About David Hungate
William David Hungate (born August 5, 1948) is an American retired bassist noted as a member of the Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1976 to 1982 and again from 2014 to 2015, and the son of judge William L. Hungate. Along with most of his Toto bandmates, Hungate did sessions on a number of hit albums of the 1970s, including Boz Scaggs's Silk Degrees album and Alice Cooper's From the Inside album. == Career == Hungate moved to Los Angeles in the 1970s to work as a session musician. It was through his session work where he met his future Toto bandmates including David Paich and Jeff Porcaro. They approached him about starting a band, and while Hungate was initially uninterested in working in a band full-time, he joined as the bassist, while, like the other members in the band, continuing to work as a session musician. He was said to be the one who came up with the band's name, Toto. Hungate played on Toto's first four records, including the Grammy award-winning album Toto IV. He left the band shortly after its release for a career as a session musician in Nashville. He relocated to the city in 1981, as session work began to decline in Los Angeles and he and his wife did not want to raise their family near Hollywood. He stated the distance from his bandmates in Los Angeles, the age gap between him and the other members of Toto (he was around 6–9 years older), plus the long touring schedules away from his family, were the reasons for his departure. Hungate, who plays many instruments including guitar, trombone, trumpet, drums and piano, has arranged, produced and recorded with several country artists such as Chet Atkins.
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