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Jeff Pilson
Jeffrey Steven Pilson (born January 19, 1958) is an American musician best known for being the bass player in the glam metal band Dokken and currently classic rock band Foreigner. He has also had an extended stint with Dio in the 1990s.
Pilson was born on 19 January 1958 in Lake Forest, Illinois. He is of Irish descent.[citation needed]
He spent part of his youth in Milwaukee, Wisconsin before moving to Longview, Washington, where he graduated from R.A. Long High School in 1976.
He attended the University of Washington to study music after he had started playing bass at age 13 but left prior to earning a degree in order to pursue a career in music.
One of his early bands was an Emerson, Lake & Palmer-type progressive trio called Christmas. He moved to San Francisco in 1978 where he met and became friends with guitarist Mike Varney.
Pilson and Varney would join forces in the band Cinema. After moving back to Seattle for a brief period, Varney called Pilson to get involved in the recording of Rock Justice, a rock opera co-written by Varney and produced by Marty Balin.
Still based in San Francisco, Pilson next teamed up with guitarist Randy Hansen, best known as a Jimi Hendrix impersonator, and Pilson recorded the Astral Projection – Live album with Hansen for Shrapnel Records.
When the band with Hansen dissolved, Pilson moved to Los Angeles and several weeks later, on a recommendation by Mike Varney, was contacted by vocalist Don Dokken who was looking for a bass player for his band Dokken.
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Jeff Pilson
Jeffrey Steven Pilson (born January 19, 1958) is an American musician best known for being the bass player in the glam metal band Dokken and currently classic rock band Foreigner. He has also had an extended stint with Dio in the 1990s.
Pilson was born on 19 January 1958 in Lake Forest, Illinois. He is of Irish descent.[citation needed]
He spent part of his youth in Milwaukee, Wisconsin before moving to Longview, Washington, where he graduated from R.A. Long High School in 1976.
He attended the University of Washington to study music after he had started playing bass at age 13 but left prior to earning a degree in order to pursue a career in music.
One of his early bands was an Emerson, Lake & Palmer-type progressive trio called Christmas. He moved to San Francisco in 1978 where he met and became friends with guitarist Mike Varney.
Pilson and Varney would join forces in the band Cinema. After moving back to Seattle for a brief period, Varney called Pilson to get involved in the recording of Rock Justice, a rock opera co-written by Varney and produced by Marty Balin.
Still based in San Francisco, Pilson next teamed up with guitarist Randy Hansen, best known as a Jimi Hendrix impersonator, and Pilson recorded the Astral Projection – Live album with Hansen for Shrapnel Records.
When the band with Hansen dissolved, Pilson moved to Los Angeles and several weeks later, on a recommendation by Mike Varney, was contacted by vocalist Don Dokken who was looking for a bass player for his band Dokken.