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Band Member Bio

Name:

Daniel East

Instrument:

Drums, Percussion, BG Vocals

Birth Place:

Philadelphia, PA

Favorite Musicians:

Tim Carmon, Nathan East, Steve Gadd, Steve Ferrone, David Denny, Richard Lloyd, Tom Verlaine, Joe Jackson, Sly Stone, Albert Collins, Dave Grohl, Garrison Starr, Janet Robin, BB King, Kenneth Crouch, Ronny Crawford, Zoro, Omar Hakim, Quinten Berry, Andrew Gouche, Brendan Buckley, Duck Dunn, Dave Uosikkinen, Stan Lynch, Grover Washington, Jr., Maurice White

Favorite gig:

Helping out on other people’s gigs

Favorite Songs:

“My Nation Underground” - Julian Cope

“Fools in Love” - Joe Jackson

“Best of You” - Foo Fighters

“To Zion” - Lauryn Hill

“Mister Magic” - Grover Washington, Jr.

“Corazon Espinado” - Santana

“Ball & Chain” - Anthony Hamilton

“Fly Like an Eagle” - Steve Miller or Seal version

“Thank You (Faletime Be Mice Elf Agin)” - Sly & The Family Stone

Personal Motto:

“Wuz Up Buddy!?”

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Dan attended the Philadelphia High School for Creative & Performing Arts, Philadelphia College of Performing Arts and worked studying audio engineering while still having to sneak into some venues to perform as he was underage. He founded his own successful promotion, production and music marketing business in the late 90’s after touring, working for promoters and major record labels.

Dan originally started out with Iko-Iko as their Front-of-House engineer in 1991 and later managed the band for five years during two national releases and tours before being called to duty by Graham in 2006. As a drummer, Dan has performed with artists in Blues, R&B, Rock, Soul, Cajun, Pop, Alternative and Hot AC including his own Daniel East Band, Grammy® nominee (Traditional Zydeco) Fernest Arceneaux, Warren Ceasar, Delmar Brown, The Volunteers, Gerald Levert, Alex Gomez (PBS’ Blues Slide Guitar Workshop - where he actually performed with John and Mitch long before Iko-Iko) & has appeared with Albert Castiglia, Glen Burtnik, JC Faulk, Billy Mann, The (original) Soul Survivors, Woody’s Orphans plus many others.