David Perper is an American drummer. Since 1970, David has played and recorded with national and local Bay Area artists and bands including Kingfish, the

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, the

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, Peter Rowan and the Free Mexican Air Force, the Sounds of San Francisco (featuring John Cippolina, Greg Douglas, Alex Ligertwood, and David Margen),

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, Steve Seskin, Bill Cutler, Barry Flast and Trouble, David Denny,

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and Andy Kulberg, Rahni Raines, Joe Christmas, and Big Bang Beat. Perper lives in

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. He played for the

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band

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to replace founding drummer Steve Price. Perper was aboard in 1983 for their last album for

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, ''Out of Our Hands'', although Price played on two songs. He then departed in 1984 as the original members of the band briefly reunited in 1985-1986 before disbanding altogether. Perper then joined a brief (1984–85) reunion of

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, toured with Jesse Colin Young, and is known to have played as a substitute drummer for The Rhythm Rockers (Robert Valdez, guitar; Gil Roman, bass and lead vocals) c. 1990, for one gig at the now defunct Pat O'Shea's Mad Hatter on

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. In 1986, David formed the City Section featuring ex-Santana members Alex Ligertwood and David Margen, Nate Ginsberg, and Jerry Cortez. David Perper was at times a member of the band Kingfish, playing in versions of the band that sometimes included Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead. Perper played with

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in The Sounds of San Francisco c. 1986. From 2011 through October 2016, David was a member of the Daniel Castro Band.

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