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He is a multi-instrumentalist and drummer born in Dallas,
Texas. His first musical
studies came at the age of three when he took tap dancing and voice classes
and this would be followed with violin lessons which would prove useful
when he was enrolled in the school orchestra. When he was ten he won a ukulele competition and when he
was eleven he appeared live on television in Dallas. Although becoming a good trumpet
player he decided in high school that he wanted to concentrate on the drums
and this would be his road to success. He studied music at the University of North Texas and becoming
a drummer for Elvis Presley in 1969 he would remain with him until his
death in 1977. He became a
member of the Jerry Garcia tour band before becoming a long-term member of
Neil Diamond's band from 1981, which was only temporarily halted when he
had a heart attack. Making
over 150 recordings, other acclaimed artists that he has been worked with
are the band Mink DeVille, Elvis Costello, Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, David
Cassidy, England Dan & Jon Ford Coley, The Carpenters, Little Richard, Kenny
Rogers, Stevie Nicks, Tony Sheridan, Billy Joel and Michael McDonald. Today he is still recording and
also appears on the Virtual Elvis tour.
Sources:
- http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Ron_Tutt.html
- http://tonysheridan.com/html/tcb.html
- http://www.neildiamondhomepage.com/band.htm#RT
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