Bruce Carter, Drummer toured with Kenny G, dead at 49
deb...@comcast.net
Bruce Carter, the drummer who helped make a group of Portland high
school friends called Pleasure into a nationally successful 1970s R&B
act and later toured the world with smooth-jazz superstar Kenny G, died
this morning. He was 49.
The cause of death was not immediately determined. According to Mark
Young, the husband and manager of singer Linda Hornbuckle, with whom
Carter had been performing lately, Carter collapsed of an apparent
heart attack at his home and died shortly afterward at a Portland
hospital.
Carter is survived by his wife, Esther, and son, Bruce Jr.
No information on memorial services was available this afternoon.
Pleasure recorded several albums, toured nationally and scored a Top 10
hit on the Billboard R&B chart with the 1979 song "Glide." After
that band dissolved in 1981, Carter joined the band Cool'R, which
many musicians considered the most awe-inspiring group on the Portland
club scene in that era.
-- Marty Hughley
Father Haskell
> Famed Portland drummer dies at 49
> Bruce Carter, the drummer who helped make a group of Portland high
> school friends called Pleasure into a nationally successful 1970s R&B
> act and later toured the world with smooth-jazz superstar Kenny G, died
> this morning. He was 49.
Mourn not. His pain has ended.
Andy P. Jung
news:1155441233.2...@74g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...
He's "Going Home"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5QTvS607QY
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Father Haskell
Andy P. Jung wrote:
> "Father Haskell" <father...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1155441233.2...@74g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...
> > deb...@comcast.net wrote:
> >> Famed Portland drummer dies at 49
> >> Bruce Carter, the drummer who helped make a group of Portland high
> >> school friends called Pleasure into a nationally successful 1970s R&B
> >> act and later toured the world with smooth-jazz superstar Kenny G, died
> >> this morning. He was 49.
> >
> > Mourn not. His pain has ended.
>
> He's "Going Home"
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5QTvS607QY
He's a goddamned Canadian?