Jim Riley (drummer)

Jim Riley is an American musician and the drummer for the country band Rascal Flatts. He regularly teaches drums at Belmont University’s School of Music and has also performed in several awards shows.

Career

Riley attended the University of North Texas, graduating with a degree in music education. He is sponsored by Ludwig, Sabian, Remo, Gibraltar, Latin Percussion, Vater, LP Roland, Shure and Innovative percussion.
In 2010, Riley authored a music instruction book Song Charting Made Easy as an introduction to the music notation system called Nashville Number System.
Riley was voted "Best Country Drummer" by Modern Drummer magazine in 2017.

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