Chuck Kirkpatrick is an American musician and recording engineer who gained notoriety from working with dozens of popular acts in addition to being behind the recording console as an engineer for some of the most iconic records made in the 60's, 70's and 80's. growing up in a sleepy little beach town in South Florida and then hitting the motherlode with a record deal in Los Angeles, Chuck has seen it all. With a career spanning eight decades he has ridden in both the fast lane and slow lane experiencing highs and lows that would challenge the toughest of characters. Through it all, his resilience and endurance remained intact. From earning gold records for his work as an engineer to rocking it on stage as a world class guitarist, Chuck has been on one hell of a ride and lives to tell about it all.
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979-8-8229-7056-4 (9798822970564)
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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, McGuinn, 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.
