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Infobox musical artist| name = Danny Seraphine| image = DannySeraphine(by_Scott_Dudelson).jpg| caption = Danny Seraphine - Live in Concert| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Daniel Peter Seraphine| birth_date = birth date and age|1948|8|28|birth_place = Chicago , Illinois , United States|U.S. | death_date =| origin =| instrument = Drum kit|Drums , percussion | genre = Rock music|Rock | occupation =| years_active = 1967–present| label =| website = http://www.ctatheband.com/ www.ctatheband.com Daniel Peter "Danny" Seraphine (born August 28, 1948) is an American drummer , record producer , theatrical producer and film producer , best known for being the original drummer and founding member of the rock group Chicago (band)|Chicago , a tenure which lasted from February 1967 to May 1990.
Early life
Danny Seraphine was born in Chicago and raised in the predominately Italian Mont Clare neighborhood adjacent to the west suburbs of Elmwood Park and River Forest. He started playing drums at the age of nine while attending St. Priscilla Catholic grade school. When he was 15 years old, Seraphine dropped out of Steinmetz High School. He studied privately with famed percussionist Bob Tilles at DePaul University , where members of Chicago (band)|Chicago were also studying.
He continued his education with big band drummer Chuck Flores , followed by two years of study under jazz drummer Jo Jones (also known as Papa Jo Jones) in the mid-1970s.
Chicago Transit Authority
By the late 1960s, Seraphine was drumming in various bands, including one with teen friends Walter Parazaider ( saxophone and woodwinds ) and Terry Kath ( guitar ). After the addition of Lee Loughnane ( trumpet ), James Pankow ( trombone ), Robert Lamm ( Keyboard instrument|keyboards ) and Peter Cetera ( bass guitar|bass ), the band performed under a number of different names, first the Missing Links, then The Big Thing, before settling on Chicago Transit Authority, which was soon shortened to Chicago (band)|Chicago .
Their producer and manager, James William Guercio , moved Chicago (band)|Chicago out to Los Angeles and they became the house band at the Whisky A Go Go . They subsequently obtained a contract with Columbia Records and recorded their first album - a double album - in just two weeks. The album was titled after the band's name, The Chicago Transit Authority (album)|The Chicago Transit Authority , and released in 1969. Second only to The Beach Boys in terms of Billboard singles and albums chart success among American bands, Chicago is one of the longest running and most successful pop/rock and roll groups.
Seraphine co-wrote several songs for the band: "Lowdown" (a Top 40 hit for the band), "Little One," "Take Me Back to Chicago," "Show Me the Way," "Birthday Boy" and "Street Player." His writing partner was often David "Hawk" Wolinski, the keyboardist for Chaka Khan and Rufus. His song " Street Player (song)|Street Player " was sampled by rapper Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull for the hit " I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) " from the album " Rebelution (Pitbull album)|Rebelution ". The song samples "75, Brazil Street" by Nicola Fasano versus Pat Rich, which itself samples "Street Player". " I Know You Want Me " has also been featured in Dance Central, the Xbox Kinect-Based dancing game, Dance Dance Revolution X2 for PlayStation 2, and SingStar Dance, the PlayStation Move-based dancing game.
Seraphine was let go from Chicago (band)|Chicago in 1990.
Post-Chicago
In early 2006, Danny Seraphine debuted a new band, California Transit Authority (CTA), featuring himself on drums, Marc Bonilla on lead guitar, Mick Mahan on bass guitar, Ed Roth (musician)|Ed Roth and Peter Fish on keyboards, Mike Wallace (musician)|Mike Wallace on guitar, and Tower of Power singer Larry Braggs (musician)|Larry Braggs on vocals. Seraphine and Bonilla initially put the band together to play for several charity benefit shows.
Included in the new band's repertoire are several Chicago (band)|Chicago songs, including " Make Me Smile ," " 25 or 6 to 4 ," " South California Purples ," " Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? " and Steve Winwood 's " I'm a Man (Spencer Davis Group song)|I'm A Man ".
CTA released their first studio album, Full Circle (CTA album)|Full Circle , on August 14, 2007, followed by a tour of the United States. The band's second CD with the working title "Promise" is due to be released in early 2012.
2009 saw the release of Lonely Street , a film for which Seraphine served as an executive producer and the music supervisor. In 2010 Danny published his autobiography " Street Player- My Chicago Story ". That same year he released the biographical and instructional DVD " The Art of Jazz Rock Drumming " produced by The Drum Channel
Awards and achievements
Seraphine has been ranked by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the top 100 drummers of all time. In 2010, Seraphine received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Cape Breton Drum Festival. In 2011, he also won a LIfetime Achievement Award, Montreal Drum Festival. Additionally, he was recognized by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP as a co-writer of Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull 's "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)".
Endorsements
Danny endorses DW drums, Remo drumheads, Zildjian cymbals and drumsticks.
Persondata| NAME = Seraphine, Danny | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = August 28, 1948 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Chicago , Illinois , United States|U.S. | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Seraphine, Danny Category:Chicago (band) members Category:Musicians from Chicago, Illinois Category:1948 births Category:Living people
