BIOGRAPHY
Brian Hudson is a professional drummer and educator living in 
Atlanta, Georgia. He has been studying and playing music for 
over 20 years and has performed hundreds of shows before 
thousands of people throughout the southeastern United 
States.  He has performed with musicians from some of the 
top bands in the United States including musicians from

The Ohio Players, Collective Soul  (former member), Cindy

Wilson Band (of The B-52s),  Tyler Perry’s band and others. 

His influences cover the spectrum of music ranging from

classical to jazz  to rock to R&B to Latin.

He attended the University of South Florida in Tampa for two 
years where he studied jazz performance and drumset and 
performed in the Symphony Orchestra and several jazz 
combos.   He later transferred and graduated from the 
University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. He studied with 
USF Professor David Hardman and Jason Harnell (Maynard 
Ferguson) and has had private lessons with Dave Weckl, Dom 
Famularo and Grammy Award winner Mark Walker 
Oregon/Paquito D'Rivera/ Berklee).

Brian has performed with various pop/rock and jazz artists 
around the Southeast. Most notably is his playing with roots 
rock band and former Capricorn Recording Artists Memory 
Dean.   Since Hudson joined the band in 2001, Memory Dean 
has performed hundreds of shows in the southeast in support 
of their six albums and has shared the stage with national

artists such as Sister Hazel, Cowboy Mouth, Shawn Mullins

and many others. 

Brian has also made a name for himself as one of the top 
contemporary jazz drummers in Atlanta due to his funk oriented

grooves, great meter and solid feel for the pocket. He has

performed with such artists as Japanese jazz/fusion artist
MADOCA & Company, Just Ahead (featuring Derwin Daniels 
on sax and Earl Fleming on keys of The Ohio Players), smooth

jazz/ R&B keyboardist Brian Clay, Waterlines Trio, jazz

guitarist Joe Palese, saxophonist Kelly O’Neal, pianist Darren

Ginn and others.

In addition, Brian can be heard on the new album, “Naked,” by 
pop singer Steve Baskin. The first single, “Catch Me If You 
Can” is receiving extensive air play in over a dozen states.

Brian currently resides in metro Atlanta where he stays busy doing session work, performing live with various artists, teaching privately and conducting drum clinics for elementary school children.

He endorses Taye Drums GoKit, Silverfox Drumsticks and UniGrip Specialty Products.

He endorses Silverfox Drumsticks and UniGrip Specialty Products