He is a bass player and guitarist born in Texas who
has been a much sought after session musician since the late 1960s/early
1970s when he was performing with Sonny & Cher among many others.In 1975/6 he worked with Bozz
Scaggs on the album Silk Degrees and his bassline can be heard on
the hit singles "Lido Shuffle", "Lowdown" and "What Can I Say" as well as
the songs "Harbor Lights" and "We're All Alone".From 1977 he became a founder member of the successful
rock group Toto and appeared on many of their hit singles such as "Hold the
Line", "Rosanna" and "Africa" and several albums including the acclaimed Toto
IV which received several Grammy awards.This would the last album he performed on with them,
with Mike Porcaro taking his place and appearing on the videos from Toto
IV, although he has appeared with them off and on ever since.He had decided to spread his wings
and move on to Nashville to work as a session musician and this led his career
getting even busier in the studio, sometimes acting as a producer.Not totally staying away from
working with groups though, he was a member of the group Mecca, which was
led by two other ex-members of Toto.Working with countless acts that number into the hundreds over the
years, he has worked with Alabama, The Bellamy Brothers, Colin Blunstone,
Glen Campbell, Kim Carnes, Rosanne Cash, Cerrone, The Chieftains, Joe
Cocker, Richie Cole, Kiki Dee, Donovan, David Foster, Crystal Gayle, Nanci
Griffith, Olivia Newton John, Bert Jansch, John Jarvis, George Jones, Toby
Keith, Greg Lake, Nicolette Larson, Nils Lofgren, Lyle Lovett, Loretta
Lynn, Melissa Manchester, The Manhattan Transfer, The Mavericks, Mac
McAnally, Marilyn McCoo, Reba McEntire, Bette Midler, Roger Miller, Ronnie
Milsap, Mickey Newbury, Juice Newton, Maxine Nightingale, Mark OConnor,
Michael Omartian, Dolly Parton, The Pointer Sisters, Billy Preston, Charley
Pride, Peter Pringle, Eddie Rabbitt, Lou Rawls, Jerry Reid, The Righteous
Brothers, Minnie Riperton, Johnny Rivers, Kenny Rogers, Linda Ronstadt,
Carole Bayer Sager, Earl Scruggs, Seals & Crofts, John Sebastian, Neil
Sedaka, Ricky Skaggs, The Statler Brothers, George Strait, Sweethearts of
the Rodeo, Randy Travis, Tanya Tucker, Conway Twitty and Frankie Valli to
name a very few.The sheer
amount of albums he has featured on are countless, and far too many to
mention here, but a few of them include his own Souvenir as well as Bryan
Adams by Bryan Adams, Stay Tuned by Chet Atkins, Bish by
Stephen Bishop, Show Me Your Way by Glen Campbell, Best of the
Casablanca Years by Cher, Hard Times for Lovers by Judy Collins,
Very Best Of... by Christopher Cross, Beautiful Noise by Neil
Diamond, I Hear Music by England Dan & John Ford Coley, Never
Alone by Amy Grant, Don't You Love Me Anybody by Engelbert
Humperdinck, Miss Gladys Knight by Gladys Knight, One Voice
by Barry Manilow, Baby, Thats What Friends Are For by Johnny Mathis
& Deniece Williams, Totally Hot by Olivia Newton John, Cry
Like A Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind by Linda Ronstadt, It's Me
by Diana Ross, Endless Flight by Leo Sayer, Down Two Then Left
by Boz Scaggs, Home By Dawn by J.D. Souther, Songbird by
Barbra Streisand, RCA Legends by Sylvia, He Who Rides the Tiger by
Bernie Taupin, Hydra, Toto, Toto XX and Turn Back by Toto, Woman
in Me by Shania Twain, Songs of the Beatles by Sarah Vaughan and
Strong Stuff by Hank Williams Jr.Today he is still very active in the industry and
working as hard as ever in both Nashville and Los Angeles.
The Manhattan
Transfer Recordings
Body and Soul (Edward Heyman/Johnny
Green/Robert Sour/Frank Eyton)
Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone (Marius
Constant/Jay Graydon/Alan Paul)
