Street Player: My Chicago Story
The inside story of Chicago, one of the most successful and enduring rock bands ever
With their distinctive blending of soulful rock and horn-infused urban jazz, Chicago has thrilled music fans for more than forty years with their lyrical brilliance. In this no-holds-barred memoir, legendary rocker Danny Seraphine shares his dramatic—and often shocking—experiences as the popular supergroup's cofounder and longtime drummer. He reveals behind-the-scenes anecdotes about Chicago’s beginnings as the house band at Los Angeles's legendary Whisky A Go Go, where they were discovered by music icons Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, and personal insights about the group’s many comebacks and reinventions over the years.
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Book details
- Author
- Danny Seraphine
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 304
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- Biography & Autobiography › Music
- Topics
- rock memoirs · drummers · rock and roll history · Whisky A Go Go · Janis Joplin · Jimi Hendrix · rock bands
- ISBN-13
- 9780470416839 (Hardcover)9781681626819 (Paperback)
About the author
DANNY SERAPHINE is a founding member and original drummer of the rock band Chicago, with whom he recorded from 1967 to 1990. During that period, Chicago generated sales of over 130 million units, with 22 gold, 18 platinum, and eight multi-platinum albums, five number-one albums, and 21 top-10 hits. He is the author of Street Player: My Chicago Story.
Seraphine has been named on Rolling Stone’s list of all-time top 100 drummers and received Lifetime Achievement Awards at both the Cape Breton (2010) and Montreal (2011) Drum Festivals. He has also been honored as Songwriter of the Year by ASCAP.
When he’s not writing, Seraphine works as a record, theatrical, and film producer, and in 2006 formed the band CTA (California Transit Authority).