass Snare (Black w
gold tube lugs)
2 @ 18" A Custom Fast Crash
1 @ DW9000 single pedal
Rack 2 - Sennheiser E604
16X16" Floor Tom
6.5X14" Gretsch New Classic Krushed Glass
Glitter
17" A thin crash (1960s)
2 @ DW 5500 high hat (2-leg)
Floor - Sennheiser E604 or AKG D112
16X16" Rack Tom
14X14" Andante Gaelic Snare (Marching) Red
Gloss
2 @ 17" A Custom Crash
3 @ DW 3000 high hat (2-leg)
OH L and R - RODE M5 Matched Pair
Gretsch Catalina Club Maple - Natural Finish w/gold lugs
5X14" Premier HTS700 Pipe Band Marching Snare
16" A Medium thin crash (1970s)
1 @ LP Remote Cable high hat
Vocal - Sure Beta 58 or Sennheiser E835
16X18" Kick w Lift
5.5X14" Ludwig Superphonic LM400 (Chrome over
Brass)
16" A thin crash
1 @ PDP single pedal
PC Laptop (IBM Lenovo Thinkpad w10)
10X10" Rack Tom
4X8" Popcorn Snare Black
14" A thin crash
Heads
10X12" Rack Tom
3.5X13" Griffin Piccolo Snare Natural
2 @ 8" A splash
Toms--Remo Coated Emperor (primary)
Video Equipment
14X14" Floor Tom
5X13" Pearl Omar Hakim Signature Sn (Cherry w
Gold trim)
10" A splash
Snares Top--Remo Coated Ambassador
Wondershare Filmora 9 Editor
16X16" Floor Tom
8X14" Catalina Field Drum (tubby)
12" A splash
Snares Resonant - Remo Diplomat
1 @ GoPro Hero Black 3+
Yamaha Stage Custom Birch - Cranberry Red
3.5X13" OSP Piccolo Snare
22" A Buddy Rich model Swish Knocker w/o
rivets
Kick--Powerstroke 3 batter, black resonant
2 @ GoPro Session
18X22" Kick
22 A Heavy Ride (60s)
Evans Kick--EQ3System
1 @ ZOOM 4K Q2N
10X10" Rack Tom
Percussion
18 K Custom Ride
Hardware
1 @ ZOOM Q2HDN
10X12" Rack Tom
13" 14" LP timbales (Standard) Steel with
custom case
20" A Ride wRivets (50s)
Mapex 950 Series hardware
1 @ ZOOM H2N Audio Only
14X14" Floor Tom
6" 8" 10" - Remo Roto Toms
20" K Custom Dark Ride
2 @ Roc n Soc Thrones (hydraulic)
1 @ ZOOM Q3HD
16X16" Floor Tom
Remo Cajon
18" K Custom Dark Crash
Yamaha Aluminum Light Hardware
SPL Kit Poplar - Black
Meinl Kick Cajon with LP remote pedal
12" Special Recording Hi Hats
Misc Stands
Monitoring
18X22" Kick
LP Cowbells and Percussion
13" A Hi Hats
DW Airlift Throne (Heavy)
Alien Ears - Custom Molded IEM
10X10" Rack Tom
12" Stanton Moore Jingle Drum
13" A Crash (60s)
2 @ DW Medium Throne
Alien Ears - Wireless/Wired Interface
10X12" Rack Tom
Hundreds of Pieces (Cowbells, Shakers, etc)
14" A Crash (60s)
14X14" Floor Tom
Custom Made Rainstick
18" Sabian Holy China
Click Track
LP Conga Tops (Rack)
15" K Custom Dark Crash
Frozen Ape - TEMPO for iPad & Android
14" K Custom Session HH
13" New Beat HH
16" K Custom Special Dry Crash
10" Sabian AAX Airsplash
16" Swish (60s)
16" A Crash (70s)
16" K Dark Crash
10" Splash with Z marking no stamp
8" A SPECIAL SELECTION Splash
10" Spiral Stacker
10" Sabian AA Holy China Chad Smith Signature
17" Sabian AA Holy China Chad Smith Signature
8" LP Bell
16" A Custom Projection Crash (cracked)
Performance
and Teaching Resume
A drummer since the age of 9 and playing
professionally since the age of 12, Stephen grew up on the East Coast
and as an Air Force "brat"
heavily influenced by jazz and big band.Stephen’s education includes University of
Arkansas Razorback Drum Line, Jazz Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble and
recipient of the Louis Armstrong Jazz Educators Award.As an experienced chart reader, Stephen is proficient in NARD and
PAS rudiments and is fluent in modern chart language as well as singing lead
or harmony vocals. Private instruction has been a part of his report as
early as 1983 and led to a degree in education from the University of
Arkansas in 1993 to compliment a history degree in 1990.
Stephen has written and published Flam Pages,
a regional newsletter for drummers with an instructional insert called Ghost
Notes reaching approximately 320 readers.With over 30 years of experience in booking and marketing,
Stephen brings many intangibles to his projects in selling skills,
biography package design, web site design and maintenance, and
relationship building with industry leaders.
Stephen has toured with rock bands in the Midwest,
performed as a call drummer for the Mashburn Scholarship Concert, and
performed with such notables as Bo Diddley, Jesus Garcia,
The Jack Terry BigBand, Billy
Rigsby, the Michael Burks Blues Band, Big Bad Bubba, The
Travis Kidd Band,Trendz, and more
Some photos of Stephen drumming for Rock n Roll Legend, Bo Diddley in 1996
Travels with the Bramhall Brothers (nephews of
Doyle Bramhall, Stevie Ray Vaughan’s songwriting partner) of Dallas,
TX, included dates in Tulsa at JOEY’S at the KMOD Smokehouse blues
show with John Henry, Blues Crossing in Ft. Worth, Springfield, MO, Lake
of the Ozarks, and many others.In
the summer of 1996, Stephen’s project, The Troublemakers, a
blues band, performed as Bo Diddley’s stage band, performed in local
and regional venues, and was named “band to watch for 1997” by the
Northwest Arkansas Times.Stephen’s
engagement with Gerry Moss and the Drive beginning in the summer
of 1997 included dates in Memphis at Beale Street’s King’s Palace,
Blues City, Silky O’Sullivan’s, W.C Handy’s Blues Hall, and the
Peabody Hotel just to name a few.Performances
were held at the prestigious Memphis in May Festival and the Memphis New
Year’s Eve Beale Street Party.Gerry
Moss was a member of B.B. King’s original and longest running house
band, the Famous Unknowns.
Currently and since April, 1999, Stephen has been recording and touring with
regional multi-success, Oreo Blue. Oreo Blue is best
described as a high-energy, soul-satisfying, rocking rhythm and
blues. Stephen propels this band from behind the kit while adding
both harmony and lead vocal and contributing as a song writer. Oreo Blue was named Best Blues Band
at the 2000 - 2004 NAM Awards, 2005 NAMA Hall of Fame, Best Musicianship Award at the Ozark
Music Awards 2004 and 2005, and continues to be the band of choice for
discerning listeners in the four-state region of Arkansas, Missouri,
Oklahoma, and Kansas. Stephen has been nominated for the Ozark
Music Awards Porky Hill Memorial Drummer of the Year Award in 2004 and
2005 winning the award in 2005. A full-length DVD/CD release, The
Oreo Blue Experience--A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix filmed and recorded
in 2003 was named the #1 Hendrix Tribute in the world by Voodoo Child
Magazine in 2005. Oreo Blue continues to garner accolades from prestigious
publications such as Blues Review, Blues Access, and the Nightflying
Entertainment Guide. In 2007, Stephen added "producer" to his
resume releasing the 8th independent CD by Oreo Blue titled, Oreo
Blue--The Trio. Stephen also was titled, Executive Producer on
the the 2012 release by Oreo Blue titled OB20: Recycling Twenty
Years of Oreo Blue. In 2020, Oreo Blue released a
comprehensive 30th Anniversary package USB/DVD that featured a 2+ hour
live concert video filmed at famed George's Majestic Lounge in
Fayetteville, AR and the USB contained over 800 video, photo and blog
clips covering the three decades of the band. Stephen was a
performer as well as the Producer, Videographer and Designer of the
project which took about 5 months to complete. You can learn more about Oreo Blue at www.oreoblue.com.
Stephen's most recent project since the fall of 2016 is called Honeyjackwww.honeyjackband.com.
Honeyjack is led by songwriter and guitarist, Mark Summerlin who spent a
number of years with the artist SEAL as guitarist and musical director.
Partnered with guitarist, TJ Scarlett, the duo is writing
throwback-style guitar-based songs reminiscent of the 70's and 80's.
The first album "8-Track" was released in early 2017 and was acclaimed
as "Top 30 Rock Album" in America by Rock God CJ Plain.
Stephen’s influences are countless, however primary
ones include Buddy Rich, Stewart Copeland, Max Roach, Vinnie Colaiuta,
Gregg Bissonette, Dave Weckl, Jeff Porcaro, Dennis Chambers, Steve Gadd,
and most recently, Stanton Moore with whom Stephen has taken private
lessons.
Stephen
wins 2005 Ozark Music Award for Porky Hill Memorial Drummer of the
Year
Stephen was
inducted into the Drummers of Arkansas HALL OF FAME in August 2020!
Stephen performs on Mapex Orion Traditional Maple
drums, Vic Firth Sticks, Zildjian Cymbals and Remo heads.
For
private instruction in the Northwest Arkansas Area, you may reach
Stephen through this website or by e-mail at sboudreaux@arkansas.net.
Serious inquires only, please.
Favorite quote from our reviews: May 26th, 2003--I
thought that the show was extremely well done. In the true spirit of a
tribute, your love of the music shined through without any semblance of
attempting an actual recreation, like the Elvis-impersonator syndrome.
Gary was fantastic -I love his solo instrumental- [Brian's] interplay
was dead-on, Rod was exactly in the groove, but Stephen (it is Stephen,
right?) was driving the M-F'in bus. It's a testament to a badass band
when two front guys are tearing it up and I can't stop listening to the
drummer's right foot. Holy s***, he was the right foot of God on that
sound system, and I ain't blowin' wind up yer skirt!"--Tim Jones
of Porter Entertainment, Little Rock, Arkansas