Linda Pitmon

Linda Pitmon is an American drummer known for her work with the supergroup the Baseball Project (with Peter Buck and Mike Mills, both members of R.E.M., Scott McCaughey of the Young Fresh Fellows and Steve Wynn of the Dream Syndicate), Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3, Luke Haines & Peter Buck, Filthy Friends (with Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney), Zuzu's Petals, the Fauntleroys with Alejandro Escovedo, Ivan Julian, and Nicholas Tremulis, the Minus 5, Golden Smog (with members of the Jayhawks, Soul Asylum, and Wilco) and her transatlantic supergroup Psycher with Cait O'Riordan of the Pogues, Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's and Brix Smith of the Fall

Pitmon studied drums and percussion in band and orchestra through high school. Her first shows were in 1985 with the Minneapolis band the Funseekers but it wasn't until 1990 when she joined another local band, Zuzu's Petals with her workmates Coleen Elwood and Laurie Lindeen that she got serious about band life. Zuzu's Petals toured the U.S. relentlessly (including a month opening for Adam Ant) and went on to record two records for Restless Records/ Twin/Tone. They were critics darlings in the U.K. press and did two tours of England before they broke up in 1995.

Gear Pitmon has a few vintage drum kits: a 1961 red sparkle Slingerland, a 1976 bicentennial-stripe Ludwig, a '70s-era blue Ludwig Vistalites, and a '60s-era Slingerland set. She had early jobs as a record store employee and as a radio DJ. She moved to New York City in 1995 and began touring with and eventually married musician Steve Wynn. They live in Jackson Heights, Queens.