Damon DueWhite a native of Twin Oaks, Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia suburb, learned to play the drums at the age of six from his father. At the age of fourteen, he was playing in local bands in and around Philadelphia and the New York Tri-State area. Damon, attended the Berklee College of Music where he was heavily influenced by the likes of Branford Marsalis, Donald Harrison, Terri Lynne Carrington, Wallace Roney, Rachelle Ferrell, Walter Beasley and many others. 

Damon has performed and/or recorded with Vanessa Williams and The National Symphony Orchestra, Hugh Masekela, Oliver Lake, Regina Carter, Philip Harper, Rachelle Ferrell, Miriam Makeba, Harry Belafonte, Vanessa Rubin, Carla Cook, Craig Harris, Meshell Ndegeocello, Jonathan Butler, George Duke, Roberta Flack, Vernon Reid, Nona Hendrix, Johnny Clyde Copland, Shemekia Copeland, to name a few. 

When asked who or what were the major influences in his life, without hesitation Damon’s response is always his dad who was his all time favorite drummer but running a close second is the great Herbie Hancock. Damon said “Coming from a musical family I was exposed to everything from Gospel, to Jazz, to R and B, but when I heard Herbie Hancock’s Thrust, I lost my mind. To me that one album bridged the gap between all of the elements of everything that I had ever listened to”. And with that came the birth of Damon’s latest band “FAZZ” (Funky Jazz) .