David Sancious was born on November 30,1953 and is an American musician.
34 Facts About David Sancious
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David Sancious was an early member of Bruce Springsteen's backing group, the E Street Band, and contributed to the first three Springsteen albums, and again on Human Touch, Tracks, and Western Stars.
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David Sancious left the E Street Band in 1974 to form his own band, Tone, and released several albums.
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David Sancious subsequently became a popular session and touring musician, most notably for Stanley Clarke, Narada Michael Walden, Zucchero Fornaciari, Eric Clapton, Peter Gabriel, Jack Bruce, and Sting among many others.
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In 2014, David Sancious was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band.
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David Sancious began to learn classical piano at seven and by eleven he had taught himself guitar.
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David Sancious was only in his teens when he first became involved in the Asbury Park music scene.
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From 1970 until the spring of 1973, David Sancious divided his time between his native New Jersey and Richmond, Virginia, where he worked at Alpha Studios as a studio musician doing jingles and sessions.
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Springsteen began touring with the band in October 1972, but David Sancious did not join the band full-time until June 1973.
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From June 1973, David Sancious began to tour regularly with the E Street Band.
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David Sancious added an extra dimension to the band's sound.
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David Sancious is credited with the string arrangement on the latter song, and even played soprano saxophone on "The E Street Shuffle".
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In February 1974, drummer Vini Lopez left the E Street Band and David Sancious recommended his friend, Ernest Carter, as a replacement.
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Later in the year David Sancious and Carter helped record the title track of Springsteen's third album, Born to Run before leaving the band.
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David Sancious was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band on April 10,2014.
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David Sancious joined Springsteen and the current lineup for a performance of three songs.
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David Sancious played two songs with Peter Gabriel, who was inducted on the same night.
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In June 2023, David Sancious said that he is set to appear on a follow-up to Springsteen's 2022 album Only the Strong Survive and that Bruce has completed 18 songs for the album.
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David Sancious said he expects to tour with Springsteen to support the album in 2024.
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David Sancious' work with Tone was a radical departure from the music he played with Springsteen; Tone explored progressive rock, gospel chorus, and instrumental jazz fusion and had more in common with Return to Forever than David Sancious' former boss.
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David Sancious released two solo albums, Just As I Thought and The Bridge, and then put his solo career on hold.
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On Sunday, December 14,1980, during the ten minutes' silence organized in memory of the recently murdered John Lennon, David Sancious performed an extended improvisation based upon Lennon's Across the Universe.
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In 1977 David Sancious guested on the debut album by Narada Michael Walden.
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David Sancious was then reunited with Alex Ligertwood when both were members of Santana.
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In 1982, David Sancious recorded and toured with Jon Anderson of YES.
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On Jon's Spring and Summer 1982 US Animation tour, David Sancious played piano and synthesizer on several YES tunes as well as Jon Anderson tunes.
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David Sancious recorded some new sessions with Springsteen which were later released on Human Touch and Tracks.
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David Sancious recorded and performed with two of that tour's other headliners, Sting and Youssou N'Dour.
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David Sancious played keyboards on Sting's The Soul Cages and Ten Summoner's Tales albums and toured with Sting in support of both.
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In 2005 David Sancious would be interviewed for, and featured in, the Wings for Wheels documentary included on the Born to Run 30th Anniversary Edition re-release of the Springsteen song and album.
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In 2007, David Sancious released LIVE in the now, a selection of recordings of live performances by David Sancious featuring drummer Joe Bonadio on several tracks.
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In 2007 and 2008 David Sancious toured with Zucchero Fornaciari during the "Fly" and "All the Best" world tours.
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In 2009, David Sancious toured Australia, New Zealand, and Japan on keyboards with Jeff Beck, who was accompanied by Vinnie Colaiuta on drums and Tal Wilkenfeld on bass.
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In 2016, David Sancious played with Peter Gabriel and Sting on a co-headlined tour.