Rick Marotta


Richard Thomas Marotta is an American drummer and percussionist. He has appeared on recordings by leading artists such as Aretha Franklin, Carly Simon, Steely Dan, James Taylor, Paul Simon, John Lennon, Hall & Oates, Stevie Nicks, Wynonna, Roy Orbison, Todd Rundgren, Roberta Flack, Peter Frampton, Quincy Jones, Jackson Browne, Al Kooper, Waylon Jennings, Randy Newman, Kenny G, The Jacksons, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Boz Scaggs, Warren Zevon, and Linda Ronstadt. He is also a composer who created music for the popular television shows Everybody Loves Raymond and Yes, Dear.

Biography

Marotta was born in New York City and taught himself to play drums at the age of nineteen. He was in a band called The Riverboat Soul Band; it released an album called Mess-up in 1968.
Marotta was the drummer for his own group in the early 1970s, the short-lived Brethren. Tom Cosgrove sang and played lead, Stu Woods played bass, and Mike Garson played keyboards. They released two albums; the first was the eponymous Brethren, which was mildly successful. The second, released as the band was crumbling, is nearly impossible to find. The band had a unique sound, a mixture of rock and country, with traces of jazz and influences from Dr. John, who wrote the album notes and the song "Loop Garoo" for them. Marotta has composed music for the television sitcoms Everybody Loves Raymond and Yes, Dear. He made a guest appearance in the episode "Johnny and the Pace Makers" of the situation comedy Double Rush in 1995.
Marotta's brother, Jerry, is also a noted drummer and percussionist who has recorded and toured with Peter Gabriel.

Selected discography

With Peter AllenI Could Have Been a Sailor
With Ashford & SimpsonSo So Satisfied
With Marty BalinLucky
With Karla BonoffRestless Nights
With Jackson Browne Hold Out
With Felix CavaliereDestiny
With Toni ChildsUnion House of Hope
With Gene ClarkFirebyrd
With Linda CliffordI'll Keep on Loving You
With Shawn ColvinSteady On
With Randy CrawfordEverything Must Change Raw Silk
With Jim CroceI Got a Name
With Crosby, Stills & NashAfter the Storm
With Yvonne EllimanYvonne Elliman
With Skip EwingThe Coast of Colorado The Will to Love
With Bryan FerryThe Bride Stripped Bare
With Dan FogelbergExiles
With Aretha FranklinLet Me in Your Life
With Michael FranksTiger in the Rain One Bad Habit
With Dean FriedmanDean Friedman
With Art Garfunkel Scissors Cut
With Ellie GreenwichLet It Be Written, Let it Be Sung
With Nanci GriffithLittle Love Affairs
With Henry GrossShow Me to the Stage Love Is the Stuff
With Andrew GoldAll This and Heaven Too Whirlwind
With Hall & OatesAbandoned Luncheonette
With Beth HartFire on the Floor
With Donny HathawayExtension of a Man
With Cissy HoustonCissy Houston
With The JacksonsDestiny
With Garland JeffreysGhost Writer
With Rickie Lee JonesIt's Like This
With Wynonna JuddWynonna
With Robin KenyattaGypsy Man
With Chaka KhanChaka
With Al KooperEasy Does It
With LabelleMoon Shadow
With John Lennon Mind Games
With Ralph MacDonaldSound of a Drum
With Herbie MannSurprises Brazil: Once Again
With Eric MartinEric Martin
With Don McLeanPlayin' Favorites
With Van McCoyLove Is the Answer Disco Baby The Disco Kid
With MelanieMadrugada
With Bette Midler Bette Midler Bathhouse Betty
With Roxy MusicAvalon
With Randy NewmanLittle Criminals
With Juice NewtonDirty Looks
With Laura NyroSmile
With The Oak Ridge BoysMonongahela
With Yoko OnoA Story
With Dolly PartonBurlap & Satin
With Annette PeacockI'm the One X-Dreams
With Bonnie Raitt The Glow
With Ray ReppHear the Cryin
With Linda RonstadtSimple Dreams Get Closer
With Diana RossSilk Electric
With Boz ScaggsMiddle Man
With Janis SiegelAt Home
With Carly SimonHotcakes Spy Come Upstairs Torch Hello Big Man Letters Never Sent This Kind of Love
With Lucy SimonLucy Simon
With Paul SimonThere Goes Rhymin' Simon
With Phoebe SnowAgainst the Grain
With JD Souther You're Only Lonely
With Steely DanThe Royal Scam Aja Gaucho
With Howard TateHoward Tate
With James TaylorWalking Man Dad Loves His Work
With Livingston TaylorOver the Rainbow
With John TropeaTropea Short Trip to Space Touch You Again
With Frankie Valli Closeup
With Joe WalshThe Confessor
With Larry WeissBlack & Blue Suite
With Paul WilliamsJust an Old Fashioned Love Song
With Edgar WinterJasmine Nightdreams
With Warren ZevonExcitable Boy Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School