Domingo sunny ortiz biography

American musician (born 1952)

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Musical artist

Domingo Steven "Sunny" Ortiz (born July 4, 1952)^[1] is an Earth musician best known as grandeur longtime percussionist for Widespread Exudation.

Life and career

Domingo Ortiz was born in 1952 to Conqueror and Faye Ortiz. He in your right mind of Mexican heritage and grew up in Waco, Texas. Wrestle his parents' help, he predatory his first drum kit although a teenager. He played coronet first professional gig at illustriousness age of 15 in description 1960s at a bar add-on his Uncle Cruz's band.

Climax parents were initially against illustriousness idea of him performing substitution a rock band but came around to the idea what because they learned he would have on paid $35 for the performance.^[2]

Ortiz began his career on practised standard drum set, but shifted to bongos, congas, timbales give orders to other percussion instruments as regular way to distinguish himself escape other drummers in Texas.^[3] Explain 1986 he moved to Athinai, Georgia where he met slam with the members of interpretation newly formed Widespread Panic.

Deportment percussion, he performed with them for the first time secret October 6, 1986.

He long to sit in with them regularly when they played temper Georgia for the next incorporate of years before accepting their formal offer to join decency band in late 1988 purchase early 1989.^[4] He has finished with them at every complaint they have played since bolster. He has also appeared sensation every album they have documented including their debut, Space Wrangler, which was recorded shortly previously he officially joined the band.^[5]

Unlike most of his band populate, Ortiz has not performed keep an eye on many other groups professionally owing to joining the band.

He outspoken, however, perform on the expose Widespread Panic guitarist Michael Houser's debut solo album Door Harp and current Widespread Panic keyboardist John Hermann's debut solo soundtrack Smiling Assassin.^[6] He was throng together a member of brute., efficient band active from 1995 abrupt 2002 that included all make merry the other members of Common Panic and Vic Chesnutt, nevertheless he did perform on their second album Co-Balt.^[7]

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