Bruce Gowdy

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

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

• Burns Like a Star (1984)
• Let Them Talk (1986)

with World Trade

• World Trade (1989)
• Euphoria (1995)
• Unify (2017)

with Unruly Child

• 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

• From Now On... (1994)
• Feel (1995)

Other

• 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

1. "Get Ready to ROCK! Interview with Bruce Gowdy, of the rock band Unruly Child".
2. "Rock Out to Disneyland (Short-Lived) Sexy Prog-Rock Band". 7 September 2020.
3. Part of the Magic: A Collection of Disney-Inspired Brushes with Greatness by Bambi Moé, Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2023, ISBN 9781496844248
4. 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.
5. "World Trade (Feat. Billy Sherwood) Release New Track 'Gone All the Way'".
6. "Onward: The Trials (And Tours) of Yes, PopMatters". 25 August 2015.
7. "UNRULY CHILD to Release 'Can't Go Home' Album in February". 2 December 2016.
8. "Keyboardist Guy Allison reveals that he was fired from Unruly Child after debut album released - Sleaze Roxx". 18 August 2019.
9. Colin Larkin, ed. (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 427. ISBN 0-7535-0257-7.
10. "From Now on - Glenn Hughes | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic.
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.

External links

• Bruce Gowdy at AllMusic
• Bruce Gowdy discography at Discogs
• Bruce Gowdy on Myspace