Biography
Throughout his career, Gene Estes ranked among rock music’s leading session percussionists, contributing his skills across countless releases from an extensive roster of celebrated performers. Evidence of his playing appears on recordings by the Beach Boys, Eric Carmen, Cher, Sam Cooke, Doris Day, Neil Diamond, Willie Hutch, Little Richard, the Monkees, Harry Nilsson, Jean Luc-Ponty, REO Speedwagon, Boz Scaggs, Tina Turner, and Frank Zappa, among others.