About

Born in South Louisiana, Tracy was influenced by a musical "jambalaya" of Cajun, Zydeco, Blues, Jazz, R&B, Funk and Country. His whole family played music and at an early age, Tracy was sneaking into his brothers' rehearsals and gigs. At the age of ten, he was sitting in with local bands.

Tracy was a member of the marching, symphonic and concert bands at Acadiana High School in Scott, Louisiana, and was also a District Honor Band member. In his sophomore year at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, he joined a local band, City Limits. He earned his Liberal Arts degree in Public Relations and began touring regionally. The band was a national finalist in the True Value/Jimmy Dean Country Showdown in 1994. The finals took place at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and that's when Tracy realized Nashville was the place to be. After a European tour with Grammy-nominated band Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys and a brief tour with the late Amie Comeaux, he took the next step in his career and moved to Nashville in August 1996. He was a member of the R&B Funk Dance band, The Groove Addiction, which was the house band for the Nashville Predators' inaugural season in 1998-99.

Since then, Tracy has toured with Mila Mason, Shane Minor (opening for Shania Twain), Craig Morgan, Rebecca Lynn Howard and Doug Stone. His first Tonight Show appearance was with Cyndi Thomson in October 2001, and within four months, appeared again with Grammy-nominated artist, Jamie O'Neal. Tracy toured the rest of 2002 with Jamie O'Neal opening for Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and Kenny Chesney. That year also included a USO tour of Europe and the Mediterranean. Another highlight was a CMT appearance with Jamie O'Neal and Michael McDonald, performing a song from the Mel Gibson movie, "We Were Soldiers".

Currently, Tracy is entering his eighth year touring with Blake Shelton. Blake has sold over 3.5 million albums and racked up eight #1 singles. After completing a headlining tour this spring, "The Blake Show" will be joining the Brad Paisley H20 II: Wilder and Wetter tour this summer with more headlining shows to follow in the fall.

Tracy’s television appearances with Blake include the CMA Awards, ACM Awards, Blake Shelton Live: It's All About Tonight, DirecTV's The 101 Concert Special, CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock, Good Morning America, The Early Show, Fox and Friends, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Grand Ole Opry Live. You can also check out Tracy on Blake's AOL Sessions.

In 2009, Tracy placed fifth in Modern Drummers’ Readers Poll in the Country category. He is also staying busy with RoadDawg Online, a website all about touring drummers. RoadDawg Online is your all-access pass with interviews, roundtable discussions, product reviews, set-ups and columns from the pros.

Discography

Drumhead Setup

Snare - black Hi-Velocity
Toms - black coated Response 2 on top, Classic Clear on bottom
Bass Drum - black coated Response 2 on the batter, Regulator small hole on the resonant side

Artist Quote

Aquarian drumheads are the most consistent, durable and the best sounding heads on the market. I bought my first set of Aquarians ten years ago and haven't played anything else since. I don't know if this is good or bad but I have kept the same tom heads on for 9 months one time and they still sounded great every show! Mr. Roy Burns is an amazing man and Chris Brady in Artist Relations is top notch.

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