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He is a keyboard player born in Cardiff,
Wales and
studied music at Cardiff's
Royal College of Music. He was
formerly a member of Amen Corner, Mott the Hoople, Ian Hunter/Mick Ronson
Band and The Strawbs and he joined the Bee Gees, staying with them from
1975 to 1980. He has also
played with Family, T-Rex on "Get It On" and "Telegram
Sam", Lou Reed on "Berlin", Alice Cooper on
"Billion Dollar Babies", Chicago, Stephen Stills, John Cougar
Mellencamp, The Osmonds, Stevie Wonder, Art of Noise, Duran Duran,
The Damned, and Swing Out Sister.
He composed music for TV advertising and won a "Local
Emmy" in Miami for music
on Calder Racetrack. As a
producer he produced an album for Jimmy Ruffin and as a songwriter he
co-wrote the song "Our Love" with Barry Gibb. The Pet Shop Boys' first gig
saw him producing and programming the computers for them and he has worked
on film soundtracks with composers such as Ryuichi Sakamoto and Hans
Zimmer. He is currently a
director of the Music Producers Guild.
Bee Gees Recordings
Jive Talking (Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin
Gibb)
Wind of Change (Barry Gibb /Robin Gibb)
Nights on Broadway (Barry Gibb/Robin
Gibb/Maurice Gibb)
Edge of the Universe (Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb)
Sources:
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www.blueweaver.com
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