Greg

Drums

Greg Whitmire — Drummer Greg Whitmire is a Houston-based drummer with a career spanning four decades of live performance, recording, and touring. He began playing drums at age six and quickly developed a deep foundation rooted in classic rock, hard rock, and groove-driven music. After relocating to Houston in 1978, Whitmire became an active presence in the regional music scene throughout the 1980s and 1990s, performing with numerous bands including The Dawn East Band, Legend, Premiere, The Barbara Pennington Band, Big Holiday, Blackboard and Chalk, and De Holley. In 1995, Big Holiday won a Ticketmaster-sponsored tour across Texas, performing at notable venues in Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio. Greg has performed on Slingerland, Pearl, Sonor, Gretsch, Ludwig, Tama, and Yamaha drum kits and is known for his solid time, musical restraint, and powerful live presence. He also has several pairs of sunglasses. In recent years, he co-founded Phenix Comes Alive. With Sullivan and Curd, he was a point man in putting the Texas version of "Ghosts" together. Of Greg, Curd says, "Greg pushes us when we slow up, pulls us back when we get ahead of him, holds a pocket together like nobody else, and what's even more, he's just a damn good friend". "He needs some blue sunglasses though".