30-11-2018, 19:26
The multi-talented David Sancious was born on this day in Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA. He was with Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band back when they started, but left after recording three albums with them, going on to play with a host of musical luminaries and also to record his own solo albums. He is a keyboard player and composer of very decided note, aaaand that’s not all … Mr S wields a fairly mean guitar too. He has contributed to recordings and played live with Peter Gabriel, Sting, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Seal, Santana, Natalie Merchant, Yousou Ndour, Erikah Badu, Zucchero, Stanley Clarke, Jack Bruce and Friends, etc., etc. - sometimes wearing the producer’s hat on top of it all!
Sancious doesn’t fit into any particular musical box – his work ranges from classical to progressive to fusion. He became enchanted from an early age, four to be precise, picking a toy guitar along to a Calypso record his parents had playing at the time; then the family moved to a house that had a piano and he heard his mother play for the first time which opened up a whole new world for him. He was tutored in classical piano from around six and found the electric guitar at about nine, so he is really steeped in it!
He says of himself (from his website - davidsancious.com) “I've always been inspired and motivated by the composing aspect of music, and I've always thought of myself as a composer who plays well, rather than a person who is just proficient on a given instrument.” Nowadays he offers audio services as well as continuing to play, compose and tour.
With Sting on “Seven Days” from Ten Summoner’s Tales, a live version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_conti...BgyKoWPC5Q
Springsteen and the E Street Band’s “New York Serenade”. Fantastic stuff … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EooiBaW1BA
“The Bridge”, from his album of the same name – also live, and some distance from 1981 …
Sancious doesn’t fit into any particular musical box – his work ranges from classical to progressive to fusion. He became enchanted from an early age, four to be precise, picking a toy guitar along to a Calypso record his parents had playing at the time; then the family moved to a house that had a piano and he heard his mother play for the first time which opened up a whole new world for him. He was tutored in classical piano from around six and found the electric guitar at about nine, so he is really steeped in it!
He says of himself (from his website - davidsancious.com) “I've always been inspired and motivated by the composing aspect of music, and I've always thought of myself as a composer who plays well, rather than a person who is just proficient on a given instrument.” Nowadays he offers audio services as well as continuing to play, compose and tour.
With Sting on “Seven Days” from Ten Summoner’s Tales, a live version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_conti...BgyKoWPC5Q
Springsteen and the E Street Band’s “New York Serenade”. Fantastic stuff … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EooiBaW1BA
“The Bridge”, from his album of the same name – also live, and some distance from 1981 …
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