Shadows Fall Drummer Jams With Dream Theater In Connecticut

Shadows Fall drummer Jason Bittner has issued the following update:

“Last Wednesday Matt, Jon (and their ladies) and I headed out to Wallingford, CT to catch the Dream Theater 20th anniversary show!! As some of you might now, Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater drummer) invited Charlie Benante (Anthrax) up on stage two weeks ago to do a drum ‘duet/solo’, and it was amazing – I heard it!!! Well, on this night, I was the lucky one that Mike shared his kit with, and it was one of my favorite moments on stage as a drummer. Our ‘solo’ was basically worked out in the dressing room half hour prior to taking the stage.... We soloed back and forth a bit, played some ‘famous’ drum parts (‘Walk This Way’, ‘Good Times Bad Times’, etc.) then John Petrucci (Dream Theater guitarist) joined us from the side stage to help us rip through material by Rush, Maiden, Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Van Halen, and Dream Theater, then we soloed a little more, and ended with ‘Moby Dick’ and finally, the drum solo section from ‘Tom Sawyer’... It was truly and inspiring moment, and I thank Mike and Dream Theater immensely for allowing me to step on the stage with them. The next night my wife and I went to see the show in Boston, and once again, they were incredible.”