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Marc Quiñones | |
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.jpg) Quiñones withThe Allman Brothers Band in 2011. | |
| Background information | |
| Born | (1963-12-29)December 29, 1963 (age 61)[1] The Bronx,New York, United States |
| Genres | Southern rock,salsa,Latin music,jazz fusion,new wave |
| Occupation(s) | Musician,producer |
| Instrument(s) | Percussion,drums |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Labels | Columbia |
| Member of | Doobie Brothers |
| Formerly of | The Allman Brothers Band |
Marc Quiñones is apercussionist, a longtime player insalsa music, a former member of theSouthern rock groupThe Allman Brothers Band (1991–2014) and theGregg Allman Band. He is of Puerto Rican ancestry.
Born inThe Bronx, New York, he began playingdrums andcongas at the age of three and was playing professionally at the age of nine.[2] In his youth he playedtimbales withLatin music stars such asTito Puente and co-founded a group named Los Rumberitos.[2] At the age of 17 he joined thesalsa music band of Rafael de Jesús.[2][3]
Quiñones spent the next five years in salsa masterWillie Colón's band,[2] playing every percussion instrument at one time or another. His ability tosight-read music led to his becomingmusical director of the band for the last two years; he alsoco-produced one of Colon's albums. He then spent two years playing withRubén Blades as well as playing on and touring forDavid Byrne's Latin musicRei Momo project.[2] In 1989 Quiñones joined thejazz fusion bandSpyro Gyra where he played for two years.[2]
After a chance meeting withButch Trucks in 1991, he was recruited to joinThe Allman Brothers Band.[4] There he played alongside original drummers Trucks andJai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson; the general pattern was that Trucks was the timekeeper, Johanson added colors, and Quiñones established rhythms that the guitarists played against. His twenty-three year tenure with the band is the longest outside of the original members that survived into the 2000s.
When the Allman Brothers Band were not active, Quiñones played with various salsa bands and works as asession musician for albums (such asMarc Anthony's 2001Libre), and creatingmusic scores for televisionsoundtracks, and commercials. Following the Allman Brothers Band's breakup at the end of 2014, Quiñones joined the Gregg Allman Band as well asLes Brers, a part time band led by original Allman Brothers band drummer Butch Trucks, that also consisted of other Allman Brothers alumni.
Quiñones joined theDoobie Brothers as a touring percussionist in May 2018.[5]
