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Shane Del Robles is an New York based percussionist, a fulltime performer, and bandleader of early American music.  

His three bands, Del & The Rad Rompers, Mud In Your Moonshine, and Come Back, Shane! bring together the foremost players of Western-Swing, Country-Blues, and Traditional Jazz that New York has to offer.

Del has performed as a sideman with Braincloud, Tamar Korn, The New Wonders, The Xylopholks, and Baby Soda. He accompanies Burlesque, Modern, Contemporary, West African, Swing, and Blues dance in the city.

Del graduated summa cum laude from Berklee College of Music, M.M. Contemporary Performance. 
​Del graduated with highest honors from
​The Principia College, B.A. Music, and with honors from El Paso Community College, A.A. He is the first American drummer to have obtained a Performance Master's from Berklee College of Music.

​He has studied percussion privately with ​Mark Guiliana, Matt Wilson, and currently studies with Jason Marsalis.

​Based in Harlem, New York, ​Del grew up in Oklahoma, Virginia, California, Texas, Kansas, and Missouri.