- Five children: Alessandro and Cristina with Dorina Giangrande; Sara, Sofia and Francesco with Fabiola Sciabbarasi.
- Supports Napoli.
- Italian singer/songwriter and self-taught guitarist. Worked with Bob Marley, Richie Havens as well as with Arab and African musicians. Best known for his 1980 album "Nero a metà".
- Daniele was born to a working-class family in Naples, his father being a harbor worker.
- In 2010, Daniele played at Crossroads Guitar Festival, called by his friend Eric Clapton at Toyota Park in Chicago, playing with Joe Bonamassa and Robert Randolph. In 2011, he performed in concert with Clapton at Cava de' Tirreni stadium.
- In that year Daniele opened the Bob Marley concert at the San Siro stadium in Milan.
- A self-taught guitarist, he began his career as a musician playing for other successful singers of the 1970s.
- Daniele died of a heart attack on 4 January 2015, at Sant'Eugenio Hospital in Rome.
- His debut in the Italian music world was in 1977 with the album Terra mia, which proved to be a successful mix of Neapolitan tradition and Blues sounds.
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