Danny Chauncey

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Danny Chauncey at a concert at the House of Blues, Myrtle Beach, SC, May 21, 2011

Danny Chauncey (born June 19, 1956 in San Francisco ) is an American southern rock guitarist and singer and has been a member of the band 38 Special since 1987 . He is also a songwriter .

Life

Chauncey grew up in Alameda County , California . There he attended Alameda High School . His first instrument was a Stella 6-string cowboy guitar. His first electric guitar was a red Gibson SG with a Fender 50w Super Reverb amplifier.

Before he replaced Don Barnes in the band 38 Special as guitarist - in conjunction with Max Carl , who took over the vocal parts - Chauncey was guitarist and keyboardist for the Oakland band Billy Satellite from 1983 to 84 , with whom he recorded the album of the same name, the Reached Billboard album charts . The two singles Satisfy Me and I Wanna Go Back , written by Chauncey with bandmates Monty Byron and Ira Walker, reached 64th and 78th places on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1984, respectively . The latter song was covered by Gregg Rolie on his solo debut album in 1985 and reached number 14 on the Billboard charts in 1986 when interpreted by Eddie Money .

With his high school friend Brad Gillis , other members of the Night Ranger and Gregg Allman , he also played regularly live as Alameda All Stars from 1979 to 1986 . Chauncey later worked on Allman's band Gregg Allman and Friends and Bertie Higgins ' album Island Bound (2003).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Danny Chauney in the online music database
  2. ↑ a b Archive link ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / southernfriedmagazine.com
  3. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001541500
  4. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001541500/awards
  5. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000194908/awards
  6. ↑ http://swampland.com/articles/view/title:danny_chauncey_38_special
personal data
SURNAME Chauncey, Danny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rock musician and guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco