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Performed
or Recorded With:
Christina Aguilara
Laura Branigan
Shaun Cassidy
Cher
Joe Cocker
Commodores
Sheena Easton
Four Tops
David Hasselhoff
Faith Hill
Billy Idol
Julio Iglesias
Al Jarreau
Melissa Manchester
Manhattan Transfer
Nazareth
Juice Newton
Olivia Newton-John
Seals & Croft
Simple Minds
Ringo Starr
Barbra Streisand
Donna Summer
Eric Tagg
Three Degrees
Tower of Power
Tina Turner
Frankie Vallie
Dionne Warwick
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Featured Artist:
Greg Mathieson, Keyboards
Greg Mathieson was born 2/25/50 in Los
Angeles Ca. and has been a native of Southern California
his whole life.
From 1971 - 1974 he played a series of
club gigs including the Bla Bla Club as a duo with Al
Jarreau, the Play Boy Club lounge in Hollywood Ca. for
a year and a supper club across the street from A&M
Records called the ETC with Maxine Weldon. Greg replaced
Edgar Winter in White Trash, cut an album with them, and
played the Whiskey a Go Go. Greg was in Al Jarreau's band
the night Al got his record deal at the Troubadour club.
At the end of 1974 -1976 he traveled with Helen Reddy
around the world and from 1976-1978 he traveled with Olivia
Newton-John.
In 1978 Greg made a commitment to stop
traveling and become a part of the vibrant L.A. studio
scene. Not only did he become one of the top keyboard
session players but also become one of the top arrangers,
including String and Horn arrangements. It was at this
time he played and arranged his first hits with Donna
Summer, Barbra Streisand, the sound track for Midnight
Express and Umberto Tozzi in Europe. In the early 1980's
he tried his hand at producing and immediately
had hits with Tony Basil's "Mickey" and Laura
Branigan's "Gloria". For the rest of the 80's,
while he continued to arrange and produce records, he
also made two solo albums. In 1981 he recorded a live
album at the Baked Potato with two members of the group
Toto, Steve Lukather and Jeff Porcaro, along with Pop's
Popwell from the Jazz Crusaders. In 1986 he recorded a
studio album on Head First Records featuring Carlos Vega,
Michael Landau, Abraham Laboriel and Luis Conte. In the
1990's Greg spent most of his time traveling and producing
in Europe. In the last five years Greg has recorded 3
solo albums, traveled with Faith Hill and continues
to arrange, write and produce.

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