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)