Greg Errico (born September 1, 1948
Errico later collaborated with bands such as Santana, on Carlos Santana and Buddy Miles Live, released June 7, 1972, and with the Grateful Dead. In 1974 he began drumming for the Jerry Garcia Band on and off thru 1984. He also worked with Larry Graham (from Sly & The Family Stone) plus members of the Tower of Power horns, Journey and the Pointer Sisters on the first album for Betty Davis; Errico produced and drummed.
Some later works
During mid 80's - mid 90's Greg joined the reformed Quicksilver Messenger Service.
Early 2000's, 2005 - 2008 produced a couple CD's for Jamie Davis, big band w/members of Count Basie Orchestra.
Performed at the 2006 Grammy Awards, in the Sly & the Family Stone tribute, alongside most of his former bandmates.
2024 Greg was an executive producer on Grammy winning "Basie Swings The Blues", Best Large Jazz Ensemble album category.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYLvOZX6kCw
Legacy
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. He continued to tour, with The Family Stone, alongside fellow founding member of Sly and the Family Stone Jerry Martini (saxophone). This band also included former Sly and the Family Stone member Cynthia Robinson (trumpet) before she died in 2015.
Errico appears in two recent documentaries, "Summer of Soul" and "Sly Lives."
Personal life
Errico was born and grew up in San Francisco, California. Errico relocated to Las Vegas in 2023, and continues to play and produce.
A 2014 scientific paper states that Errico is the musician with the highest degree and PageRank centralities, and the second highest Eigenvector centrality, of all musicians of all time.