Jerry Busher

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Jerry Busher is an American drummer and multi-instrumentalist. He served as roadie for Fugazi in the '90s, as well as providing additional percussion and trumpet to their live performances. His percussion work is featured on the Fugazi releases The Argument and Furniture + 2, and John Frusciante's DC EP. Frusciante met Busher while doing a series of shows in Los Angeles along with musician/collaborator Josh Klingshoffer at the Knitting Factory. Frusciante asked Busher to play drums for his "DC EP", a four-song record tracked at Inner Ear Studios in Washington, DC and produced by Ian MacKaye.

In 2001, Busher formed French Toast with James Canty, another multi-instrumentalist and veteran of the Washington, DC music scene. The two (along with Ben Gilligan, since 2005) switch instruments and roles depending on the needs of each song.

In 2008 Jerry is playing dates with Funk Ark, a DC funk band with a horn section.