Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 279 - John Wooton (Part 1)

Published: Feb. 3, 2022, 1:51 p.m.

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University of Southern Mississippi Percussion Professor John Wooton stops by to, first, have Pete talk about this podcast (03:00) before getting to Southern Miss, Drumeo, and his marching and drumline activities (06:45), getting the job at Southern Miss, working at the University of Iowa to finish his doctorate, and setting up the steel band program (26:45), being the Institutional Memory at Southern Miss and the importance of \\u201cfunctional theory\\u201d (51:00), and growing up in Louisiana, being gifted a vibraphone, Marty Hurley, Phantom Regiment, and the dangers of playing pick-up basketball at an advanced age (01:00:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2020 film documentary Time (01:24:40).

Links:

John Wooton\\u2019s website

John Wooton\\u2019s Southern Miss page

Josanne Francis on the podcast

Tony Miceli

Tom Davis, percussionist

Dr. Tom Davis, basketball coach

Southern Miss Steel Pan Orchestra (SoMiSPO)

John Wooton on Drumeo

\\u201cRight Place Wrong Time\\u201d - Dr. John

\\u201cBeer Barrel Polka\\u201d - Frank Yankovic

Marty Hurley

Buddy Rich on the Muppet Show

Robert Schietroma

Dick Schory

Gary Burton

Ney Rosauro

Sherman Hong

Dan Moore

Paul Price

Ellie Mannette

\\u201cYellow After the Rain\\u201d - Mitchell Peters

\\u201cTwo Mexican Dances\\u201d - Gordon Stout

John W. Parks IV on the podcast

Troy Breaux

1989 Phantom Regiment DCI Show

Raves:

Time (2020) trailer

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