180: Adam Topol (Jack Johnson, Culver City Dub Collective, etc.)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Adam Topol's formative years were spent listening to Kiss and punk rock, but he soon discovered a lifelong passion for jazz and world music that influenced his diverse career. He tells Joe about growing up in Lake Tahoe; his self-taught entrepreneur father; why art and academia feel at odds; why he never thought that he could make a living playing music; getting sober; his connection with deep Jack Johnson; and starting his percussion company, Roots EQ.

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0:00.0	Hello, folks, this is Joe with a very special announcement.
0:14.1	On Friday, September 21st, I'll be hosting the TrapSet Live with special guests Rod Argent and Colin Blundstone,
0:23.3	founders of one of my all-time favorite bands, The Zombies.
0:27.4	After the conversation, Rod and Colin will play an ultra-rare, all-acoustic set of timeless classics.
0:34.5	It all takes place at Ace Hotel in Palm Springs, California.
0:39.2	This is an intimate performance and space is limited.
0:42.4	Don't miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
0:45.9	Visit AceHotel.com slash zombies for ticket information.
0:49.9	...with finding everything there was just a dream.
1:03.2	It's just a bunch of people getting together, and it just naturally works.
1:08.6	It was like the result was already sealed in the envelope before the person showed up. This is Joe Wong. Welcome to the Trap Set, where each week we explore the lives of drummers.
1:28.3	I want to play something for you. You're hearing the upsetter by Jack Johnson,
1:58.6	featuring my guest Adam Topal on drums.
2:01.9	A native of Lake Tahoe, Adam's formative years were spent listening to punk rock.
2:07.8	Later, he studied jazz and became a serious student of Latin and Jamaican music.
2:13.7	Adam had a brief stint with Pixie's guitarist Joey Santiago before joining Jack Johnson, with whom he's worked for nearly 20 years.
2:22.3	Adam has also released music with Culver City Dub Collective, Ritmo I Canto, and as a singer-songwriter under his own name.
2:31.3	He's the co-founder of Drum Accessory Company Roots EQ. I spoke to him in downtown
2:39.0	Los Angeles. And now my conversation with Adam Topal.
2:45.0	I've said your thoughts, upset this world that you stand in Lake Tahoe and you're
2:55.3	in Lake Tahoe and you don't ski a little bit, you're kind of missing out.
2:59.6	The mountains are beautiful and so water skiing, skiing, stuff like that, nature and that.
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