Bruce Betts Gowdy is an American guitarist, best known for his work with World Trade, Stone Fury, and Unruly Child.[1]
Biography
editEarly work included being the lead guitarist in the short-lived science fiction themed Disneyland rock band Halyx,[2][3][4] for which he composed some of the original songs.
Gowdy was a founding member of World Trade with Billy Sherwood and Guy Allison.[5] He and Sherwood were temporarily proposed as replacements for Trevor Rabin and Jon Anderson respectively in Yes in the late 1980s.[6]
Allison and Gowdy continued writing together, which led to the formation of Unruly Child.[7][8] He was also a member of Stone Fury[9] and has worked with musician Mercedes. He also worked with Glenn Hughes, including co-producing his From Now On... album from 1994.[10]
He toured with the Japanese rock star Eikichi Yazawa for over a decade.[11]
Discography
editwith Stone Fury
edit- Burns Like a Star (1984)
- Let Them Talk (1986)
with World Trade
edit- World Trade (1989)
- Euphoria (1995)
- Unify (2017)
with Unruly Child
edit- Unruly Child (1992)
- Tormented (1995)
- Waiting for the Sun (1998)
- UCIII (2003)
- Worlds Collide (2010)
- Down the Rabbit Hole (2014)
- Can't Go Home (2017)
- Big Blue World (2019)
- Our Glass House (2020)
with Glenn Hughes
edit- From Now On... (1994)
- Feel (1995)
Other
edit- Coneheads Original Soundtrack, track "Conehead Love" (1993)
- James Christian: Rude Awakening, track "Best Girl" (1995)
- Bobby Kimball: Rise Up (1996)
- Fergie Frederiksen: Equilibrium (1999)
- Billy Sherwood: The Big Peace (1999)
References
edit- ^ https://www.getreadytorock.com/10questions/bruce_gowdy.htm
- ^ https://www.cracked.com/article_28546_rock-out-to-disneylands-short-lived-sexy-prog-rock-band.html
- ^ Part of the Magic: A Collection of Disney-Inspired Brushes with Greatness by Bambi Moé, Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2023, ISBN 9781496844248
- ^ Libbey, Dirk (August 18, 2020). "Live From The Space Stage: A HALYX Story Is A Stunning Look At A Forgotten Piece Of Disneyland History". CinemaBlend.
- ^ https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/community_feed/world_trade_feat_billy_sherwood_release_new_track_gone_all_the_way.html
- ^ https://www.popmatters.com/196214-yes-onward-2495499010.html
- ^ https://blabbermouth.net/news/unruly-child-to-release-cant-go-home-album-in-february
- ^ https://sleazeroxx.com/keyboardist-guy-allison-reveals-that-he-was-fired-from-unruly-child-after-debut-album-released/
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 427. ISBN 0-7535-0257-7.
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/from-now-on-mw0000088673
- ^ 矢沢, 永. (2004). 新装版矢沢永吉激論集成りあがり How to be BIG. Japan: 角川書店.
External links
edit- Bruce Gowdy at AllMusic
- Bruce Gowdy discography at Discogs
- Bruce Gowdy on Myspace
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