Born August 15, 1950 and raised in Pearl (most bios say Jackson, Mississippi but that's because people associate Pearl with the Jackson metro area), Aldridge became a hard rock drumming legend. He was entirely self-taught on drums.

By the early 1970s,jewellery manufacturers Aldridge had joined up with up-and-coming Southern rockers Black Oak Arkansas, playing on a total of nine albums from 1972 through 1976 and touring the U.S. nonstop. It was around this time that Aldridge developed the double-bass drumming technique that would soon be copied by countless other drummers, especially those in thrash metal bands in the 1980s.

Throughout his career Tommy has been regarded as a double bass drumming pioneer. Alrdidge has amassed impressive drumming credits, having played drums for many famous artists. He spent 1978 to 1981 signed with Canadian blues-rock guitarist Pat Travers,tahitian pearl and recorded five albums with him.

His other most noteworthy credits include having played with Ozzy Osbourne on the Diary of a Madman tour and on the albums Speak of the Devil (1982), Bark at the Moon (1983) and on Tribute (1987), Whitesnake on the Whitesnake self-titled album tour and on the albums Slip of the Tongue (1989) and Live: In the Shadow of the Blues (2006), Thin Lizzy on the album One Night Only (2000),golden south sea pearlMotörhead on the album March ör Die (1992) and Ted Nugent on the album Full Bluntal Nugity (2001). He plays Yamaha drums, a company he has been with for more than 20 years. He currently resides in Santa Barbara, California.

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Export (EX, ELX, EXR, and ECX) - Pearl's most popular series of drum kits, and the most popular set ever sold (the one millionth Export kit was produced in 1995). The latest generation of Export drums were made with 6 plies (7.5mm) of Poplar, with the ECX series being made from maple, and come standard with Pearl's ISS tom mounting system. They were discontinued and replaced by the Vision series.

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