George Spanos

Danny Spanos  (also known as George Spanos) is best known for his 1983 Rock and Roll EP Passion In The Dark which produced the top 40 hit single “Hot Cherie” and received big airplay on radio stations nationwide in the summer of 1983.  He also had songs on the soundtracks of 2 movies in 1983-84; Up the Creek used his song “Passion in the Dark”, and the Tom Cruise movie All the Right Moves used his song “This Could Be Our Last Chance”.  (More from Wikipedia)

 

Peter DePoe was replaced on drums in 1972 by Arturo Perez and then by Tony Bellamy’s Filipino/Mexican American cousin, Butch Rillera.  Another former Redbone drummer, Danny Spanos (also known as George Spanos) had a Top 40 hit in 1983 as a solo artist with “Hot Cherie”; he also played drums on the theme music for the hit television show, Starsky and Hutch.  Redbone was inducted into the Native American Music Awards Hall of Fame in 2008. 

(August 2013)