He is a guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and
songwriter raised in Los Angeles, California who has been active in the
music industry as a much sought after session musician from the late 1960s.He has appeared on many acclaimed
artists by some of the top acts in the business and is remembered for his
performance on the guitar and talkbox on the Steely Dan hit "Haitian
Divorce".He married the singer
and composer Carol Parks in 1975 and together they wrote the music and
songs that appeared in the movie The Care Bears Movie II: A New
Generation.They have
since divorced, but have two daughters who both appeared on the Care
Bears Movie soundtrack that they composed for. He has since performed on/written
music for other movies and television shows which include The Big
Bounce, Bowfinger, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, For Your Consideration, Foul
Play, Four Brothers, In an Instant, The Jungle Book, My Big Fat Greek
Wedding, The Notebook, September Dawn, The Spitfire Grill, Starsky &
Hutch, That Thing You Do and Wyatt Earp. Throughout the last four decades in
the business he has worked with hundreds, if not thousands, of groups, composers,
musicians and singers and just a very few of them include The Association, Chet
Atkins, Hoyt Axton, Burt Bacharach, Joan Baez, Big Mountain, Stephen
Bishop, Michael Bolton, Debby Boone, Jackson Browne, Solomon Burke, Jim
Capaldi, Kim Carnes, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Keith Carradine, Felix
Cavaliere, Joe Cocker, Leonard Cohen, Ray Conniff, Michael Crawford, Billy
Ray Cyrus, Destiny's Child, Dion, Celine Dion, Placido Domingo, Randy
Edelman, Yvonne Elliman, En Vogue, Betty Everett, Phil Everly, Donald
Fagen, Wilton Felder, David Foster, The Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, Crystal
Gayle, Lowell George, Arlo Guthrie, Don Henley, Stix Hooper, James Horner, Thelma
Houston, James Newton Howard, Julio Iglesias, Sammy Johns, Leo Kottke, Abraham
Laboriel, Greg Lake, Gordon Lightfoot, Kenny Loggins, Lyle Lovett, Lulu, Melissa
Manchester, The Manhattan Transfer, Teena Marie, Martina McBride, Reba
McEntire, Barry McGuire, Bette Midler, Stephanie Mills, Ronnie Milsap, The
Monkees, Ennio Morricone, Maria Muldaur, Anne Murray, Aaron Neville, David
Newman, Randy Newman, Stevie Nicks, Claus Ogerman, Michael Omartian, Alexander
ONeal, Roy Orbison, Tony Orlando, Dolly Parton, Helen Reddy, Martha
Reeves, Rhythm Heritage, The Righteous Brothers, LeAnn Rimes, Minnie
Riperton, Kenny Rogers, David Lee Roth, Demis Roussos, Brenda Russell, Neil
Sedaka, Carly Simon, George Strait, Tavares, The Temptations, Randy Travis,
Tanya Tucker, Stanley Turrentine, Midge Ure, Luther Vandross, Barry de
Vorzon, Jody Watley, The Whispers, John Williams, Brian Wilson and The
Winans.His album output is astronomical
and impossible to list in any kind of entirety, but a select few include Vanishing
Race by Air Supply, View from the Ground by America, Rock Swings
by Paul Anka, Rapture by Anita Baker, Still Waters by Bee
Gees, Twice the Love by George Benson, Spend My Time by Clint
Black, Amore by Andrea Bocelli, Thousand Kisses Deep by Chris
Botti, Full Circle by Boyz II Men, Un-Break My Heart by Toni
Braxton, Lost Without Your Love by Bread, Bloodline by Glen
Campbell, Rainbow by Mariah Carey, Rock Me Baby by David Cassidy,
Friendship by Ray Charles, Bittersweet White Light by Cher, Dangerous
by Natalie Cole, Hard Times for Lovers by Judy Collins, Satisfied
by Rita Coolidge, Talk on Corners by The Corrs, Painted from
Memory by Elvis Costello, Everything Must Change by Randy
Crawford, That's Me in the Bar by A.J. Croce, Crosby Stills &
Nash (box) by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Golden Years by
The Crusaders, One World by John Denver, Heartlight by Neil
Diamond, Feels Like Home by Sara Evans, Breathless by Kenny
G, Angel Clare by Art Garfunkel, Goodbye Girl by David Gates,
Lets Get It On by Marvin Gaye, Straight Ahead by Amy Grant, Play
Date by Euge Groove, Cure by Dave Grusin, River: The Joni
Letters by Herbie Hancock, One Wish: The Holiday Album by
Whitney Houston, Thriller by Michael Jackson, This Time by Al
Jarreau, Piano Man by Billy Joel, Duets by Elton John, Tender
Loving Care by Tom Jones, Deuces Wild by B.B. King, Wrap
Around Joy by Carol King, Miss Gladys Knight by Gladys Knight, Gift
of Love by Sissel Kyrkjebo, Well Kept Secret by James Last, Something
to Remember by Madonna, Phantom Blues by Taj Mahal, If I
Should Love Again by Barry Manilow, All About Love by Johnny
Mathis, If Thats What It Takes by Michael McDonald, Photograph
by Melanie, Back to Basics by Olivia Newton John, Home Be
Fernando Ortega, Eddi Reader by Eddi Reader, Time by Lionel
Richie, We Ran by Linda Ronstadt, I Love You by Diana Ross, Estate
of Mind by Evie Sands, Affirmation by Savage Garden, Endless
Flight by Leo Sayer, Fade Into Light by Boz Scaggs, Sudan
Village by Seals & Crofts, Fire Inside by Bob Seger &
The Silver Bullet Band, Hearts and Bones by Paul Simon, Home
by Simply Red, Royal Scam by Steely Dan, As Time Goes By: The
Great American Songbook by Rod Stewart, Time Was by Curtis
Stigers, Back to Broadway by Barbra Streisand, Songs of the
Beatles by Sarah Vaughan, Friends Can Be Lovers by Dionne
Warwick, Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder and Crossing
by Paul Young.
