1. Mic Gillette was an American brass player, born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area's East Bay.
19 Facts About Mic Gillette
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Mic Gillette is best known for being a member of the bands; Tower of Power, Cold Blood, and The Sons of Champlin.
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Mic Gillette played in the horn section with Tower of Power for 19 years.
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Mic Gillette's father Ray Gillette was a trombonist, playing with acts such as Harry James, Tommy Dorsey, Stan Kenton, and other big bands.
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Mic Gillette took a brief break from Tower of Power to tour in the 1970s and record with the band Cold Blood.
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Mic Gillette re-joined Tower of Power a year later, touring and opening for Santana and Creedence Clearwater Revival.
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In 1984, Mic Gillette quit touring to be a full-time father to his daughter Megan.
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Mic Gillette spent those years running a landscaping business in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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An outstanding brass player with a great range and a funky style, Mic Gillette played a Marcinkiewicz Rembrandt Model SC3X.
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Mic Gillette used and endorsed Marcinkiewicz mouthpieces on all of this equipment.
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Mic Gillette was a member of the Sons of Champlin, fronted by Chicago vocalist and keyboardist Bill Champlin; he had a member of Tortilla Soup, a 10 piece northern California band.
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Mic Gillette played with comedian Danny Marona, the Stevie "Keys" Roseman All Star Band, the Strokeland Superband, and Funky Loophole.
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Mic Gillette taught clinics at Northgate High School in Walnut Creek, California and at Stanley Middle School in Lafayette, California.
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Mic Gillette raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for music departments in schools across the United States.
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Mic Gillette died on January 17,2016, of a heart attack, aged 64 in Gold Beach, Oregon.
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Mic Gillette was survived by his wife Julia and his daughter Megan Gillette.
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Mic Gillette was featured on "Hip Li'l Dreams", a disc of originals released by the Sons of Champlin in 2005 and appeared on the Doobie Brother's Live at Wolf Trap DVD.
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Mic Gillette performed with vocalist Josh Pfeiffer in Northern California with an eight-piece group featuring guitarist Dave Schramm and keyboard player Kent Gripenstraw.
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Mic Gillette is included on the Cold Blood album, Sisyphus playing trombone, trumpet and flugelhorn.