Eddie Drennon (born Edward Allen Drennen in Newark, NJ)

VARIANTS: Eddie Drennan, Eddie Drennen, Edward Drennan, Eddy Drennon, Edward Drennon

Composer of:
LET'S DO THE LATIN HUSTLE
WOULD YOU DANCE TO MY MUSIC
DISCO JAM

Featured violinist with:
BO DIDDLEY (1960-68)
ORQUESTA NOVEL (1968-84)
CHARANGA AMERICA (1984-87)

Studied violin with Louia Vaughn Jones and music composition with Mark Fax at the Howard University School of Music (1959-63); he previously studied violin with Samuel Applebaum and Ugo Carano; studied music theory and composition with Rocco Pesile and Achilles D’Amico while attending Arts High School, Newark, NJ (1954-58).

Eddie is presently a member of the Umoja String Quartet and serves on the faculty at the George Washington University and Levine School of Music.

Eddie Drennon and BBS Unlimited

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