Born May 25, 1948, in Flushing, Queens, New York, Carmine Delligatti was a working drummer from 1962 until 2010. He recorded with the Dick Watson Five in the early 1960's, and played with many bands and recording artists throughout the country.

Carmine played at the Forge and other South Florida venues. Recorded with Stephen Stills at Criteria Recording Studios and other South Florida artists. In 1974, he toured with Motown recording artist Martha Reeves, backed by Granny's Bathwater, and played at venues like The Bottom Line in New York and the Troubadour in LA. He recorded with Granny's behind Danny Cox and Larry Lee from the Ozark Mountain Daredevils.

In the mid-1970s, Carmine consulted on the Eagles hit song "There's Gonna Be A Heartache Tonight". In 1982, he recorded with Wayne Cochran on the album Love, Love, Love and appeared with Wayne on Tom Snyder's Tomorrow Show. He played on various commercials and joined the house band "Mirage" at Daphne's. The band was featured in the 1984 pilot of Miami Vice. Carmine programmed drum tracks for a number of Latin artists produced by Juanito Marquez, arranger for the Miami Sound Machine, and is on the album "All Stars Big Band Merengue."

In 1989, Carmine joined Deneba Software, where he served as Customer Support Manager until 2003. Then in the same role at ACD Systems until 2006. Then for Marware, Inc., through 2011, and for Swiss Made Marketing until 2014.

In 1998, Carmine met his wife, Tian. They were married in 1999. He continued playing drums until age 62, when his daughter was born.

2014, Carmine established Cupertinotimes.com, an online magazine where he wrote over 400 articles and served as Owner/Managing Editor. He retired in 2026 and focused on this memoir and other projects.

Hear Carmine play on his legacy YouTube channel, "Carmine On Drums".