Episode 303 - Turn The Page (Derek Benitez)

METAL UP YOUR PODCAST - All Things Metallica

Clint Wells

Clint Wells, Ethan Luck, Heavy Metal, Arts, Nashville, Metal Up Your Podcast, Metal, Music, Society & Culture, Thrash Metal, Metallica

4.9 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2022

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Clint is back and we're dishing out another episode of Turn The Page! This week we sat down with Derek Benitez, who is Chris Stapleton's drum tech. We got to hear Derek's story of discovering Metallica, seeing them live, getting started as a local crew guy in Nashville and working his way to being a part of a huge touring operation. Thanks to Derek for taking time out of his busy schedule to chat with us. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	Metallica, here they come, the kings of metal!
0:04.0	On I burn
0:23.1	Here I am
0:25.2	On the road again
0:28.8	There I am
0:32.0	A born that is
0:35.5	And here I go Great Star again Welcome to the podcast, I'm Ethan, and look.
0:51.8	And I'm Clint Wells.
0:52.8	And we have.
1:00.0	Derek Benitez. Derek Benitez. You know what, give it up for Derek Benitez. Give it up. I love the applause. Hey, man. Thank you.
1:04.2	They're cheering just for you, man. It was hard to get all 3,000 of those people in our dressing room. But yeah, everyone can leave now, by the way. Bye guys. Well, I also wanted to give it, I wanted to give a few things up. I want to give it up for me. I've missed the last two episodes.
1:11.6	I've been sick, but I'm feeling much better.
1:14.2	We are back out on tour with the Chris Stapleton camp.
1:16.5	I want to give it up for Chris Stapleton.
1:19.6	Also, the lovely and wonderful El King.
1:22.0	Let's give it up for a few people.
1:28.3	I'll start.
1:28.8	Just the first name that comes to your mind.
1:29.9	I'd like to give it up for Izzy Stradlin.
1:32.2	Izzy Stradlin.
1:33.6	Derek, you want to give it up for anybody?
1:36.6	No.
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