Denny Carmassi

Denny Carmassi
Origin	Bay Area, California, USA[1]
Instruments	Drums
Associated acts	Montrose, Gamma, Heart

Denny Carmassi is an American drummer.

Carmassi was a member of the first four line-ups of the band Montrose. After Montrose, he played with his former Montrose bandmate Sammy Hagar as a solo artist, and with his former Montrose bandmates Ronnie Montrose and Jim Alcivar in the band Gamma.

He also played with Heart, Coverdale-Page, Whitesnake, and David Coverdale as a solo artist.^[2]

Discography

By date

1970s

• Sweet Linda Divine - Sweet Linda Divine (1970)
• Montrose - Montrose (1973)
• Montrose - Paper Money (1974)
• Montrose - Warner Brothers Presents... Montrose! (1975)
• Montrose - Jump On It (1976)
• Sammy Hagar - Musical Chairs (1977)
• Sammy Hagar - All Night Long (1978)
• Randy Meisner - Randy Meisner (1978)
• St. Paradise - St. Paradise (1979)
• Gamma - Gamma 1 (1979)

1980s

• Gamma - Gamma 2 (1980)
• Gamma - Gamma 3 (1982)
• Randy Meisner - Randy Meisner (1982)
• Heart - Passionworks (1983)
• Kim Carnes - Café Racers (1983)
• Mitchell Froom - Key of Cool (1984)
• Al Stewart - Russians & Americans (1984)
• Joe Walsh - The Confessor (1985)
• Heart - Heart (1985)
• Stevie Nicks - Rock a Little (1985)
• .38 Special - Strength in Numbers (1986)
• Heart - Bad Animals (1987)
• Whitesnake - Here I Go Again 87 - Radio-Edit Single (1987)
• Cinderella - Long Cold Winter (1988)
• Russell Hitchcock - Russell Hitchcock (1988)

1990s

• Heart - Brigade (1990)
• Heart - Rock the House Live! (1991)
• Coverdale-Page - Coverdale and Page(1993)
• Heart - Desire Walks On (1993)
• Randy Newman - Faust (1995)
• Ted Nugent - Spirit of the Wild (1995)
• Sammy Hagar - Marching to Mars (1997)
• Whitesnake - Restless Heart (1997)

2000s

• David Coverdale - Into the light (2000)
• Trip to Heaven - 707 (2000)
• Gamma - Gamma 4 (2000)
• Bruce Turgon - Outside Looking In (2006)

By Band / Artist-surname

• Kim Carnes - Café Racers (1983)
• Cinderella - Long Cold Winter (1988)
• Coverdale-Page - Coverdale/Page (1993)
• David Coverdale - Into the light (2000)
• Mitchell Froom - Key of Cool (1984)
• Gamma - Gamma 1 (1979)
• Gamma - Gamma 2 (1980)
• Gamma - Gamma 3 (1982)
• Gamma - Gamma 4 (2000)
• Sammy Hagar - Musical Chairs (1977)
• Sammy Hagar - All Night Long (1978)
• Sammy Hagar - Marching to Mars (1997)
• Heart - Passionworks (1983)
• Heart - Heart (1985)
• Heart - Bad Animals (1987)
• Heart - Brigade (1990)
• Heart - Rock the House Live! (1991)
• Heart - Desire Walks On (1993)
• Russell Hitchcock - Russell Hitchcock (1988)
• Randy Meisner - Randy Meisner (1978)
• Randy Meisner - Randy Meisner (1982)
• Montrose - Montrose (1973)
• Montrose - Paper Money (1974)
• Montrose - Warner Brothers Presents... Montrose! (1975)
• Montrose - Jump On It (1976)
• Stevie Nicks - Rock a Little (1985)
• Randy Newman - Faust (1995)
• Ted Nugent - Spirit of the Wild (1995)
• St. Paradise - St. Paradise (1979)
• Al Stewart - Russians & Americans (1984)
• Sweet Linda Divine - Sweet Linda Divine (1970)
• Trip to Heaven - 707 (2000)
• Bruce Turgon - Outside Looking In (2006)
• Joe Walsh - The Confessor (1985)
• Whitesnake - Here I Go Again 87 - Radio-Edit Single (1987)
• Whitesnake - Restless Heart (1997)
• .38 Special - Strength in Numbers (1986)

References

1. ^ "WHITESNAKE - Группа". Whitesnake.ru. 1947-12-29. http://www.whitesnake.ru/drums.php#denny_carmassi. Retrieved 2011-10-09. 
2. ^ Adam Budofsky, Michele Heusel, Michael Ray Dawson, Michael Parillo (2006). The Drummer: 100 Years of Rhythmic Power and Invention. Hal Leonard. p. 69. ISBN 1423405676. 

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