Blackjack (band)
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Blackjack was a band featuring Michael Bolton and Bruce Kulick. The drummer was Sandy Gennaro and the bass player was Jimmy Haslip.
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[edit] Where are they now?
After Blackjack, Bruce Kulick played on the Michael Bolton solo albums Michael Bolton and Everybody's Crazy. Bruce Kulick then joined Kiss and played on part of the Michael Bolton album The Hunger.
Sandy Gennaro, went on to play drums for Cyndi Lauper, Joan Jett, Bo Diddley, and countless others. He is still working in the industry and teaches at The Collective in Manhattan.
Jimmy Haslip went on to become a major force in Jazz Fusion playing bass for the Yellowjackets.
[edit] Discography
Blackjack Polydor 8T/CT/PD-1-6215 (US, 1979)
Worlds Apart Polydor 8T/CT/PD-1-6279 (US, 1980)
A double CD with first album front cover containing both albums was released by Polydor
in 1990
[edit] Trivia
- Michael Bolton co-wrote the Kiss song "Forever" with Kiss's Paul Stanley.
- The album Michael Bolton should not be confused with the album Michael Bolotin. Michael Bolton released two self-titled albums, the first by his birth name, "Bolotin", the other after he began using the last name "Bolton". Bruce Kulick played on the second one.
- The song "Maybe it's the Power of Love" was sampled by Kanye West on the song "Never Let Me Down" from his debut album College Dropout.
