Birthdate

August 22 1961

Height

5ft 6 inches

Blake Sakamoto was born on August 22, 1961 in Portland, Oregon, USA.

Blake had a very extensive musical training. This included thirteen years of piano, three of those studying with Pat George, and five years of classical voice training. Blake also studied music at Portland State University and Portland Community College.

Blake played in a few bands in the 70s, including the LA based band Dear Mr. President. Blake saw Dan Reed Network for the first time in February 1985 and liked them. Right from the beginning, Blake wanted desperatley to join this band.

Melvin and Dan Reed saw Blake in Dear Mr. President in 1986 at a gig in Portland and knew they had to have him in the band. It took a lot of working out, but finally, in March 1987, Blake was invited to join by Dan Reed. Read the whole story in Blake's own words at www.rockreunion.de in the interviews section (Jan 10^th 2001).

Blake completed the picture for the definitive Dan Reed Network line-up which remained stabled until the end.

After Dan Reed Network, Blake worked in various projects, most notably with Dan Pred in Generator which subsequently became Slowrush. Management difficulties forced them to leave the band.

Since then, Blake has been busy with projects in Portland, the main one being Black Barrel, but also with 28 If and the Brian Cutler Band. See the AFTER section for more details. He also became a father in 1993, with the birth of his son, Zachary.