Robbie Buchanan grew up in Vancouver, Canada, and started playing the piano when he was only five 5. He was soon playing in a solid working band (Soul Unlimited) and working most weekends, doing R&B dance halls and school grads. Then Robbie began to study jazz with Lloyd Abrams, a great teaching giant, and lasted another 3 years in Vancouver, playing in a lot of clubs and bands, doing all kinds of music.
Eventually, Carl Graves with whom he had played for many years in Vancouver bands (with Brian Newcombe and Peter Padden), that had moved to LA to sing with Skylark (David Foster�s band), called him to come to LA to write with him. In 1978, he auditioned for a movie called �The Rose� and got the part of the keyboard player in the band.
Getting to work with Bette Midler and doing the movie itself was an awsome experience for him,culminating in a world tour.. In 1980, he formed the Maxus band with Jay Gruska, Mark Leonard, Doane Perry and finally, after several different guitar players, Mike Landau. From there on, he's been very active as a session player, playing on records by many, many artists.
Bon Jovi fans can sample Robbie's excellent playing on the Live cover version of "House of the rising sun",recorded December 21st 1995,released as a bonus track on the 2nd UK"Hey God" CD single.
(If you're wondering why,it's because Dave was recovering from his serious hand injury,& Robbie filled in for the show-Lee) |
