The Zack Albetta Interview

Drummer for the Ain't Too Proud National Tour and Host of Working Drummer Podcast

Based in Atlanta, Zack is currently on the national tour of the hit Broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud: The Life & Times of the Temptations and is also the co-host of Working Drummer Podcast. Over his 20-year career, Zack has played many musical roles and built a reputation as a tasteful craftsman behind the drums.

His professional path began on the rich and vibrant jazz scene in Kansas City where he attended graduate school. He then spent five years freelancing in Los Angeles, playing frequently with organist Ty Bailie, vibraphonist Nick Mancini, and performing as a staff musician at Disneyland.

He has called Atlanta home since 2016, where highlights have included Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics, The ATL Collective, and session work in his home studio.

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Clayton Craddock hosts the Broadway Drumming 101 Podcast and has held the drum chair in several hit broadway and off-broadway musicals, including Tick, tick…BOOM!, Altar Boyz, Memphis The Musical, Lady Day At Emerson's Bar and Grill and Ain’t Too Proud. He has been a sub drummer on Motown, The Color Purple, Rent, Little Shop of Horrors, Spongebob Squarepants-The Musical, Evita, Cats, Avenue Q, and The Big Apple Circus. The next project he’s working on is The Hippest Trip – The Soul Train Musical.

Clayton has performed on various TV shows, including Good Morning America, The Colbert Report, The View, The Jimmy Fallon Show, The CBS Early Show, the Today Show, and the 2010 and 2019 TONY Awards at Radio City. He’s shared the stage with legends such as The Stylistics, Denise Williams, Chuck Berry, and Ben E. King and was in the Netflix DWYCK episode of Luke Cage with the Delfonics and the HBO version of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill.

Clayton is a proud endorser of Ahead Drum Cases, Paiste Cymbals, Innovative Percussion drumsticks, and Empire Ears.