Keio Stroud

Keio Stroud - photo by George Burrows

Keio Stroud

Big & Rich

Keio Stroud

Big & Rich

Overview

Currently touring with Big and Rich and playing sessions in Nashville, Stroud has had an impressive and diverse career drumming for some of Nashville’s most successful and well-respected artists, producers and musicians including the following:


Rodney Crowell, Richard Marx, Jake Owen, Deana Carter, Little Big Town, Hank Williams Jr, Emmylou Harris, Keith Urban, Hank Williams jr, Roseanne Cash, Lee Brice, Taj Mahal, The Nashville Star television show, Jason Aldean, Tiffany, Tommy Simms, Kip Moore, Buddy Miller, Keb' Mo’, Randy Houser, Guy Clark, Micky Gilley, The Randy Rogers Band, Jamie O’Neal, Thompson Square, Leroy Parnell, Stoney LaRue, Peter Collins, Chely Wright, Booker T. Jones, Brian Setzer, Florida Georgia Line, Lee Brice, Terri Clark, Sarah Buxton, Frankie Ballard, Ray Scott, Halfway to Hazard, Jedd Hughes, The Wooten Brothers, Chuck Wicks, Will Kimbrough, Al Anderson, Gary Nicholson, Chad Warrix, Laura Bell Bundy, Mike Farris, John Popper, Keith Anderson, Beth Neilson Chapman, The Lost Trailers, Trent Willmon, Mark Mcguin, Wade Hayes, Joey DeGraw, Amy Dalley, Jermaine Jackson, Blue County, Victoria Shaw, Gretchen Wilson, Dee Snyder, Jason Meadows, Dean Dillon, Craig Wayne Boyd, Arlis Albritton, Ty Herndon, Jimmy Wayne, Chris DeStefano, Josh Gracin, Jaron and The Long Road To Love, Buxton Hughes, and many others.


Featured recordings Keio Stroud has appeared on:
“Let Us Be Americana - The Music of Paul McCartney” - various artists

“Blues Americana” - Keb’ Mo’ (Grammy Nominated)
“Sunday Night Shout!” - Mike Farris
“Prism” - Beth Nielsen Chapman
“I Saw the Light” (Hank Williams movie) - various artists 

Rodney Crowell various recordings
“TajMo”- Taj Mahal and Keb Mo’ (Grammy award winner)

“Oklahoma”- Keb Mo (Grammy award winner)

 

Equipment Configuration 1

Crystal Beat

Ruby Read (with custom silver sparkle stripe)

 

22x16 bass drum x2

10x7 concert tom

12x8 concert tom

13x9 concert tom

16x15 concert floor tom

18x16 concert floor tom

14x13 concert floor tom

14x6.5 Reference Brass snare drum 

Equipment Configuration 2

Masters Maple Reserve

Custom Black and White

 

26x10 bass drum x2

10x8 concert tom

13x11 tom

16x14 floor tom

14x10 snare drum