American drummer
Chuck Burgi
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Birth name
| Charles Arnold Burgi III
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Born
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1952-08-15
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August 15, 1952
(age 71)
Montclair, New Jersey
, United States
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Origin
| Montclair, New Jersey
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Occupation(s)
| Musician
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Instrument(s)
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Website
| chuckburgi
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Musical artist
Charles Arnold Burgi III
(
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[4]
born August 15, 1952,
Montclair, New Jersey
) is an American drummer. He has performed with many rock bands and musicians, ranging from local
New Jersey
/
New York
-area artists to international groups, throughout his prolific career. He is the current drummer for The
Billy Joel Band
.
Career
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After having performed on several album sessions, Burgi earned a spot with the jazz fusion band,
Brand X
. He then experienced early mainstream success with his band,
Balance
in the early 1980s. This group also featured Peppy Castro,
Bob Kulick
, Dennis Feldman and noted arranger and keyboardist
Doug Katsaros
. The group scored a top-25 hit on the
U.S. singles chart
with "Breaking Away" in
1981
. Although the song was recorded before Burgi joined the group, he had joined in time to record Balance's follow-up album,
In for the Count.
In addition to Brand X, Burgi has played and toured with
Al Di Meola
,
Hall & Oates
,
Joe Lynn Turner
,
Rainbow
,
Blue Oyster Cult
,
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Meat Loaf
,
Fandango
and
Enrique Iglesias
and has recorded with numerous other artists, including
Michael Bolton
,
Glen Burtnik
,
Bon Jovi
and
Diana Ross
.
Burgi was a member of the on-stage band in the Twyla Tharp - Billy Joel hit musical
Movin' Out
during the entire 3½ year run on
Broadway
.
Recent recordings include
Billy Joel
's live CD
12 Gardens Live
and the 2007 Joel-penned single, "
Christmas in Fallujah
", exclusive to iTunes. Since November 2005, Chuck has been Joel's drummer, touring extensively, including 12 record breaking shows at New York's
Madison Square Garden
in 2006, 2008's double night
The Last Play at Shea
and the October 2008 New York Springsteen/Joel benefit for
Barack Obama
at the
Hammerstein Ballroom
. He also appears, with former
Rainbow
bandmate and bassist,
Greg Smith
,
Danger Danger
vocalist
Ted Poley
, and
Trixter
guitarist Steve Brown, on the self-titled melodic hard rock-styled "Tokyo Motor Fist" album, released February 24, 2017.
He is the brother of actor
Richard Burgi
and briefly lived in
London
while playing with Brand X.
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