Rafael Bernardo Gayol is a drummer, percussionist, songwriter, singer and actor.

Born in Mexico City

Mexico City

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 and raised in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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, he has worked as a drummer/percussionist/vocalist recording and touring with such diverse artists as Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

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, Doll Congress

Doll Congress

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, BoDeans

BoDeans

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, Sun 60, Charlie Sexton

Charlie Sexton

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, Shawn Colvin

Shawn Colvin

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, Patty Griffin

Patty Griffin

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, David Rice, Joe Ely

Joe Ely

Joe Ely is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist whose music touches on honky-tonk, Texas Country, Tex-Mex and rock and roll....

, Kelly Willis

Kelly Willis

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, Bruce Robinson

Bruce Robinson

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, Jon Dee Graham

Jon Dee Graham

Jon Dee Graham is a musician, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas. He was born February 28, 1959. Graham was named the Austin Musician of the Year during the South by Southwest music conference in 2006...

, The Flatlanders

The Flatlanders

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, Eliza Gilkyson

Eliza Gilkyson

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, Bob Schneider

Bob Schneider

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, Billy Harvey, Robert Rodriguez

Robert Rodriguez

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, Patricia Vonne

Patricia Vonne

Patricia Vonne is an American singer and actress.A native of San Antonio, Texas, Vonne moved to New York City in 1990-2001 to pursue her artistic ambitions. She worked extensively in Europe and America and was featured in national/international commercials, and film work...

, Scott Gibson

Scott Gibson

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, Tonio K

Tonio K

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, Bascom Hill

Bascom Hill

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, Mason Ruffner, Trish Murphy

Trish Murphy

Trish Murphy is an Austin-based singer-songwriter.- Music career :Trish Murphy grew up in Houston, Texas, the daughter of a struggling musician and songwriter. After earning a Bachelor's Degree in philosophy at the University of Dallas, she formed a duo—Trish and Darin—with her brother Darin Murphy...

, Michael Thomas, Maggie Walters

Maggie Walters

Maggie Walters is an American musician living in Austin, Texas. She has released two full-length albums, Maggie Walters and Midwestern Hurricane ....

, Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson

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 and A-ha

A-ha

A-ha were a Norwegian pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. The band was founded by Morten Harket , Magne Furuholmen , and Pål Waaktaar...

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He is also the voice of Dell Computers Online, NASCAR.com, Southwest Airlines, Kinko's, Time-Warner Cable, Nortel and Toshiba television commercials.

His debut Waiting for Buddha is set for April 2009 release.

He is married to Shannon Phillips Gayol.

Currently working with Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

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Brief Discography

2010 ~ Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

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 ~ Songs From The Road ~ Columbia/Sony/CD/DVD ~ Bleu Edmondson ~ The Future Ain't What It Used To Be ~ American Saint Records
~ Scott Gibson

Scott Gibson

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 ~ Just Keep Drivin ~ Independent

2009 ~ Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

Leonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships...

 ~ Live In London ~ Columbia/Sony/CD/DVD

2008 ~ Tito and Tarantula ~ Return To The Darkness ~ It Sounds/EMI

2007 ~ Michael Thomas ~ Independent

2006 ~ Bob Schneider

Bob Schneider

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 ~ The Californian ~ Vanguard

2005 ~ Bascom Hill

Bascom Hill

Bascom Hill is the main quadrangle that forms the symbolic core of the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. It is located on the opposite end of State Street from the Wisconsin State Capitol, and is named after John Bascom, former president of the University of Wisconsin...

 ~ Maybe / Trish Murphy

Trish Murphy

Trish Murphy is an Austin-based singer-songwriter.- Music career :Trish Murphy grew up in Houston, Texas, the daughter of a struggling musician and songwriter. After earning a Bachelor's Degree in philosophy at the University of Dallas, she formed a duo—Trish and Darin—with her brother Darin Murphy...

 ~ Girls Get In Free ~ Valley Records / Patricia Vonne

Patricia Vonne

Patricia Vonne is an American singer and actress.A native of San Antonio, Texas, Vonne moved to New York City in 1990-2001 to pursue her artistic ambitions. She worked extensively in Europe and America and was featured in national/international commercials, and film work...

 ~ Guitars and Castinets

2004 ~ Bob Schneider

Bob Schneider

Bob Schneider is an Austin, Texas-based musician and artist. He currently resides in Bee Cave, Texas.- Early career :...

 ~ I'm Good Now ~ Vanguard / Joe Ely

Joe Ely

Joe Ely is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist whose music touches on honky-tonk, Texas Country, Tex-Mex and rock and roll....

 ~ Streets of Sin ~ Rounder / Billy Harvey ~ Pie ~

2002 ~ The Flatlanders

The Flatlanders

The Flatlanders are a country band with considerable country rock influence from Lubbock, Texas founded by singers/songwriters/guitarists Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, and Butch Hancock....

 ~ Now Again ~ New West / Kelly Willis

Kelly Willis

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 ~ Easy ~ Rykodisc

1999 ~ Kelly Willis

Kelly Willis

Kelly Willis is an American country music singer-songwriter, whose music has been described as contemporary country, alternative country and new traditionalist.-Early life:...

 ~ What I Deserve ~ Rykodisc / Jon Dee Graham

Jon Dee Graham

Jon Dee Graham is a musician, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas. He was born February 28, 1959. Graham was named the Austin Musician of the Year during the South by Southwest music conference in 2006...

 ~ Summerland ~ New West

1998 ~ David Rice ~ Green Electric ~ Columbia

1997 ~ Trish Murphy

Trish Murphy

Trish Murphy is an Austin-based singer-songwriter.- Music career :Trish Murphy grew up in Houston, Texas, the daughter of a struggling musician and songwriter. After earning a Bachelor's Degree in philosophy at the University of Dallas, she formed a duo—Trish and Darin—with her brother Darin Murphy...

 ~ Crooked Mile / Kacy Crowley

Kacy Crowley

Kacy Crowley is an American musician and singer-songwriter. A New England native, she currently resides in Austin, Texas.-Early life:Born in Northampton, Massachusetts, her mother was a piano teacher and her father was a construction worker. Her family soon relocated to Connecticut, where Kacy...

 ~ Anchorless ~ Atlantic / Jon Dee Graham

Jon Dee Graham

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 ~ Escape from Monster Island ~ New West

1995 ~ Charlie Sexton Sextet

Charlie Sexton

Charles Wayne Sexton is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known for the 1985 hit Beat's So Lonely and as the guitarist for Bob Dylan's backing band from 1999 to 2002 and since 2009...

 ~ Under The Wishing Tree ~ MCA

1993 ~ BoDeans

BoDeans

The BoDeans are a rock band formed in Waukesha, Wisconsin in 1983 by Kurt Neumann and Sam Llanas . In 1985, after adding a drummer and a bassist, the band signed a contract with Slash Records and recorded their first album...

 ~ Joe Dirt Car ~ Reprise

1992 ~ Sun 60 ~ Epic

1991 ~ BoDeans

BoDeans

The BoDeans are a rock band formed in Waukesha, Wisconsin in 1983 by Kurt Neumann and Sam Llanas . In 1985, after adding a drummer and a bassist, the band signed a contract with Slash Records and recorded their first album...

 - Black and White ~ Reprise

1989 ~ A-ha

A-ha

A-ha were a Norwegian pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. The band was founded by Morten Harket , Magne Furuholmen , and Pål Waaktaar...

~ Live In Rio ~ Warner/Globo/DVD

External links

• Official website