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Drummer Longoria plays more than baseball
- Updated: July 21, 2016
ST. PETERSBURG — Keith Moon, the famous drummer known for his work with the The Who, doesn’t exactly come to mind at the sound of the beat vibrating throughout the underbelly of Tropicana Field. Good thing since the guy playing the drums is Evan Longoria, and Rays fans wouldn’t want the face of the team to quit his day job.
Fortunately, playing third base for the Rays and messing around with the drums aren’t mutually exclusive for Longoria, who began playing in 2009 when veteran catcher Greg Zaun joined the team.
“Zaun would bring an electronic kit to the field’ and he’d go play it early before anybody really got to the field,” Longoria said. “I had always kind of wanted to learn to play a musical instrument, so once I found out what he was doing, it became my first exposure and opportunity to do it.
“I would try to show up earlier than him and go back there and play by myself. And really, I just learned very basic stuff from YouTube, watching YouTube videos. Drum tutorials online.”
Longoria usually plays for 10 or 15 minutes every other day. Putting that into perspective he noted, “The guys you hear on the radio probably grew up playing five, six hours a day. There’s a big difference in time and dedication there.”
Longoria allowed that he has …
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