автор: Scott Kirkpatrick

Chuck Kirkpatrick has played guitar and/or sung with revered artists such as Eric Clapton, The Bee Gees, Firefall, Peter Frampton, America, Brian Wilson, Meat Loaf, Dion, Coco Montoya, Harry Chapin, Eddie Money, Lulu, Henry Paul, John Parr, Jimmy Ruffin, Leslie West and Mountain, Mc Guinn, Clark and Hillman and more. He has also been an award-winning recording engineer on certified gold records by Aretha Franklin, Brook Benton, Derek and the Dominoes, America, The Allman Brothers, Wilson Pickett, The Rascals, Delaney & Bonnie, James Brown, Petula Clark, Frank Zappa and other notable acts. In 1978, Capitol Records signed him and released his first national recording under the pseudonym, Chuck Crane. He has toured extensively with Firefall sharing the stage with acts such as The Beach Boys, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Charlie Daniels, Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine and many others. He has appeared on Star Search, Nashville Now, Solid Gold, PM Magazine and other national television broadcasts. Finally, Chuck has created and performed the music and voice overs for hundreds of radio jingles that have played throughout the country.