Jerry Marotta

Jerome David Marotta (born February 6, 1956, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American drummer who resides in Woodstock, New York. He is the younger brother of Rick Marotta, who is also a drummer and composer.

Career

Marotta was a member of the bands Arthur, Hurley & Gottlieb (1973–75), Orleans (1976–77 & 1982), Peter Gabriel's band (1977–86), Hall & Oates (1979–81), the Indigo Girls' touring band (1992–97), Stackridge (2011), Sevendys (2010–present) and The Tony Levin Band (1995 to 2017). He has also played with Phil Keaggy and Tony Levin.

Marotta also played drums on Stevie Nicks and Mike Campbell's song "Whole Lotta Trouble" from Nicks' 1989 album '' The Other Side of the Mirror''. He has also performed on albums by Ani DiFranco, Sarah McLachlan, Marshall Crenshaw, The Dream Academy, Pino Daniele, Suzanne Vega, Carlene Carter, John Mayer, Iggy Pop, Tears for Fears, Elvis Costello, Cher, Paul McCartney, Carly Simon, Lawrence Gowan, Ron Sexsmith, Banda do Casaco, Joan Armatrading and many others. Other notable musicians he has played with on various projects are Eric Johnson, Todd Rundgren and Phil Keaggy.

In addition to his work as a studio and stage drummer, he is a singer, composer and record producer. In 1996 he produced Ellis Paul's ''A Carnival of Voices''.FAME (Folk & Music Exchange) Website
Retrieved March 10, 2007. He is currently touring with The Security Project. Marotta currently lives in Woodstock, New York with his wife where he manages Dreamland Recording Studios.

Discography

With Orleans

* '' Waking and Dreaming''
* ''Orleans'' (1980 album)
* ''One of a Kind''
* ''We're Still Having Fun: The Best of Orleans''

With

Peter Gabriel

* '' Peter Gabriel 2 (Scratch)''
* '' Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt)''
* '' Peter Gabriel 4 (Security)''
* ''Plays Live''
* '' Birdy''
* '' So''
* '' Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats''

With Hall and Oates

* ''X-Static''
* '' Voices''
* '' Private Eyes''
* ''Ecstasy on the Edge''

With Indigo Girls

* '' Nomads Indians Saints''
* ''Rites of Passage''
* ''Swamp Ophelia''
* ''1200 Curfews''
* ''Shaming of the Sun''
* '' Come on Now Social''
* ''The Best Of''
* ''Retrospective''

With Tony Levin

* '' World Diary''
* ''From the Caves of the Iron Mountain'' (with Steve Gorn)
* ''Waters of Eden''
* ''Pieces of the Sun''
* ''Double Espresso''
* ''Resonator''

With Stevie Nicks

* '' The Other Side of the Mirror''
* '' Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks''
* '' The Enchanted Works of Stevie Nicks''

With others

* Banda do Casaco "Também Eu" 1982
* Banda do Casaco ''No Jardim da Celeste'' 1980
* Gaye Adegbalola ''Bitter Sweet Blues'' 1999
* Leon Alvarado with Trey Gunn ''2014 Music from an Expanded Universe'' 2014
* Amy & Leslie ''Take Me Home'' 1994
* Joan Armatrading '' Walk Under Ladders'' 1981
* Joan Armatrading '' The Key'' 1983
* Joy Askew ''Tender City'' 1996
* Lou Ann Barton ''Forbidden Tones'' 1986
* Pino Daniele Bonne soirée 1987
* Jimmy Barnes ''Freight Train Heart'' 1987
* Jenny Bird ''Into Stars'' 2000
* Mary Black '' Shine'' 1997
* Rory Block ''Mama's Blues'' 1992
* Rory Block ''Ain't I a Woman'' 1992
* Rory Block ''Angel of Mercy'' 1994
* Rory Block ''Tornado'' 1996
* Rory Block ''Confessions of a Blues Singer'' 1996
* Michael Franks ''Time Together'' 2011
* The Blue Airplanes ''Beatsongs'' 1991
* Chris Botti ''First Wish'' 1995
* Chris Botti ''Midnight Without You'' 1997
* Chris Botti '' Slowing Down the World'' 1999
* David Bradstreet ''David Bradstreet'' 1976
* Cindy Bullens ''Desire Wire'' 1978
* Sheryl Crow ''The Globe Sessions'' 1998
* T-Bone Burnett ''Proof Through the Night'' 1983
* Carlene Carter ''Two Sides to Every Woman'' 1979
* Peter Case ''Peter Case'' 1986
* Beth Nielsen Chapman '' Look'' 2005
* Cher ''Cher'' 1987
* Marc Cohn ''Marc Cohn'' 1991
* Elvis Costello '' Spike'' 1989
* Marshall Crenshaw ''Downtown'' 1985
* Paul D'Adamo ''Rawfully Organic'' 2015
* Jim Dawson ''Elephants in the Rain'' 1975
* Ani DiFranco ''Little Plastic Castle'' 1998
* The Dream Academy ''Remembrance Days'' 1987
* Robbie Dupree ''Carried Away'' 1987
* Robbie Dupree ''Walking on Water'' 1993
* Cliff Eberheart ''Now You Are My Home'' 1993
* Linda Eder ''It's Time'' 1997
* Linda Eder ''Broadway My Way'' 2003
* The Explorers ''The Explorers'' 1983
* The Explorers ''Crack the Whip'' 1985
* The Explorers ''Up in Smoke'' 1989
* Ferron ''Phantom Center'' 1995
* Holly Figueroa ''How It Is'' 2002
* Bruce Foster ''After the Show'' 1977
* Free Beer ''Highway Robbery'' 1976
* Sarah Fimm ''White Birds'' 2008
* Sarah Fimm ''Red Yellow Sun'' 2009
* Tim Finn ''Tim Finn'' 1989
* The Fragile Fate ''Lilliam Ocean'' 2015
* Robert Fripp '' Exposure'' 1979
* Mitchell Froom ''Dopamine'' 1998
* Bill Gable ''There Were Signs'' 1989
* Lisa Germano '' Slide'' 1998
* Pamela Golden ''Happens All the Time'' 1991
* Lawrence Gowan ''Strange Animal'' 1985
* Lawrence Gowan '' Lost Brotherhood'' 1990
* Gowan ''But You Can Call Me Larry'' 1993
* Grey Eye Glances ''A Little Voodoo'' 2001
* Nanci Griffith '' Flyer'' 1994
* Kristen Hall ''Be Careful What You Wish For'' 1994
* The Hellboys ''Cha Cha with the Hellboys'' 2004
* Sarah Hickman ''Necessary Angels'' 1994
* Courtney Jaye '' Traveling Light'' 2005
* Eric Johnson '' Tones'' 1986
* Barbara Kessler ''Notion'' 1996
* RK: Roman Klun ''Kingsway'' 2008
* The Korgis ''Sticky George'' 1981
* Mark Kostabi ''The Spectre of Modernism'' 2011
* Latin Playboys ''Dose'' 1999
* Los Lobos '' The Neighborhood'' 1990
* Jennifer Maidman ''Dreamland'' 2017
* Martha and the Muffins '' The World is a Ball'' 1985
* Eric Martin ''Eric Martin'' 1985
* Flav Martin & Jerry Marotta ''Soul Redemption'' 2018
* John Mayer ''Room for Squares'' 2001
* Kate McDonnell ''Don't Get Me Started'' 2001
* Kate McDonnell ''Ballad of a Bad Girl'' 2021
* Maria McKee ''Maria Mckee'' 1989
* Sarah McLachlan ''Fumbling Towards Ecstasy'' 1993
* Sarah McLachlan ''Afterglow'' 2003
* Pat McLaughlin ''Pat McLaughlin'' 1988
* Rhett Miller ''The Dreamer'' 2012
* The Murmurs '' Pristine Smut'' 1997
* The Murmurs ''Blender'' 1998
* Sarah Nagourney ''Realm of My Senses'' 1995
* Jeb Loy Nichols '' Lovers Knot'' 1997
* Tom Pacheco ''There Was a Time'' 2002
* Richard Page ''Shelter Me'' 1996
* The Passage Project ''That Ill Note'' 2008
* Ellis Paul ''A Carnival of Voices'' 1996
* Ellis Paul ''Translucent Soul'' 1998
* Tom Paxton & Anne Hills ''Under American Skies'' 2001
* Peter Primamore ''Grancia'' 2008
* Phil Keaggy Tony Levin & Jerry Marotta ''The Bucket List'' 2019
* Axell Red ''Un Coeur Comme Le Mien'' 2011
* Happy Rhodes '' Building the Colossus'' 1994
* Happy Rhodes ''Many Worlds Are Born Tonight'' 1998
* Steev Richter ''Beloved'' 2016
* Leslie Ritter ''In the Silence'' 1998
* Leslie Ritter & Scott Petito ''Circles in the Sand'' 2001
* Robbie Robertson '' Storyville'' 1991
* Diane Scanlon ''Again'' 2017
* John Sebastian ''Ron Sexsmith'' 1995
* Ron Sexsmith '' Other Songs'' 1997
* Jules Shear ''Healing Bones'' 1994
* Vonda Shepard '' By 7:30'' 1999
* Vonda Shepard ''Chinatown'' 2002
* Michelle Shocked '' Arkansas Traveler'' 1992
* Ellen Shipley ''Ellen Shipley'' 1979
* Carly Simon ''Torch'' 1981
* Sister Red ''Sister Red'' 1991
* Rick Springfield ''Hard to Hold'' 1984
* Syd Straw ''Surprise'' 1989
* Tasmin Archer '' Bloom'' 1996
* Paul McCartney ''Press to Play'' 1986
* Sun Palace ''Give Me a Perfect World'' 2005
* David Sylvian and Robert Fripp ''The First Day'' 1993
* David Sylvian ''Everything and Nothing'' 2000
* Scott Tarulli ''Anywhere, Anytime'' 2012
* Tears for Fears ''Songs from the Big Chair'' 1985
* 10,000 Maniacs ''Few and Far Between'' (single) 1993
* 10,000 Maniacs ''MTV Unplugged'' 1994
* Mia Doi Todd '' The Golden State'' 2002
* Artie Traum ''South of Lafayette'' 2002
* Pierce Turner ''Now Is Heaven'' 1993
* Bonnie Tyler '' Hide Your Heart'' 1988
* Various Artists '' Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen'' 1995
* Various Artists ''Spider-Man: Rock Reflections...'' 1975
* Various Artists ''Roundup Records CD Sampler'' 1994
* Various Artists '' VH1 Storytellers'' 2001
* Various Artists ''Boys on the Side'' 1995
* Various Artists ''Caught'' 1996
* Various Artists '' Dead Man Walking'' 1996
* Various Artists ''Practical Magic'' 1998
* Various Artists ''Me, Myself & Irene'' 2000
* Suzanne Vega '' 99.9F°'' 1992
* Suzanne Vega '' Nine Objects of Desire'' 1996
* Suzanne Vega ''Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega'' 2003
* Suzanne Vega ''Retrospective: Deluxe Sound and Vision'' 2004
* Vitamin Z ''Rites of Passage'' 1984
* Robert Burke Warren ''Lazyeye'' 2004
* Fee Waybill ''Read My Lips'' 1984
* Johnny Warman ''Walking into Mirrors'' 1981
* Dan Zanes ''Cool Down Time'' 1995
* Dan Zanes ''Night Time!'' 2002
* Hector Zazou ''Chansons des mers froides'' 1995
* Michael Zenter ''Playtime'' 1995
* Diane Zeigler ''Sting of the Honeybee'' 1995

References

External links

Jerry Marotta Website

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1956 births
Living people
Record producers from Ohio
Musicians from Cleveland
Indigo Girls members
American people of Italian descent
Hall & Oates members
Orleans (band) members
American rock drummers
American session musicians
20th-century American drummers
American male drummers