Don Mancuso

Don Mancuso (born on March 26, 1955 in Rochester, New York) is an American rock music guitarist and songwriter best known for his role as the guitarist/co-writer for the rock band Black Sheep as well as The Lou Gramm Band and The Voice of Foreigner. He also has a successful solo career and continues to work with Phil Naro on DDrive. He also is working with Regi Hendrix on his first solo effort.

Biography

Pre Solo

Mancuso attended Greece Olympia High School in Rochester, New York and graduated with the class of 1973. He attended The College Of Marin for music and graduated from Monroe Community College with an AS degree in Electronics Engineering in 1988.

Mancuso began his music career playing guitar in Black Sheep. After the release of the band's self titled Black Sheep and Encouraging Words, Don continued to write and record with groups such as Cheater, Lou Gramm Band, Johnny Smoke, The Park Ave Band and Celtic Fire.

The Lou Gramm Band

In 2004, Don was asked to join his former Black Sheep bandmate (and former Foreigner frontman) Lou Gramm in his new Lou Gramm Band, which also included another Black Sheep alumnus, Bruce Turgon. The band plays old Foreigner hits as well as Lou Gramm Band material and is working on a Christian rock release.

Discography

• The Lou Gramm Band:[1] 2009

• DDRIVE
• Straight Up The Middle:[2] 2007
• 3D:[3] 2010

Solo Albums

• Now You See It:[4] 1999

• DDRIVE:[5] 2004

• No Strings Attached EP Melodic Revolutions Records (2011) http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/donmancuso

Other Albums

• Black Sheep Black Sheep Capital Records(1975)
• Encoouraging Words Black Sheep Capital Records(1976)
• Ten Cent Love AffairIndie Cheater(1985)
• Ready or Not Lou Gramm Atlantic Records(1987)
• Bridge Red Heart Indie(1997)
• Into Your Life Tom Passamonti Indie (1998)
• Crime Don't Pay Yet Indie Johnny Smoke(1999)
• Flames Of Eviction:[6] Celtic Fire Indie(2001)
• Jessi Hamilton Jessi Hamilton Indie (2002)
• Jessi Hamilton Indie (2005)
• Don Mancuso's DDRIVE GFI Records (2004)
• DDRIVE Straight Up The Middle Melodic Revolutions Records (2006)
• The Lou Gramm Band Spectra Records/North America-Frontiers Records/Europe & Asia (2009)
• DDRIVE 3D includes full color 3D art, poster & glasses Melodic Revolutions Records (2010)

External links

• Don's Official website

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Name	Mancuso, Don
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Date of birth	March 26, 1955
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