David Hungate, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

David Hungate

American musician

Date of Birth: 05-Aug-1948

Place of Birth: Texas, United States

Profession: bassist, musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About David Hungate

  • William David Hungate (born August 5, 1948) is a bass guitarist, producer, and arranger noted as a member of Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1977 to 1982 and rejoining in 2014.
  • Along with most of his Toto bandmates, Hungate did sessions on a number of hit albums of the 1970s, including Boz Scaggs's Silk Degrees and Alice Cooper's From the Inside. Hungate played on Toto's first four records, including multiple Grammy award-winning album, Toto IV.
  • He left the band shortly after its release for a career as a session musician in Nashville.
  • Hungate, who plays many instruments including guitar, trumpet, drums, and piano, has arranged, produced and recorded with several country artists such as Chet Atkins.
  • He was also a primary member of AOR supergroup Mecca fronted by Joe Vana and Fergie Frederiksen, the latter also of Toto fame.
  • In 1990 he released a solo album entitled "Souvenir".
  • Jeff Porcaro played drums on some of the tracks on the album.
  • In 1995, Hungate also played bass on all the songs on Shania Twain's second album The Woman in Me. Hungate attended the College of Music at North Texas State University.
  • He played bass in their jazz ensemble, the One O'Clock Lab Band, including a performance at the 1970 Montreux Jazz Festival.
  • He is the son of U.S.
  • Congressman (and later Federal District Judge) William L Hungate. As of 2014, he has rejoined Toto in a touring capacity due to the departure of the touring bass player, Nathan East (who was, like Leland Sklar during the band's previous tour in 2006/2007, filling in for regular bassist Mike Porcaro who was forced to retire due to illness).
  • At first, it was announced that he would retire after the 2014 tour, but he kept touring with Toto until 2015, when it was announced that he would finally retire from extensive tours.
  • He also played four tracks in the band's album Toto XIV. Hungate went to Troy Buchanan High School in Troy, Missouri.
  • Because he attended there, the band “Toto” gave the high school a signed record and now during parades the band plays the song “Hold the Line”.

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