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Damon DueWhite (drums, percussion) a native of Twin Oaks, Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia suburb, learned to play the drums at the age of six from his father. At fourteen, he played in local bands in the Philadelphia and the New York Tri-State area. Prior to embarking on his first tour with the vocalist Roberta Flack in 1982, DueWhite, attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.

DueWhite has performed and/or recorded with Vanessa Williams and The National Symphony Orchestra, Hugh Masekela, Oliver Lake, Regina Carter, Philip Harper, Rachelle Ferrell, Miriam Makeba, Harry Belafonte, Vanessa Rubin, Carla Cook, Craig Harris, Meshell Ndegeocello, Jonathan Butler, George Duke, Roberta Flack, Alex Bugnon, Vivian Reed, Jennifer Holliday, Joe, Joan Osborne, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Chuck Berry, Vernon Reid, Nona Hendrix, Johnny Clyde Copland, Shemekia Copeland, Johnnie Johnson, Sarah Dash, Mick Taylor, Axelle Red and David Linx.

His Broadway credits are the first U.S. tour of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical "Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk", the national tour of the Tony Award-nominated blues revue “It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues.” His other work on Broadway includes the Tony Award-winning musical “The Color Purple” and “Holler If Ya Hear Me” based on the music of Tupac Shakur, and the Tony-nominated production of “Motown: The Musical.” The Tony Award-winning show “Hello Dolly.” Featuring Bette Midler and Tina Turner the Musical.

DueWhite has also performed in a number of music festivals around the world, including the Montreux Jazz Festival (France), North Sea Jazz Festival (Netherlands), Jazz in Tokyo Festival, Banlieues Bleues Festival(France), Australia’s Byron Bay Blues & Roots Festival, International Jazz Festival of Bern, Switzerland, Bastia Equinox Jazz Festival (Corsica), Montreal Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, JVC Jazz Festival, Long Beach Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, Chicago Jazz Festival, Fort Meade Jazz Festival, and the Capital Jazz Festival. Along with his countless performances in the United States, DueWhite has toured Africa, Australia, China, South America, Japan, Europe, Canada, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.

He has also appeared on The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, BET Jazz Central, VH-1, C-Span, and WNBC New York Positively Black.

For more: https://www.moderndrummer.com/2016/10/beat-damon-duewhite-five-tips-starting/

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