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David Hungate is a bass player noted as a member of Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1977-1982. Boz Scaggs's Silk Degrees album of 1975 included Hungate and several other members of Toto. Scagg's tracks featured the "hook" popping bassline on the single "Lowdown", and the lyrical bass fills on "Harbor Lights" and "We're All Alone".
Hungate played on Toto's first four records, including multiple Grammy award-winning album, "Toto IV." He left the band shortly after its release for a career as a session musician in Nashville. Mike Porcaro, his replacement for Toto IV's videos (and subsequent albums), is the brother of two of Toto's original members, Jeff and Steve Porcaro. Hungate also plays guitar and has produced and recorded with several country artists such as Ethel and the Shameless Hussies. Currently residing in Nashville, Hungate has collaborated with both former and current members of Toto for occasional recordings and gigs over the years. David also was a primary member of AOR Supergroup Mecca fronted by Joe Vana and Fergie Frederiksen also of Toto fame.
