Mario Calire is an American drummer, based in Los Angeles, known for his affiliations with
The Wallflowers
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and
Ozomatli
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and his wide-ranging freelance work.
A native of
Buffalo, New York
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, Calire moved to California when his father, the keyboard and saxophone player Jimmy Calire, had a gig with the band
America
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. Calire and his two brothers were raised in the
bohemian
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Ojai Valley by his father and artist mother.
Calire studied jazz and world music at the
California Institute of the Arts
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. He played frequently around Los Angeles, joining The Wallflowers in 1995 and remaining during the band’s peak years, during which time the band won the
Grammy Awards
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for
Best Rock Song
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and
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group for the song "
One Headlight
"One Headlight" is a song by American rock band the Wallflowers. The song was written by lead singer Jakob Dylan, and produced by T-Bone Burnett. It was released in January 1997 as the second single from the band's second studio album, ''Bringing ...
".
In 2003, Calire joined Los Angeles Latin band
Ozomatli
Ozomatli is an American rock band, formed in 1995 in Los Angeles. They are known both for their vocal activist viewpoints and incorporating a wide array of musical styles – including salsa, jazz, funk, reggae, hip hop, and others. The group ...
.
The album, ''
Street Signs
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'', won two Grammys and fueled a career resurgence bolstered by the band's live shows. During Calire's ten-years with the bad, Ozomatli toured throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, Burma, Mongolia, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Lithuania and India. After an amicable split with Ozomatli, Calire began playing with The Wallflowers again as they toured in support of their 2012 record, "
Glad All Over
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Overview
"Glad All Over" featured Smith leading unison group vocals, often in call and response style, a saxophone line used not for solo decor ...
". He has since worked as a freelance drummer with artists like
Rickie Lee Jones
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,
Liz Phair
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,
Nikka Costa
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Early l ...
,
Brett Dennen
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Early life
Dennen grew up in Central Valley, California in a s ...
, and
Pat Green
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.
He is the brother of the animation director,
Jamie Caliri Jamie Caliri (born February 22, 1970 in Buffalo, New York) is an American director, known primarily for music videos, television commercials and title sequences.
Between 1988 and 1992, he studied film, design, and animation at the California Insti ...
.
Discography
*1999 Smooth Sailin' - Marty Grebb - drums
*2000 Blues for a Rotten Afternoon - Various Artists - drums
*2001 Big Slow Mover - Phil Cody - performer
*2001
The Ballad of Liverpool Slim
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Jackie Lomax
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- drums
*2001 I Am Sam
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- Original Soundtrack - drums
*2002 I Am Sam
apanese Bonus Tracks- Original Soundtrack - drums
*2002 I Am Sam - Original Soundtrack - drums
*2002 Red Letter Days - The Wallflowers - drums, backing vocals, group member
*2002 Trampoline Records Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 - Various Artists - cymbals, drums
*2003 Broken Promises - Rusty Truck - drums
*2003 Coming Up
P- Ozomatli - drums
*2003 Evening of My Best Day - Rickie Lee Jones - drums
*2003 Liz Phair
lean
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- Liz Phair - drums
*2003 Liz Phair - Liz Phair - drums
*2003 Trampoline Records Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 - Various Artists - drums
*2004 Everything I've Got in My Pocket - Minnie Driver - drums
*2004
Street Signs
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- Ozomatli - drums, group member
*2005 Concord Picante 25th Anniversary Collection - Various Artists - drums
*2005 Look at All the Love We Found: A Tribute to Sublime - Various Artists - drums
*2005 Here Comes Memory - Tom Langford - drums
*2005 Over/Time
P- Ted Lennon - drums
*2005 Live At The Fillmore - Ozomatli - drums
*2006 Here Comes Memory - Tom Langford - drums
*2006 So Much More -Brett Dennen - drums
*2007 Don't Mess with the Dragon - Ozomatli - drums, group member
*2007 Jessica Callahan - Jessica Callahan - drums
*2007 SXSW Live 2007 - Various Artists - Drums
*2008 Luck's Changing Lanes - Rusty Truck - drums
*2009 Collected: 1996–2005 - The Wallflowers - drums
*2010 Fire Away - Ozomatli - drums, group member
*2012 Ozokidz - Ozomatli - drums, group member
*2014 Place In the Sun - Ozomatli - drums
References
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1974 births
Living people
American rock drummers
The Wallflowers members
20th-century American drummers
American male drummers
21st-century American drummers
Grammy Award winners