Wipers By age 18, McNabb was already on the road, touring with Oregon-based
punk band
Wipers, and manning the drum set for what became their final tour. After finishing this stint, McNabb began several years of session and touring work with acts such as
Vigilantes of Love, Billy Pilgrim,
Shawn Mullins, and the
Indigo Girls At the same time, McNabb's replacement was announced to be former Pleasure Club drummer
Michael Jerome. (a fund which focuses on the rebuilding of areas of New Orleans struck by
Hurricane Katrina). In addition, McNabb returned to the band briefly to play a set with Better Than Ezra during the victory party for the
NFL's
New Orleans Saints upon the team's
Super Bowl win in early 2010. McNabb also appears as the drummer on several tracks of Better Than Ezra's 2009 release "
Paper Empire." McNabb's official final performance with Better Than Ezra was at Family Gras in
Metairie, Louisiana, on February 15, 2009.
Current McNabb continues his association with Sugarland, playing drums at all of the band's live appearances at concert venues, as well as television specials and awards shows. In addition, he was the primary studio drummer on Sugarland's 2010 release "
The Incredible Machine," as well as several tracks on their Christmas-music collection "
Gold and Green." During brief breaks in Sugarland's tour schedule, McNabb has also recently picked up road work with other current artists, including
Brendan Benson (of
The Raconteurs) and Country act
Little Big Town, as well as session work with artists such as
Howie Day,
Dar Williams, and
Mandi Perkins. In addition, he has performed with both
Kristian Bush and
Jennifer Nettles of
Sugarland during television and other live solo appearances. From July 2013 to June 2014, McNabb toured as the drummer with Country music duo
Big & Rich. McNabb's first affiliation with Big & Rich came in 2010, when he was invited to organize the backing band for a Haiti earthquake relief benefit put together by one of that group's founders,
Big Kenny Alphin. Starting in mid-2014, McNabb toured with singer-songwriter
Gavin DeGraw. As of 2015, McNabb has been the drummer with the backing band of alt-country artist
Frankie Ballard. In 2022, McNabb signed on as the drummer for the "Celebrating David Bowie" tribute tour, playing multiple dates as part of an all-star band that also featured
Todd Rundgren,
Adrian Belew,
Royston Langdon of
Spacehog, and
Fishbone's
Angelo Moore. ==Personal life==