Bruce Gowdy

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Bruce Betts Gowdy is an American guitarist, best known for his work with World Trade, Stone Fury, and Unruly Child. [1]

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Biography

Early 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

with Stone Fury

with World Trade

with Unruly Child

with Glenn Hughes

Other

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  6. https://www.popmatters.com/196214-yes-onward-2495499010.html
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  10. https://www.allmusic.com/album/from-now-on-mw0000088673
  11. 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.