“We were just jamming as we usually do at rehearsal…..Gar started this reggae thing then Dan started a bass run to match then JR started a drum beat…..we jammed for a while then went on to work on some other songs.”
“The next week JR brought a special edition Pearl Snare/Timbale combo drum to rehearsal…. he said it was for the “Reggae song”..….he put it in our equipment room at our rehearsal space. After we played for about an hour Gar started the reggae cords and Dan started playing his bass line …then Im not sure who said it but someone said “Johnnie get your drum”… …so every time the next few rehearsals we stared the song we all would say “Johnnie get your drum”…. and so the title came to be ….or so the legend goes…”
“I wrote the lyrics which are basically my life story in under 3:15.. The next week we were in our home away from home Sky Lab Studios recording it ….John Croot came in the following day and put the cherry on top with his keyboards.”
