Victor Bailey, Michael and Randy Brecker, Eric Clapton, Billy Cobham, George Duke, Bill Evans, Roberta Flack, Bob James, Marcus Miller, David Sanborn, and Joe Zawinul. Sounds like an encyclopedia of contemporary Jazz geniuses, and perhaps it is. But it’s also a short list of the musicians who considered themselves fortunate to have played with guitar hero Dean Brown.
Some artists wear their influences on their sleeve. But the musician Karl Wallinger, who recorded as World Party, wore his influences proudly and prominently across his chest.
Eric Carmen was an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Though classically trained in piano, Carmen decided to teach himself guitar as well. He is perhaps best known as the lead vocalist of the Raspberries, with whom he recorded four albums, including the hit “Go All The Way.”