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  • Greg Errico
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  • Male
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  • Living people
  • 1948 births
  • American funk musicians
  • American session musicians
  • American soul musicians
  • Sly and the Family Stone members
  • Jazz musicians from San Francisco, California
  • Drummers from San Francisco, California
  • Weather Report members
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  • b. September 1, 1948 - San Francisco, CaliforniaAmerican drummer & producer.Was a founding member of Sly & The Family Stone, December 1966. Toured and recorded the main body of music, up intil 1971 during the recording of %22There's a riot goin' on%22.
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  • Greg Errico (born September 1, 1948,) is an American musician and record producer, best known for being the drummer for the popular and influential psychedelic soul/funk band, Sly and the Family Stone. Errico, who was born in San Francisco, California, was the original drummer for the band, and the first to quit it in 1971 because of the band's continuing turmoil.Errico toured with jazz-fusion group Weather Report in 1973, but never recorded with the group. His playing can be heard on tapes hosted at Wolfgang's Vault. Joe Zawinul said that no one could play his tune %22Boogie Woogie Waltz%22 better than Errico had.Errico joined the David Bowie band for his Diamond Dogs 1974 tour of the US during September 1974.Errico later collaborated with bands such as Santana, and the Grateful Dead. In the early 1980s, he was the drummer of the Jerry Garcia Band. He also worked with Larry Graham from Sly & The Family Stone, plus members of the Tower of Power horns, Journey and the Pointer Sisters on an album for Betty Davis.Errico still lives in the Bay Area, and continues to play and produce. One of his recent projects was producing the Jamie Davis big band album. He also played at the 2006 Grammy Awards, in the Sly & the Family Stone tribute, alongside most of his former bandmates. In recent years he has played drums for the reformed Quicksilver Messenger Service.As a member of Sly and the Family Stone, Errico played at Woodstock, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. He continues to tour, with The Family Stone, alongside fellow founding members of Sly and the Family Stone Cynthia Robinson (trumpet) and Jerry Martini (saxophone).Over his career, Errico has played a variety of drum sets, including Ludwig and Yamaha. He currently plays DW drums and Paiste cymbals.
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