Miracle Workers
“We’re sounding great and it’s getting better and tighter by the gig. We’re in a good place.”
Roine Stolt
Mirkko DeMaio has been The Flower Kings’ drummer for more than a year, but he’s still a little in awe of the boss.
“Roine’s a miracle,” says DeMaio. He’s the healthiest guy I’ve met in this business. I mean, he eats a lot, but it’s all healthy stuff. When he walks in he’s like a king. He’s a man who lives for his art, and everything he does is driven by passion. And he looks younger than any of us.”
The enviably well-preserved Roine Stolt is 63. DeMaio is 35, and Zach Kamins (who replaced the Kings’ long-serving keyboard player Tomas Bodin) is just 32.
“Roine’s so great to work with,” says Kamins. “He
