Big Fat Five: Petar Janjic's (Cory Wong) Top 5 Influential Records

This week’s guest is Petar Janjic…a Serbian-born, Nashville-based drummer by way of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He’s one of the funkiest groovers out there today and is THE drummer for one of today’s funkiest guitarists / bandleaders, Cory Wong. 

Before passing away, Prince himself even asked Petar to play on his record and…well…that’s that! He’s involved in a bunch of happenings, including his own project called ‘Heavy Chevy’. Please enjoy the trip 5 influential records that shaped Petar into the drummer he is today…CHEERS!

Petar Janjic – Wanna Be Starting Something (Michael Jackson)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3FfziDlztU

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