B: Bruce Gaitsch
Bruce R. Gaitsch was born in Chicago on 7 February, 1953. He did through 1980's and 1990's and has been contributing his skills as a guitarist, songwriter and producer to many big names including Madonna, Michael Jackson, Michael Bolton, Kenny G., Chaka Kahn, Glenn Frey, Lionel Ritchie, Celine Dion, Sheena Easton, Michael McDonald, Barbara Striesand and many others almost over four decades.
As a matter of fact, Bruce is not only an excellent guitarist but also a well-known songwriter who composed the debut song of Richard Marx "Don't Mean Nothing" with Richard Marx and "La Isla Bonita" performed by Madonna with Patrick Leonard. Needless to say, his songs were recorded by many others like Chicago, Celine Dion, Timothy B. Schmit, Agnetha (ex ABBA), Peter Cetera, Philip Bailey, Fee Waybill, Robert Lamm, Bill Champlin, Venice, Amy Sky, Marc Jordan, Evelyn King, Poco, Donna Delory, The Fixx, Wendy Moton, Hanne Boelle, Patrick Fiori and Lara Fabian. You should pay your attention to the producing works by Bruce for the above-listed artists at the same time.
Turning to his own project activities, Bruce started his own band "King Of Hearts" with Tommy Funderburk and other surprising members in late 1980's and completed their debut albums for a U,S major label in 1989, but this album was never released before 1994 Pioneer LDC, the Japanese label, released the re-recorded album of this project. Looking at his solo activities, Bruce started to release his guitar-oriented albums since 1995 with the first solo album "A Lyre In A Windstorm".