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Don Mancuso | |
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| Born | March 26, 1955 Rochester, New York, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1967–present |
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Don Mancuso (born March 26, 1955) is an American rock music guitarist and songwriter best known for his role as guitarist and co-writer for the rock band Black Sheep as well as The Lou Gramm Band and The Voice of Foreigner. He also has a successful solo career and continues to work with Phil Naro in DDrive. He is also working with Regi Hendrix on his first solo effort. [1]
Dee/Donald Mancuso attended Greece Olympia High School in Rochester, New York, and graduated in 1973. He attended the College of Marin for music and graduated from Monroe Community College with an AAS degree in Electronics Engineering in 1988.
Mancuso began his music career playing guitar in Black Sheep. After the band released their self-titled Black Sheep and Encouraging Words, he continued to write and record with groups such as Cheater, Lou Gramm Band, Johnny Smoke, The Park Ave Band, Phil Naro and Celtic Fire.
In 2004, Mancuso was asked to join his former Black Sheep bandmate (and former Foreigner frontman) Lou Gramm in his new Lou Gramm Band, which also included another Black Sheep alumnus, Bruce Turgon. The band plays old Foreigner hits as well as Lou Gramm Band material, and released a Christian rock album, for which Mancuso wrote than half the music the was released in North America, Europe and Asia on Frontiers Records. .
William Sheehan is an American musician known for playing bass guitar with acts such as Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, Niacin, and The Winery Dogs. He is also known for his "lead bass" playing style, including the use of chording, two-handed tapping, "three-finger picking" technique and controlled feedback. Sheehan has been voted "Best Rock Bass Player" five times in Guitar Player readers' polls.
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