Chuck Yegian (Darbuka)
Chuck Yegian was born in the United States in 1952 and received his B.A. from Rutgers University. He taught himself to play the darbuka at the age of thirteen. Since then, he has performed with many Turkish, Greek, and Armenian musicians in the New York metropolitan area. Upon meeting some Romani musicians during a visit to Turkey in the early 1970s, Chuck found a new inspiration