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Bernie Chiaravalle

Life As We Know It

About Me

Bernie Chiaravalle (pronounced "shaira valley") is a California native now making his home in Nashville, TN since 1998. He has been playing guitar and singing with Michael McDonald since 1988.Bernie grew up in Marin County playing in various bands sharing the bill with other Bay Area bands like Huey Lewis and the News, The Tubes, The Sons of Champlin and Clover.In the early 1980’s he migrated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in songwriting. He soon met up with David Pack of Ambrosia and they began writing together. Bernie co-wrote “Sky Is Falling” which appears on Ambrosia Antholgy and “Light My World” which can be found on David’s Unborn CD.When Michael McDonald was searching for a new guitar player in 1988, it was David Pack who suggested Bernie to his longtime friend. Bernie has been with Michael ever since and has co-written several songs with him as well. Blue Obsession, released in 2000, has 4 songs co-written by Bernie and he also produced 2 songs. One of those songs “No Love To Be Found”, was recently re-released on Michael McDonald: The Ultimate Collection on Rhino Records in 2005. Bernie has also played on several other McDonald records including Motown 2, which certified Gold.He is currently writing and producing an album for Amy Holland McDonald to be released in 2006.For more info on Bernie Chiaravalle please visit www.berniechiaravalle.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/14/2005
Band Website: berniechiaravalle.com
Band Members: Currently playing solo but my CDs feature appearences by Michael McDonald on vocals, Amy McDonald on vocals, Chazz Frichtel on bass and vocals, Lanice Morrison on bass, Harry McCarthy on drums and Steve Leland on harmonica.

Mystery of Love: Life As We Know It Driven By Desire

Click on one of CDs above to purchase at CD Baby

You can also get Bernie's music at iTunes
Influences: Beatles, CSNY, Stevie Wonder, Michael McDonald, Sons of Champlin, Toto, Aretha Franklin, Poco, Dixie Dregs, Logos, Page One, Timmy, The Ravens, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, Beach Boys, Todd Rundgren, Marvin Gaye, Eric Clapton, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Dean Martin, Heart, Seals & Croft, Steely Dan, Simon & Garfunkel, Ambrosia, Bob Dylan, Grieg, Spinal Tap ...did I say Beatles?GUITAR HEROS & INFLUENCES: John, Paul, George, Jimi Hendrix, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Dave Mason, Steve Morse, Eric Clapton, Steve Lukather, John Lovrien, Brian Marnell, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Mike Campbell, Nigel Tufnel...These days I love Aimee Mann, Sean Lennon, Norah Jones, Dixie Chicks, Shawn Colvin, Kathy Mattea, Frou Frou, Michael Penn, Alison Krauss, Amy Holland McDonald, Beth Nielson Chapman, Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, ... I know I'll think of more ... oh yes, BEATLES!
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Record Label: Bernoit Music
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Bernie live on NashvilleRadio.biz 1/30/2007

I will be a guest on NashvilleRadio.biz on Jan 30th at 8:00 PM CST. The show is called "Geo On the Radio" and is streamed live on the internet world wide. I'll be talking with Geo about differenent ...
Posted by Bernie Chiaravalle on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:26:00 PST

White Fand to be auctioned

The Yamaha AES1500 dubbed "White Fang" (by Michael McDonald) will be auctioned off along with a print of a watercolor of the guitar (also by Michael) on Nov 2, 2006 in New York City. I will be playin...
Posted by Bernie Chiaravalle on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 09:26:00 PST