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Steve Jordan
Jordan in 2006
Background information
Born	(1957-01-14)January 14, 1957 (age 68) New York City, U.S.
Genres	Rock pop R&B
Occupations	Musician producer songwriter
Instruments	Drums percussion
Years active	1978–present
Labels	Virgin JVC Victor
Member of	The Rolling Stones
Formerly of	Saturday Night Live Band the Blues Brothers Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band Keith Richards/X-pensive Winos John Mayer Trio

Steve Jordan (born January 14, 1957) is an American musical director, producer, songwriter, and musician. Currently, he is the drummer forthe Rolling Stones. During the 1970s and 1980s, he was a member of the bands for the television showsSaturday Night Live andLate Night with David Letterman.^[1]

In the early 1980s, Jordan was a member of the band Eyewitness, along with bandleaderSteve Khan on guitar,Anthony Jackson on bass, andManolo Badrena on percussion. Since the mid-1980s, Jordan has also been a member of theX-Pensive Winos, the side project ofThe Rolling Stones^[2] guitaristKeith Richards. Jordan and Richards have been production and songwriting partners on many of Richards's solo works. In 2005, he became a member of theJohn Mayer Trio.^[3] Jordan also formed the band The Verbs, which he fronts, with his wife Meegan Voss.^[4] On August 5, 2021, it was reported thatCharlie Watts had elected to sit out the resumption of the USNo Filter Tour due to a heart procedure surgery and that Jordan would temporarily replace him on drums.^[5] Following Watts' death, he has played with the Stones both live and in studio.^[6]

Jordan attended New York City'sHigh School of Music and Art, graduating in 1974.

Jordan was a teenager when he became an honorary member ofStevie Wonder's^[7] band WonderLove. He also was a substitute drummer in the bandStuff in 1976 and played withJoe Cocker on his American tour. Later, he played drums for theSaturday Night Live band in the 1970s. WhenJohn Belushi andDan Aykroyd toured asThe Blues Brothers in the late 1970s, Jordan was their drummer, and recorded on their resulting albums, credited as Steve "Getdwa" Jordan. He did not, however, appear inthe film of the same name. Jordan also played in the New York 24th Street Band withWill Lee,Clifford Carter, andHiram Bullock, which later becamePaul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band, which played onLate Night with David Letterman from 1982 to 1986.

Jordan, along with fellow Shaffer alumnusAnton Fig, appeared onthe Rolling Stones' 1986 releaseDirty Work, playing percussion, not drums, contrary to rumors.^{[by whom?]}Keith Richards then hired Jordan to play onAretha Franklin'scover of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" for afilm of the same name.^[8]

According to Richards, Jordan kept asking Richards on the plane ride home from the recording session with Franklin in Detroit, to be included in the upcoming documentary byTaylor HackfordHail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll, a tribute toChuck Berry.^[9] Richards had been hoping to includeCharlie Watts in the project but when that proved unfeasible, Jordan was hired and he appeared in many scenes with Berry and Richards.^[10] The success of that project led to Jordan's membership inKeith Richards and the X-pensive Winos, a band that toured and recorded three albums,Talk Is Cheap (1988),Main Offender (1992), andCrosseyed Heart (2015). Jordan co-produced all three albums and is credited with songwriting, along with Richards. One of those collaborations made it onto theBillboard Hot 100 via the Rolling StonesSteel Wheels album version in 1989: "Almost Hear You Sigh" peaked at number 50 (U.S.) and 31 (U.K.) in December of that year.

Jordan formed a band with his wife, Meegan Voss, who fronted the all-girl punk bands the PopTarts and the Antoinettes, and they have toured and recorded under the band name the Verbs. They toured Japan in 2007 in support of their first release,And Now... The Verbs. They followed their debut album withTrip, the next release by Jordan and Voss. As in their previous release, this album featuresTamio Okuda on lead guitars, Pino Palladino on bass and additional classic guitar work byDanny "Kootch" Kortchmar.

Jordan has recorded with such artists asDon Henley,John Mellencamp,Andrés Calamaro,Cat Stevens,Bob Dylan,Sonny Rollins,B.B. King,Stevie Nicks,Sheryl Crow,Neil Young,Donald Fagen,Jon Spencer Blues Explosion,Kelly Clarkson, and many more.^[11] He is featured onJames Taylor's 1998 DVD,Live at the Beacon Theatre.

Jordan is aGrammy Award-winning and nominated producer withRobert Cray's albumTake Your Shoes Off andBuddy Guy'sBring 'Em In, respectively. He has played onAlicia Keys' "If I Ain't Got You" andBruce Springsteen'sDevils and Dust, and he produced the Grammy Award-winningJohn Mayer albumContinuum (2006),^[12]John Scofield'sThat's What I Say,Possibilities byHerbie Hancock, and23rd St. Lullaby andPlay It As It Lays withPatti Scialfa.

Jordan is interviewed on screen, was a musical director, led the house band and appears in performance footage in the 2005 documentary filmMake It Funky!, which presents a history ofNew Orleans music and its influence onrhythm and blues,rock and roll,funk andjazz.^[13][14]

In 2006, Jordan joinedEric Clapton's touring band for Clapton's "European Tour 2006", which included seven sold-out shows at theRoyal Albert Hall. He continued in Clapton's band as they toured North America in 2007.

In 2008, Jordan produced and played percussion on one track forLos Lonely Boys' third album,Forgiven, at East Side Stages in Austin, Texas.

In 2009, Jordan received another Grammy Award nomination - theGrammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, for his work on the soundtrack scoring film for the movieCadillac Records.

In 2013, Jordan produced theBoz Scaggs albumMemphis.

Jordan is a member of theJohn Mayer Trio, ablues rockpower trio that consists of Jordan, on drums and backing vocals, bassistPino Palladino and guitarist-singerJohn Mayer. The group was formed in 2005 by Mayer as a change from his pop-acoustic career. The trio released the recordTry! on November 22, 2005. The 11-track live album includes cover songs, such asJimi Hendrix's "Wait Until Tomorrow", and "I Got a Woman" byRay Charles, two songs from Mayer's releaseHeavier Things, as well as new songs written by Mayer, in addition to three songs written by Jordan, Mayer, and Palladino. They are: "Good Love Is On the Way", "Vultures" and "Try". Jordan and Mayer also produced the album together on theColumbia Records label.

The trio also performed on December 8, 2007, in Los Angeles, California at the L.A. Live Nokia Theatre for the 1st Annual Holiday Charity Revue, which raised funds for various Los Angeles related charities. The DVD/CD release, entitledWhere the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles features Palladino on bass and Jordan on drums.

Jordan would later collaborate with Mayer andCharlie Hunter by writing "In Repair", the 11th track from Mayer's 2006 albumContinuum. Jordan also contributed to Mayer's fourth album,Battle Studies; videos of the conceptual/recording sessions can be viewed on YouTube.

Jordan also belongs to an all-star funk group, that "is redefining the idea of a supergroup." The band consists of Jordan on the drums, Wayne Cobham,Eddie Allen,Clifton Anderson, andClark Gayton on the horn section.Willie Weeks on bass,Mix Master Mike, Isaiah Sharkey, andRay Parker Jr. on guitar.

On August 5, 2021, it was announced that Jordan would replace Rolling Stones drummerCharlie Watts on the Stones' 13-date US tour.^[15] Watts was first sidelined for health problems and died on August 24, 2021, at the age of 80 after a short illness. Keith Richards recounted inhis 2010 autobiography that in the 1980s Watts told him that if he ever wanted to work with another drummer, "Steve Jordan’s your man."^[16][17] Jordan would subsequently perform on the group'sHackney Diamonds album and its tour.

Jordan playsYamaha Drums,Paiste Cymbals and Remo drumheads. He has signature drumsticks fromVic Firth.

Acoustic Drums:Yamaha Maple Custom

• 14" × 6.5" snare drum or a 13" × 6.5" Steve Jordan Signature snare drum
• 20" × 16" bass drum
• 12" × 8" rack tom
• 14" × 14" floor tom

Paiste:

• 17" Signature Traditionals Thin Crash (as hi-hat top)
• 17" Signature Dark Energy Crash (as hi-hat bottom)
• 20" Masters Dark Crash Ride
• 22" Traditionals Light Ride

Drumheads:Jordan endorsesRemo drumheads and uses Coated Vintage A's and Coated Ambassadors on the toms and snares and either a Coated Powerstroke 3 or a Coated Ambassador on the bass drum.

Drumsticks:"Steve's Signature stick is light and long for great touch and sound around the drums and cymbals." In hickory. L = 16 ½"; Dia. = .525" Jordan discussed their use in a video interview for Vic Firth.^[18]

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