{"id":46756,"date":"2025-09-16T17:41:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T17:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/heres-why-we-dont-see-old-dominions-drummer-much-anymore\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T17:41:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T17:41:37","slug":"heres-why-we-dont-see-old-dominions-drummer-much-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/heres-why-we-dont-see-old-dominions-drummer-much-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s Why We Don&#8217;t See Old Dominion&#8217;s Drummer Much Anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It&#8217;s been about four years since <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/old-dominion\">Old Dominion<\/a>&#8216;s Whit Sellers walked a red carpet, and it sounds like that\u00a0streak will continue.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the group&#8217;s drummer is still in the band, but singer Matt Ramsey admits they had to\u00a0reset expectations\u00a0to make sure he <em>remains<\/em> in the band.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Of the five, Ramsey and Sellers have known each other longest, having both gone to school near Roanoke, Va.<\/li>\n<li>After some success as solo songwriters, Old Dominion&#8217;s\u00a0first hit was &#8220;Shut Me Up,&#8221; which broke out on SiriusXM in 2014.<\/li>\n<li>As a group they&#8217;ve won the last seven CMA Vocal Duo of the Year awards and the last eight at the ACM Awards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Related<\/strong><\/em>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/most-played-country-songs-2025\/\">See the 40 Most Played Songs of 2025, So Far<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>What Happened to Old Dominion Drummer Whit Sellers?<\/h3>\n<p>Sellers began to skip red carpet and junket-style interviews after the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>When the band has visited with Taste of Country in recent years, it&#8217;s just been Ramsey, Brad Tursi, Trevor Rosen and Geoff Sprung, but all assured fans their drummer was doing fine without further explanation.<\/p>\n<p>That changed last week,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i7IxQcETwLI\" target=\"_blank\">when Ramsey spoke to Bobby Bones<\/a> for his <em>BobbyCast<\/em> podcast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has crippling social anxiety,&#8221; the singer shares about 90 seconds into the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had to come up with a new agreement within the band with him so that he could opt out of that stuff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"single-post-image \">\n<figure class=\"img-tag has-sizer alignnone\">\n<p><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Jason Kempin, Getty Images<\/span><\/p><figcaption>Jason Kempin, Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>What tended to happen was interviewers (Taste of Country included) would work hard to get Sellers to talk when they noticed he was quiet.<\/p>\n<p>Shining a light on him would advance the problem, so at some point he came to the group and said he just couldn&#8217;t do that any longer.<\/p>\n<p>So, the new agreement is that if music needs to be played or faked (as in a music video), or if it&#8217;s a more important promotional moment (i.e. an album cover photo shoot), then Sellers needs to be there. Other than that, he just needs to be there to play drums, which he 100 percent still loves.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">40 Most-Played Country Songs of 2025<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<div>These are the 40 most-played country songs of 2025, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.mediabase.com\/mbapp\/Account\/Login\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mediabase<\/a>, a music industry service that monitors airplay in over 150 markets.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/author\/billydukes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Dukes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">R.I.P.: 40 Country Singers and Songwriters Who Died Too Soon<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>These country singers had so much more to give. 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