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 (musician) of The Dream Syndicate), Steve Wynn (musician) & 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 new group transatlantic supergroup, Psycher with Cait O'Riordan of The Pogues, Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go's and Brix Smith of The Fall[1] Pitmon studied drums and percussion in band and orchestra through high school.
"[2] She cites Kenney Jones, Jody Stephens from Big Star, Stan Lynch, and Dave Mattacks, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, Jaki Leibezeit, Chris Frantz, and Pete Thomas (drummer) as some of her influences.
She's played extensively with Tammy Faye Starlite, John Wesley Harding (singer) and Freedy Johnston and has backed numerous others onstage including John Paul Jones (musician), Paul Westerberg, Semisonic, The Jayhawks, Lee Ranaldo, Michael Cerveris, Suzanne Vega, Willy Nile, Eugene Hütz, Robyn Hitchcock, Kevn Kinney, Chuck Prophet, Howe Gelb, Gerry Leonard, Jamie Perrett, Tony Shanahan, and Jon Langford During the COVID era, she and her husband Steve Wynn performed thirty shows online from their home and studio, "The Chimp Factory", via Facebook.
[2] She also uses lightweight single-braced Yamaha stands, a DW 9000 bass drum pedal, Vic Firth 8D woodtip sticks, and Remo Vintage A heads.
[2] She moved to NYC, NY in 1995 and began touring with and eventually married musician Steve Wynn.