Michael Jerome Moore, known as Michael Jerome is an American rock musician and drummer. He is a former member of the

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(1990–91), Course of Empire (1994–1998), and James Hall's band Pleasure Club, which was formed in 2002. He was a member of the Saginaw, Texas band Pop Poppins, a metroplex cult follow. He played on

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's 2004 release ''

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'', and has also toured or recorded with Blind Boys of Alabama,

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, Anna Egge, Tom Freund and many others. Jerome is double-jointed and ambidextrous. Jerome joined the

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-based band

Better Than Ezra Better Than Ezra is an American alternative rock band based in New Orleans, Louisiana, and signed with The End Records. The band formed in 1988 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and consists of Kevin Griffin (vocals and guitar), Tom Drummond (bass ...

in 2009, following the departure of the band's drummer of 13 years,

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, who had amicably left Better Than Ezra in February 2009 in order to tour full-time with Sugarland. Better Than Ezra's 2009 album, '' Paper Empire'', marked Jerome's recording debut with the band. Richard Thompson Electric Trio, Towersey 2018

Richard Thompson Electric Trio, Towersey 2018

He has also toured with Richard Thompson and John Cale. He recorded four albums with Cale – '' blackAcetate'' (2005), '' Circus Live'' (2007), ''

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'' (2011) and ''

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'' (2012). Michael Jerome is co-founder of the trio Halls Of The Machine. Mike Graff (guitars) and Van Eric Martin (piano) are the fellow musicians. Their first album is titled "Atmospheres For Lovers And Sleepers" and was released in 2001. Their second album "Calling All Tribal Dignitaries" will be released in 2017. In 2015 the song "Bono X" of Halls Of The Machine was officially released worldwide on the Compilation "I.C. - Independent Celebration, Vol. 1" from the German label "Birdstone Records". Jerome is a

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fan and resides in

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Discography

;With

*'' Paper Empire'' (2009) *'' All Together Now'' (2014) ;With

The Blind Boys of Alabama The Blind Boys of Alabama, also billed as The Five Blind Boys of Alabama, and Clarence Fountain and the Blind Boys of Alabama, is an American Gospel music, gospel group. The group was founded in 1939 in Talladega, Alabama, and has featured a ch ...

*''Spirit of the Century'' (2001) *'' Go Tell It on the Mountain'' (2003) *''

Atom Bomb A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions ( thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion. Both bomb ...

'' (2005) ;With

*'' blackAcetate'' (2005) *'' Circus Live'' (2007) *''

'' (2011) *''

'' (2012) ;With Course of Empire *''

Initiation Initiation is a rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society. It could also be a formal admission to adulthood in a community or one of its formal components. In an extended sense, it can also signify a transformation ...

'' (1994) *''

Telepathic Last Words Telepathy () is the purported vicarious transmission of information from one person's mind to another's without using any known human sensory channels or physical interaction. The term was first coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Frederic ...

'' (1998) ;With Robin Danar *''Altered States'' (2008) ;With Ana Egge *''Road to My Love'' (2009) ;With Nina Ferraro *''The Promise'' (2010) ;With

Tom Freund Tom Freund (born August 28, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Freund's music consists of elements of folk rock, americana and alternative rock. Freund met Ben Harper when he was attending Pitzer College in Clare ...

*''Fit to Screen'' (2009) ;With

Holmes Holmes may refer to: Name * Holmes (surname) * Holmes (given name) * Baron Holmes, noble title created twice in the Peerage of Ireland * Chris Holmes, Baron Holmes of Richmond (born 1971), British former swimmer and life peer Places In the Uni ...

*''Complication Simplified'' (2012) ;With Steve Forbert *''Over with You'' (2012) ;With Alyssa Graham *''The Lock, Stock, and Soul'' (2011) ;With k.d. lang *''Recollection'' (2010) ;With Sara Lov *''The Young Eyes'' (2008) *''Seasoned Eyes Were Beaming'' (2009) ;With

Shelby Lynne Shelby Lynne (born Shelby Lynn Moorer, October 22, 1968) is an American singer and songwriter and the older sister of singer-songwriter Allison Moorer. The success of her pop rock album '' I Am Shelby Lynne'' (1999) led to her winning the Grammy ...

*''Thanks'' (2013) ;With

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*''

Maestro Maestro (; from the Italian '' maestro'' , meaning "master" or "teacher") is an honorific title of respect (plural: maestros or maestri). The term is most commonly used in the context of Western classical music and opera, in line with the ubiqu ...

'' (2008) ;With Meiko *'' Meiko'' (2008) ;With

*'' One Night in America'' (2001) *''

'' (2004) ;With

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*''Can You Hear Me'' (2008) ;With

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*''Love Don't Make You Juliet'' (2009) ;With Pleasure Club *''Here Comes the Trick'' (2002) *''The Fugitive Kind'' (2004) ;With Bill Purdy *''Move My Way'' (2008) ;With

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*''Deer in the Night'' (2009) ;With Pop Poppins *''The Other Lover'' (1990) *''Delight in Disorder'' (1991) *''Live at the Hop'' (1992) *''Epitome of Simplicity'' (1992) *''Pop Poppins'' (1993) *''Non-Pop Specific'' (1996) ;With Richard Thompson *''

Semi-Detached Mock Tudor ''Semi-Detached Mock Tudor'' is a live album by Richard Thompson Beginning with the '' Live at Crawley'' album in 1995, Richard Thompson had begun issuing high-quality, officially sanctioned live recordings as an alternative to bootleg record ...

'' (2002) *''

1000 Years of Popular Music ''1000 Years of Popular Music'' is a 2003 live album by Richard Thompson. The album was originally conceived after Richard Thompson, along with many other artists, was asked by ''Playboy'' magazine to nominate his choice of the best songs of th ...

'' (2003) *''

The Old Kit Bag __NOTOC__ ''The Old Kit Bag'' is the eleventh studio album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Richard Thompson, released in 2003 on the Cooking Vinyl label. Background The title refers to the World War I marching song "Pack Up Your T ...

'' (2003) *''

Sweet Warrior ''Sweet Warrior'' is the thirteenth studio album by Richard Thompson, released in 2007. Thompson financed the recording of this album himself and then licensed the finished album to various labels for distribution. On its release, ''Sweet War ...

'' (2007) *''

Live Warrior __NOTOC__ ''Live Warrior'' is a live album by Richard Thompson recorded during the 2007 tours of the UK and United States to support the '' Sweet Warrior'' album. It is released on Thompson's boutique Beeswing label. The album's track selection ...

'' (2009) *'' Dream Attic'' (2010) *''

Electric Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by ...

'' (2013) *''

Still A still is an apparatus used to distill liquid mixtures by heating to selectively boil and then cooling to condense the vapor. A still uses the same concepts as a basic distillation apparatus, but on a much larger scale. Stills have been use ...

'' (2015) *''

13 Rivers ''13 Rivers'' is the eighteenth solo studio album by British singer/songwriter Richard Thompson. It was released on 14 September 2018 by New West Records in the US and by Proper in the UK. Background ''13 Rivers'' was written after a period of ...

'' (2018) ;With

Ben Ottewell Benjamin Joseph Ottewell (born 23 June 1976) is an English singer-songwriter. He is one of the three lead singers of the English indie rock band Gomez. He was the recipient of the Mercury Music Award Prize in 1998, and is well known for his "d ...

*''Shapes & Shadows'' (2011) ;With

Wavves Wavves is an American rock band based in San Diego, California. Formed in 2008 by singer-songwriter Nathan Williams (born June 12, 1986), the band also features Alex Gates (guitar, backing vocals), Stephen Pope (bass guitar, backing vocals) a ...

*'' Afraid of Heights'' (2013) ;With

* "Dig a Hole" / "I Hope You Die" (1991)

Compilation appearances

* ''I. C. Independent Celebration, Vol. 1'' (2015, Birdstone Records) (with Halls Of The Machine: song: "Bono X" (full version on CD; edited version on vinyl)

References

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