Jul 30, 2021
Born in 1956 in New Haven,
Connecticut, Mickey took up drums when he was 11 and played with
local bands.
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His early inspirations ranged
from Ringo Starr and John Bonham through to Chicago’s Danny
Seraphine and - under the influence of his older brothers - the
classic R’n’B of Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding and James
Brown.
Mickey got serious about drums
from the age of 13 when he and two of his brothers formed a school
band called The Rack. Later, Mickey went to a state school for
music, but the academic route was not for him and he left early to
play in bands.
When he was 17 he joined the
Scratch Band in Connecticut where he first gained recording
experience. Next Mickey started to make the two hour train journey
into Manhattan and eventually joined a band called Tom Dicky and
the Desires. They were managed by music mogul Tommy Mottola who
also managed Hall and Oates - big news in the early
1980s.
Impressed by Mickey, Mottola
asked him to record Hall and Oates’ new album ‘Private Eyes’.
Around the same time Mickey met top producer Bob Clearmountain
who’d just found a new singer called Bryan Adams. Within months
Mickey had recorded Adams’ second album ‘You Want It You Got
It’.
Next thing Mickey’s out on tour
with Hall and Oates. All this was in 1981 when Mickey was 25. This
was his big-break year and he’s never really looked back. The calls
started to come in thick and fast - Tom Waits, Cher, Tina Turner,
Los Lobos.
Mickey worked with Hall and Oates
through till 1986, since then he’s been Bryan Adams’ regular
drummer. He says “I get to sound more like me on Bryan’s records
than on anyone else’s”.
He’s also had considerable
success recording and touring with The Cult. He played on their
1989 album ‘Sonic Temple’ which sold three million.
During the period he was playing
with Hall & Oates, Curry met producer Bob Clearmountain, who had
recently begun working with a young Bryan Adams, and appeared on
Adams' second album, You Want It You Got It. His appearance on
nearly all of Adams' subsequent albums coincided with his rise to
prominence. Following his stint with Hall & Oates, Curry began
touring full time with Adams, a collaboration that continues to
this day.
Other notable sessions have been
with Alice Cooper, Stevie Winwood, David Bowie, Elvis Costello,
Carly Simon, T-Bone Burnett and Richard Thompson.
Some Things That Came
Up:
-Recording with Hall and Oates
and touring with Bryan Adams at age 25
-Working with Mutt and
Bob
-Playing Yamaha since
1982
-Mickey would love to just play
in the studio everyday
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