He was a drummer who was a busy session musician who
toured and performed with James Taylor for 13 years after Lee Ritenour had
recommended him.Based in Los Angeles,
he was a member of the fusion group Karizma with David Garfield and his
studio drumming was much in demand.Singers and musicians he worked with over the course his career
included The Bangles, The Bellamy Brothers, Laura Branigan, Lenny Castro, Peter
Cetera, Stanley Clarke, Paulinho Da Costa, Michael Crawford, Placido
Domingo, Sheena Easton, Tommy Emmanuel, Roberta Flack, Dan Fogelberg, Vince
Gill, Dan Hill, Hues Corporation, Patti LaBelle, Abraham Laboriel, Kenny
Loggins, The Manhattan Transfer, Barry Manilow, Curtis Mayfield, Michael
McDonald, Better Midler, Reba McEntire, Joni Mitchell, Aaron Neville, Randy
Newman, Teddy Pendergrass, Bonnie Raitt, Kenny Rogers, Boz Scaggs, Seals
& Crofts, Sarah Vaughan and the Weather Girls.Albums he appeared on are many but
a few of these are Fandango by Herb Alpert, Give Me the Night
by George Benson, Heart of Stone by Cher, In My Lifetime by
Neil Diamond, Greatest Hits by Heart, This Time by Al
Jarreau, From Q With Love by Quincy Jones, Forever in the Arms of
Love by Karizma, 25th Anniversary Edition by K.C.
& The Sunshine Band, I'm Breathless by Madonna, Physical by
Olivia Newton John, Cry Like a Rainstorm - How Like the Wind by Linda
Ronstadt, Force Behind the Power by Diana Ross, Symphonic Boleros
by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Till I Loved You by Barbra
Streisand, Love Talk by The Stylistics, He Who Rides the Tiger
by Bernie Taupin and the soundtracks of Grease, Xanadu, Postman and St.
Elmo's Fire.He died in
1998 aged just 41 after a gunshot wound, which was thought to have been
self-inflicted.
