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Duane Hitchings
Duane is a concert/studio keyboard player and songwriter. He was classically trained
on piano since 5, and played in country and rock bands since very young. Duane attended
the San Francisco and Philadelphia Conservatories of Music and Syracuse University
majoring in piano, composition, and electronic music.
Duane was an original member of Buddy Miles Express, and played with Jimmy Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jeff Beck, Etta James, Miles Davis, and much more. Also, he became a member of the rock group Cactus with Carmine Appice and Tim Bogart. Later, he worked with Alice Cooper. He won a Grammy for the ballade, "I’ll Be Here Where The Heart Is" for the movie Flashdance and wrote several other songs with Kim Carnes. He also co-wrote songs for the movies Rock IV, Bring Down The House, Iron Eagle. He had hits/songs with Heart, Tina Turner, Steve Perry, Pat Benatar, Michael Bolton, Eddie Money, Eric Carmen. Duane co-wrote "Don't Look Any Further" with Frannie Golde and Dennis Lambert. The song was a major hit for the great lead singer of the Temptations, Dennis Edwards. He discovered and pre-produced a band called City Kidd. Duane has visited England, China, and Russia as Ambassador of the Arts on two separate trips representing the United States and have the pleasure of visiting a number of other countries around the globe with his music. |
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Righteous Philips PHS 600-306 released 1969 recorded in North Hollywood, CA/USA |
Harvey Mandel, guitar Ernie Watts, alto sax, tenor sax Gene Cipriano, tenor sax Plas Johnson, tenor sax Bill Perkins, tenor sax Jack Nimitz, baritone sax, bass sax Michael Barone, trombone Lew McCreary, trombone Peter Myers, trombone Dick Leith, bass trombone John Audino, trumpet Buddy Childers, trumpet Stan Fishelson, trumpet Ollie Mitchell, trumpet Bob Jones, guitar, drums, vocals Howard Roberts, guitar Duane Hitchings, organ Pete Jolly, piano Victor Feldman, vibes, percussion Art Stavro, bass Bob West, bass Eddie Hoh, drums Earl Palmer, drums, congas |
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Electric Church Mercury SR 61222 released 1969 |
Buddy Miles, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums, vocals Bob Rock, sax James Tatum, sax Toby Wynn, sax Peter Carter, trumpet Tom Hall, trumpet Jim McCarty, guitar Duane Hitchings, organ Billy Rich, bass |
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Them Changes Mercury SR 61280 released 1970 recorded in Chicago, IL and New York, NY/USA |
Buddy Miles, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums, vocals Robert Pittman, alto sax, tenor sax James Tatum, tenor sax Mark Williams, tenor sax Toby Wynn, baritone sax Lee Allen, sax, trumpet Bob Hogins, trombone, organ, piano Teddy Blandin, trumpet Peter Carter, trumpet Tom Hall, trumpet Phil Wood, flugelhorn, piano Marlo Henderson, guitar Charlie Karp, guitar Jim McCarty, guitar Wally Rossunolo, guitar Duane Hitchings, organ Andre Lewis, organ, piano Robin McBride, harpsichord, keyboards, piano Bob Parkins, organ Billy Cox, bass David Hull, bass Roland Robinson, bass |
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