<p> ;The beats, the rhythms behind great songs like &#8220;Grease,&#8221; &#8220;December 1963,&#8221; and &#8220;Sherry&#8221; from the legendary Frankie Valli in live concert today are all thanks to the one and only Craig Pilo. ; We met up with Craig recently to find out more about this talented drummer&#8230;.and we definitely learned more. ; We have to place a warning on this interview&#8230;read below:</p>



<p><strong>*Warning* the content here on forward may cause, laughter, may lead to rotfl type, so be sure that the floor is clean and maybe even carpeted. ; </strong></p>



<p><strong>Let&#8217;s get to know the energetic drummer keeping the rhythms in tune for Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. When was the first time you had a drumstick in your hands?</strong></p>



<p>When I was 6, first grade.</p>



<p><strong>Do you come from a musical family?</strong></p>



<p>My dad was a drummer. My mom always told me to stop. She&#8217;d be like &#8216;stop that!&#8217; I would be banging on everything. The drums used to be in the basement so I&#8217;d go down there and I&#8217;d sound terrible *imitates himself going wild on the drums* My mom would come down and flick the lights as my cue and I&#8217;d ignore it. She&#8217;d get mad at me.</p>



<p><strong>Where are you from originally?</strong></p>



<p>Connecticut, right where you are.</p>



<p><strong>How would your friends describe your personality?</strong></p>



<p>Hmm I&#8217;m not sure.</p>



<p><strong>Us: How about class clown?</strong></p>



<p>Craig: Yeah!! Class clown.</p>



<p><strong>When did you start working with Frankie?</strong></p>



<p>I started with Frankie in October of 2005.</p>



<p><strong>How did you find out?</strong></p>



<p>The drummer before me was getting married a year earlier and I subbed for him when he got married. Then later that year he left and they called me.</p>



<p><strong>So they knew you were the one!</strong></p>



<p>I was the best drummer in that price range. hahaha</p>



<p><strong>Who else did you play with?</strong></p>



<p>AC / DC, Led Zepplin, I played along with them on my Ipod. *Laughs* See so I played with them.</p>



<p><strong>Were there any live bands that you played with?</strong></p>



<p>Live bands opposed to dead ones! haha Yeah there have been a few people I have played with.</p>



<p><strong>Which is your favorite song to drum out to with Frankie?</strong></p>



<p>Soundcheck! haha That sound guy that you just met, he&#8217;ll tell me &#8216;Hit the snare drum&#8217;, &#8216;hit that first tom tom&#8217; and I go wild!</p>



<p><strong>I know one of the biggest numbers is &#8220;Oh What a Night.&#8221; Do you like that one?</strong></p>



<p>Yeah!! Yes I do. See she&#8217;s (referring to us) baiting me saying&#8230; &#8220;December 63, that&#8217;s a good song..like drumming to that one??&#8221; Love December 63!</p>



<p><strong>Grease?</strong></p>



<p>Oh man &#8220;Grease&#8221; is great.</p>



<p><strong>You wish you were one of the singers in front.</strong></p>



<p>That&#8217;s the last thing I wish. I don&#8217;t have that kind of voice. I prefer to be heard and not seen. I&#8217;m perfect hiding behind the drums. I&#8217;m very comfortable.</p>



<p><strong>Ok tell me about some solo projects you have going on.</strong></p>



<p>I do have a solo project. I have my own CD. It sold 4 copies. It&#8217;s really selling well. There are 5,000 copies left and I got 5,000 copies made so there are actually 4,996 copies so it&#8217;s a good time to buy it.</p>



<p><strong>Us: So it&#8217;s selling out fast!</strong></p>



<p>Craig: It&#8217;s selling quickly.</p>



<p><strong>Us: Where will you find it?</strong></p>



<p>Craig: Mostly in my closet. You&#8217;ll find them in my closet.</p>



<p><strong>Us: So we have to send the buyers to your house.</strong></p>



<p>Craig: Yeah just send money and I&#8217;ll mail you a CD. No it&#8217;s on CDBaby and it&#8217;s on ITunes. It&#8217;s called &#8220;Just Play.&#8221;</p>



<p><strong>Us: What type of music?</strong></p>



<p>Craig: It&#8217;s jazz fusion, the 70&#8217;s jazz fusion. It&#8217;s been out for 2 years so I sold 2 copies in 2007 , 2 copies in 2008 and I haven&#8217;t sold any this year but it&#8217;s only September. *Laughs* Usually they sell at Christmastime.</p>



<p><strong>Us: What about for Back to School?</strong></p>



<p>Craig: No it&#8217;s not really a back to school CD. That 70&#8217;s jazz fusion just doesn&#8217;t get the &#8216;back to school&#8217; crowd.</p>



<p><strong>What type of music did you listen to growing up?</strong></p>



<p>I listened to everything. Big band mostly and of course Frankie Valli. No, I didn&#8217;t really know his songs growing up, only about 2. When I heard the music they gave me I thought &#8220;Oh that&#8217;s Frankie Valli&#8221; and &#8220;that&#8217;s Frankie Valli, wow.&#8221; Then I ended up knowing 20 songs.</p>



<p><strong>Which drummers out there do you like?</strong></p>



<p>Well I think I&#8217;m the greatest really&#8230;that&#8217;s a lie. A lot of guys I went to school with were really great drummers actually. I went to the University of North Texas.</p>



<p><strong>With music on the internet, youtube, and the like, what do you think of this new form of musical expression?</strong></p>



<p>I like it. I think it&#8217;s great. I think there are some really interesting things on youtube. I mean I&#8217;m not a junkie but I like to watch the videos on there, mostly jazz drummers.</p>



<p><strong>Do you watch the videos of yourself?</strong></p>



<p>There are only a couple of videos of myself on there. I&#8217;m on a site called starsteachmusic.com though because I&#8217;m a big star.</p>



<p><strong>Do you watch the videos of the live concert on there?</strong></p>



<p>Sometimes but I like reading the comments. They&#8217;re really funny.</p>



<p><strong>Did you guys tape Oprah?</strong></p>



<p>No. Frankie decided not to do it. I&#8217;m not sure if his schedule got busy or what but it&#8217;s not happening. It was supposed to be taped two days ago. I&#8217;m actually composing music for TV, drama shows. When I&#8217;m not with Frankie, I play a lot of tv shows, but I&#8217;m just the drummer. Now I&#8217;m starting to write the music myself.</p>



<p><strong>What about those four CD&#8217;s that you sold?</strong><br>
Well yeah I sold them each for $15&#8230;no $14 but it cost me $4 to mail them out. *Laughs* So I&#8217;ve made $40 selling CD&#8217;s so it&#8217;s really going well. That&#8217;s $20 a year from CD sales. I&#8217;m hoping the music for TV will go really well.</p>



<p><strong>How about American Idol, what do you think?</strong><br>
I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;d be a very good contestant because I can&#8217;t really sing that well. I know I look good and all.</p>



<p><strong>What about the beginning auditions?</strong></p>



<p>The people that don&#8217;t make it? Yeah! I can do that.</p>



<p><strong>What about Dancing with the Stars?</strong><br>
I&#8217;m a pretty crazy dancer I&#8217;d have to say.</p>



<p><strong>I think a lot of people might be jealous of your dancing.</strong></p>



<p>Oh I know a lot of people would be. I can understand where I&#8217;d be intimidating.</p>



<p><strong>You must get mobbed at the airport.</strong></p>



<p>Oh the airport&#8230;yes. I can usually be found in line for pizza. Ask anybody, that&#8217;s what they&#8217;ll tell you. That&#8217;s my spot.</p>



<p><strong>What topping do you get on your pizza?</strong></p>



<p>This is important. Whatever&#8217;s on sale. The cheapest slice they have. If it&#8217;s $3, that&#8217;s the slice I&#8217;m getting.</p>



<p><strong>What if it&#8217;s $4?</strong></p>



<p>I&#8217;m out!</p>



<p><strong>What is your favorite place to play?</strong></p>



<p>I like playing here at the Mohegan Sun. I&#8217;ll have some friends from high school come out and they make me feel very unaccomplished. There&#8217;s a girl my age (and I won&#8217;t tell you what age that is) There&#8217;s a girl my age who has a 17 year old daughter. I&#8217;m happy that I actually have a girlfriend now. So I&#8217;m thrilled that I&#8217;ve been dating the same girl for 6 months.</p>



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