Dennis Marcellino has an extensive history in the music business as a musician who plays sax, flute, guitar and other instruments, as well as being a vocalist, composer and arranger. He is a former member of many top bands including The Tokens (the band who once had the hit, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"), Sly & The Family Stone, The Elvin Bishop Group and Rubicon (who closed the largest paid-ticket event in history, Cal Jam 2). With these groups he recorded 10 albums. As a solo artist he had the #1 selling cassette in the Northwest in 1992 & 1993 called "It's Christmas" and the following solo CD releases: "Daddy's Home", "New Beginning" and "The Spirit of Christmas". He has a duo CD release with his brother-in-law, Mark Stefani called "An Evening To Remember" (now called "Tenderly") that received a five star review in Jazzscene magazine, ranking Dennis higher than all other sax players, and was an international bestseller. Besides being a member of the above bands, he has recorded and toured as a musician/vocalist with Sha Na Na, Rare Earth, 3 Dog Night, The Electric Flag, Graham Central Station, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, Leon Patillo and Kyle Henderson, among others. He has also been a special guest star on many television shows including The Tracey Ullman Show, American Bandstand, Midnight Special, Merv Griffin, Living The Life (at the 700 Club studio), etc. He scored and performed the music for a number of movies, and sang the lead and played sax on two songs in "Sweet Bird Of Youth", starring Elizabeth Taylor and Mark Harmon. He also has written 8 books.
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