David Hungate Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
David Hungate (born August 5, 1948) is a bass guitarist, producer, and arranger noted as a member of Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1977 to 1982 and rejoining in 2014. Along with most of his Toto bandmates, Hungate did sessions on a number of hit albums of the 1970s, including Boz Scaggs's Silk Degrees and Alice Cooper's From the Inside. He also played the bass on "You're the One That I Want".Hungate played on Toto's first four records, including multiple Grammy award-winning album, Toto IV. He left the band shortly after its release for a career as a session musician in Nashville. Hungate, who plays many instruments including guitar, trumpet, drums, and piano, has arranged, produced and recorded with several country artists such as Chet Atkins. In 1998, Hungate rejoined his former TOTO bandmates in Europe for a series of live shows promoting Toto XX: 1977-1997. An archive release of previously unreleased studio & live songs. He was also a primary member of AOR supergroup Mecca fronted by Joe Vana and Fergie Frederiksen, the latter also of Toto fame. In 1990 he released a solo album entitled "Souvenir" (on CBS). Jeff Porcaro played drums on some of the tracks on the album.Hungate attended the College of Music at North Texas State University. He played bass in their jazz ensemble, the One O'Clock Lab Band, including a performance at the 1970 Montreux Jazz Festival. He is the son of the late US Congressman (and later Federal District Judge) William L Hungate.As of 2012, Hungate still resides in Nashville and is still an active and highly sought-after studio musician and on occasion tours with top acts such as Vince Gill. As of 2014, he has rejoined Toto in a touring capacity due to the departure of the touring bass player, Nathan East (who is filling in for regular bassist Mike Porcaro who is currently undergoing treatment for ALS). He will retire from music after touring.
Net Worth
$16 Million
Date Of Birth
1947
Place Of Birth
Texas, USA
Profession
Soundtrack, Music Department
Nicknames
David Hungate, Hungate, David
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Fact
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Original bass player of the band Toto (1978-1984).
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Left Toto after the release of the Grammy winning album "Toto IV" to pursue solo projects.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
20th Century Masters: The Best of Olivia Newton-John - The DVD Collection
2004
Video short "Physical", "A Little More Love", "Deeper Than the Night", "Totally Hot"
Michael
1996
producer: "Young Thing" 1994
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Neil Diamond: Under a Tennessee Moon
1996
TV Special documentary musician: guitar and bass
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Making of Toto XIV
2015
Documentary short
Himself
Songs
2011
TV Series
Himself
Influences: George Jones and Randy Travis
1991
TV Movie
Himself
Cinemax Sessions
1987
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
Michael (1996) as Soundtrack
20th Century Masters: The Best of Olivia Newton-John - The DVD Collection (2004) as Soundtrack
Influences: George Jones and Randy Travis (1991) as Himself
