
KEV HICKMAN
DRUMMER AND EDUCATOR

ABOUT
Kev Hickman has been playing professionally for nearly 20 years, his career has taken him all over the globe including the USA, Canada, South America, Eastern Europe and every country in Western Europe. He has supported Slash, Deep Purple, Joe Satriani, The Darkness, Blues Pills, Magnum and InMe on international tours. He's also played Download Festival, Skegness Rock And Blues Festival in the UK and Aftershock Festival in the US among many others. Kev's been featured in Kerrang, Classic Rock and Drummer magazine and was nominated as 'Instrumentalist of the Year' in the 2023 UK Blues Awards.
Kev currently plays for blues rockers Catfish and acclaimed blues and soul singer Alice Armstrong.
Kev's YouTube channel has accumulated over 750,000 hits.
http://www.youtube.com/user/KevinLiakan/videos
He has worked with/performed on stage with:
Chris Farlowe (Colosseum)
Robbie Blunt (Robert Plant)
Pete Brown (Producer/co-writer for Cream)
Don Airey (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath)
Bård Torstensen (Clawfinger)
John Verity
Dom Martin
Laurence Jones
Will Wilde (Bad Luck Friday)
Kim Wilson (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
Mo Birch (Phil Lynott, Robert Plant)
Mark Stanway (Magnum)
Paul Green (Suzi Quatro)
John Cartwright (Harry Belafonte)
Rob Mackenzie (Sha na na, Pete Townshend)
Kenny Aaronson (Rick Derringer, Brian Setzer)
Gerry McAvoy (Nine Below Zero, Rory Gallagher)
Dennis Greaves (Nine Below Zero)
LeBurn Maddox (Jimmy Castor)
Syd Twynham (Mud)
Kev officially endorses Paiste cymbals, Natal drums, Regal Tip drum sticks, Hardcase cases, Schlagwerk cajons and Logarhythm pedals.