Bruce Gaitsch

Bruce R. Gaitsch (born February 7, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American guitarist, composer, and producer. He is best known for working with notable bands and musicians such Chicago, Peter Cetera, Madonna, and Agnetha Fältskog as a session musician and songwriter. Bruce Gaitsch co-wrote the Madonna song “La Isla Bonita”, an international #1 single that earned Gaitsch an award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 1987. He has collaborated numerous times with fellow Chicago native Richard Marx whose career he was instrumental in launching.  Check out the interview with Sessiondays: Part 1 and Part 2

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1976 Jim Peterik – Don’t Fight The Feeling
1977 Chase – Watch Closely Now
1977 Heinsight – The Great White
1978 Steve Camp – Sayin’ It With Love
1978 Walter Jackson – Good To See You
1979 James Ward – Mourning Into Dancing
1980 Linda Clifford & Curtis Mayfield – The Right Combination
1981 Smokey Robinson – Being With You
1982 Crystal Winds – First Flight
1983 TIM- TIM
1984 Barbra Streisand – Emotion
1984 Evelyn ”Champagne” King – So Romantic
1984 Shalamar – Heartbreak
1984 Stephanie Mills – I’ve Got The Cure
1985 Durell Coleman – Durell Coleman
1985 Naoko Kawai – Nine Half
1985 New Edition – All For Love
1985 Sandra Crouch & Friends – We’re Waiting
1986 Madonna – True Blue
1986 Michael Sembello – Without Walls
1986 Pauli Carman – Dial My Number
1986 Philip Bailey ‎– Inside Out
1987 Agnetha Faltskog – I Stand Alone
1987 Elisa Fiorillo – Elisa Fiorillo
1987 Guilherme Arantes – Guilherme Arantes
1987 Jermaine Stewart – Say It Again
1987 Jody Watley – Jody Watley
1987 Julie Brown – Trapped In The Body Of A White Girl
1987 Martha Davis – Policy
1987 Pebbles – Pebbles
1987 Richard Marx – Richard Marx
1987 Timothy B Schmit – Timothy B
1988 Boys Club – Boys Club
1988 Chicago – 19
1988 Gardner Cole – Triangles
1988 Gary Wright – Who I Am
1988 Giant Steps – The Book Of Pride
1988 Glenn Frey – Soul Searchin’
1988 Julio Iglesias – Non Stop
1988 Kansas – In The Spirit Of Things
1988 Nick Kamen – Us
1988 Peter Cetera – One More Story
1988 Siedah Garrett – Kiss Of Life
1988 Tracie Spencer – Tracie Spencer
1989 Bardeux – Shangri-La
1989 Jennifer Rush – Wings Of Desire
1989 Julian Lennon – Mr Jordan
1989 Madonna – Like A Prayer
1989 Mari Hamada – Return To Myself
1989 Pacific Coast High-Way – Pacific Winds
1989 Poco – Legacy
1989 Richard Marx – Repeat Offender
1989 Soundtrack – Sing
1989 Stacey Q – Nights Like This
1989 The Jets – Believe
1990 Cybill Shepherd – Somewhere Down The Road
1990 Glenn Medeiros – Glenn Medeiros
1990 Marc Jordan – COW (Conserve Our World)
1990 Schascle – Haunted By Real Life
1990 Tim Feehan – Full Contact
1990 Timothy B. Schmit – Tell Me The Truth
1991 Joe Pasquale – Prey
1991 Richard Marx – Rush Street
1991 Soundtrack – Thelma & Louise
1991 Tom Scott – Keep This Love Alive
1991 Tommy Page – From The Heart
1992 Bill Champlin – Burn Down The Night
1992 Celine Dion – Celine Dion
1992 Freddie Jackson – Time For Love
1992 Jaime Kyle – The Passionate Kind
1992 Peter Cetera – World Falling Down
1992 Roger Waters – Amused To Death
1992 Various Artists – Re-Import
1993 Jay Graydon – Airplay for the Planet
1993 Lea Salonga – Lea Salonga
1994 4Him – The Ride
1994 Bill Champlin – Through It All
1994 Chicago – XXXII (Stone Of Sisyphus)
1994 Hanne Boel – My Kindred Spirit
1994 Joe Pasquale – Riccochet
1994 Kiyomi Suzuki – Duets Kiyomi
1994 Richard Marx – Paid Vacation
1995 Bill Champlin – He Started To Sing
1995 Bruce Gaitsch – A Lyre In A Windstorm
1995 Jacky Cheung – 過敏世界
1995 Janey Clewer – Janey
1996 Fee Waybill ‎– Don’t Be Scared By These Hands
1996 Janey Clewer – Call Me Romantic
1996 King Of Hearts – Joy Will Come
1996 Lara Fabian – Pure
1997 Bruce Gaitsch – Aphasia
1997 Richard Marx – Flesh & Bone
1998 Bruce Gaitsch ‎– Nightingale
1998 Patrick Fiori – Prends-moi
1999 King Of Hearts – 1989
1999 Lara Fabian – Lara Fabian
2000 Beckley-Lamm-Wilson – Like A Brother
2000 Richard Marx – Days In Avalon
2001 Gladys Knight – At Last
2001 Jim Brickman – Simple Things
2002 AOR – L.A. Reflections
2003 AOR – Dreaming of L.A.
2003 Ilse DeLange – Clean Up
2003 Rick Allison – Je Suis Un Autre
2003 Various – Guitars For Freedom II (In Remembrance Of The Fallen)
2004 AOR – Nothing But The Best
2004 Joe Cocker – Heart And Soul
2005 Cy Curnin – Mayfly
2007 Bruce Gaitsch – Sincerely
2008 Bill Champlin – No Place Left To Fall
2012 Harry Shearer – Can’t Take A Hint
2018 GIG – Brave New World
2018 Waylon – The World Can Wait
2019 King Of Hearts – King Of Hearts
2022 Chicago XXXVIII: Born For This Moment
2022 GIG – Wisdom And Madness
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