Bernard Fowler
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Bernard Fowler in Vienna, 2007
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | R. Bernard Fowler |
| Born |
January 2, 1959 New York City, United States |
| Genres | Rock, rock and roll, funk, R&B, blues, country rock, reggae, blues rock, gospel |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, producer, Songwriter, Actor |
| Instruments | Vocals, percussion, guitar, bass guitar, trombone |
| Years active | 1974-present |
| Labels | Atlantic, Rolling Stones, Sony |
| Associated acts | The Rolling Stones, Peech Boys, Herbie Hancock, Bootsy Collins, Tackhead, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Waddy Wachtel, Little Axe |
| Website | Bernard Fowler.com |
Bernard Fowler (born January 2, 1959) is an American musician. He has provided backing vocals for The Rolling Stones since 1988 and is featured on their studio recordings and live tours. and has been a featured guest vocalist on the majority of solo albums released by the members of that band. He has also been a regular featured singer on other musicians' recordings and tours. He has released two solo albums. Fowler has toured and recorded with the bands Tackhead and Bad Dog and occasionally with Nicklebag and Little Axe.
Fowler's first recordings were with the group The Total Eclipse for the album A Great Combination released 1975. In the early 1980s he was a member of The New York City Peech Boys with DJ Larry Levan and keyboard player Michael De Benedictus. The group had dance hits with tracks like "Don't Make Me Wait" and "Life Is Something Special". He provided vocals for the songs "I'm the One" and "Come Down" from the Material album One Down, where he was credited as a songwriter on several tracks. Fowler guested on Herbie Hancock's classic electro-funk albums Future Shock (1983) and Sound-System (1984), as well as the 1985 albums Compact Disc by Public Image Ltd and Language Barrier by Sly & Robbie. In 1986, he sang a song written by Paul Simon which appeared on Philip Glass's Songs from Liquid Days. In 1987 he sang backup for James Blood Ulmer on America – Do You Remember the Love?, and the next year he appeared on Bootsy Collins's What's Bootsy Doin'?. Fowler was the lead singer for the group Tackhead for several albums in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He has also appeared on albums from Herb Alpert, Little Axe, Todd Terry, and Michael Hutchence, (formerly of INXS). In 1988 Fowler found himself touring with Steven Seagal.
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