Tris Imboden
| Tris Imboden | |
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Tris Imboden in 2013
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Gregory Tristan Imboden |
| Born | July 27, 1951 |
| Genres | Rock, adult contemporary, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Drums, percussion, harmonica |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Associated acts |
Chicago Firefall Honk |
| Website | Official Chicago website |
| Notable instruments | |
| DW Drums | |
Gregory Tristan "Tris" Imboden (born July 27, 1951) is an American rock and jazz drummer. As an educator, he has been a drum clinician and author of tutorial materials. As a performer, he has been in studio sessions and on tour with some of the most notable and highest-selling musicians of all time. As of 1990[update], he has been best known as the lead drummer with the multi-platinum band, Chicago. He is a multi-platinum selling artist.
Imboden's most notable studio session work has included recordings with Neil Diamond, Kenny Loggins, Firefall, Richard Marx, Steve Vai, Roger Daltrey, and Crosby, Stills & Nash. As a touring drummer, he has played with Kenny Loggins, Al Jarreau, Chaka Khan, Firefall, Cock Robin, Michael McDonald, Los Lobotomys and other notable groups.
As a full-time band member, Imboden's career has included Honk, the Kenny Loggins Band (including "Who's Right, Who's Wrong" featuring Michael Jackson, the six-time platinum Number One hit "Footloose", and "I'm Alright" from Caddyshack), and Chicago. His career with Chicago has seen the release of thirteen albums, several of them certified as platinum.
Aside from a brief, early, move to Germany, Tris Imboden was born and raised in various beachside communities of Orange County in Southern California. As a primarily self-taught, lifetime career musician, his musical interests were stirred by seeing a parade when he was three to five years old.
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