He is a keyboardist, musical director, songwriter,
actor and producer born in Blytheville, Arkansas who studied at the
University of Arkansas.Starting out on his musical career in the late 1960s/early 1970s he
became a member of Atlantic Records' house band in Miami where he would
accompany many major artists.In 1973 he was approached by Jerry Jeff Walker to perform on the keyboards
for Jimmy Buffett for his A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean,
which was the beginning of a long lasting association.He still performed as a session
musician until the mid to late 1970s as well as with Jimmy Buffett, but
once Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes had proved so successful
he took on a permanent position as a member of the Coral Reefer Band and ever
since has toured and recorded with them.Working with a huge amount of artists during the course
of his career he has been seen performing and or/recording with acts such
as The Allman Brothers, Hoyt Axton, Brook Benton, Jackson Browne, Kim
Carnes, Gene Clark, Petula Clark, Rita Coolidge, Pablo Cruise, The Dixie Flyers
Band, Dan Fogelberg, Aretha Franklin, Buddy Guy, Booker T. Jones, Bobby
Keys, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Mallaber, Mac McAnally, Roy Orbison, Billy
Joe Shaver, Ben Sidran, Steppenwolf, Barbra Streisand, Billy Swan, The
Tams, Junior Wells and many more.He has also teamed up with his fellow Coral Reefer, Robert Greenidge,
to form Club Trini, which also comprises other Coral Reefer Band members, and
the group has recorded at least half a dozen albums.The albums he has featured on are
numerous but a very few include Banana Wind, License to Chill,
One Particular Harbor, Paddlin' Out and Volcano by Jimmy
Buffett, Love Slave by Marshall Chapman, Mad Music, Back in Town
and Maragarita Cafi: Late Night Live by Club Trini, Nice Feelin'
by Rita Coolidge and Playin' It Cool by Timothy B. Schmit. As an actor he has appeared in the
movies Convoy and A Star is Born and his compositions have
appeared on the soundtracks of Arachnophobia, Coast to Coast, Fast Times
at Ridgemont High and The Sluggers Wife to name but a few.
Jimmy Buffett recordings
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes (Jimmy Buffett)
