Mario Cipollina

Mario Carlo Cipollina (born November 10, 1954 in San Rafael ) is an American musician and founding member of the rock band Huey Lewis & the News . As a bass player , he was a member of the group from 1979 until he left in 1995. He is the brother of the late 1989 guitarist of Quicksilver Messenger Service , John Cipollina .

biography

Mario Cipollina and his brother, who had left Quicksilver Messenger Service, founded the band Copperhead in 1970 when he was fifteen . However, he was forced by his parents to leave the group shortly before they signed their record deal. He was also a member of Terry and the Pirates and Tony Williams Lifetime . He was also a member of the band Sound Hole, of which Johnny Colla was a member and who released the single Everyday (For The Rest Of My Life) in 1975 .

Both musicians founded the group Huey Lewis and the American Express in 1979 together with Huey Lewis , Sean Hopper and Bill Gibson . After being renamed Huey Lewis & the News, the band received a recording deal.

Cipollina recorded seven albums with the band from 1980 to 1994 and left the group in 1995 after touring for the album Four Chords & Several Years Ago . He has since worked with The Novato Frank Band, Jonathan Cain, Bill Champlin , Ozzie Ahlers, The Doobie Brothers , Johnny Nitro, Steve Lanza and Melvin Seals, among others .

Discography (excerpt)

With Huey Lewis & The News

• Huey Lewis and The News (1980)
• Picture This (1982)
• Sports (1983)
• Fore! (1986)
• Small World (1988)
• Hard at Play (1991)
• Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)

With The Doobie Brothers

• Sibling Rivalry (2000)

With Bill Champlin

• He Started To Sing (1995)

With Melvin Seals

• Melting Pot (2006)

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Huey Lewis biography on hln.org ( Memento from May 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ ^{a b} Discography by Mario Cipollina on bay-area-bands.com , accessed on May 16, 2016