1. John Douglas "Rabbit" Bundrick was born on November 21,1948 and is an American keyboardist and vocalist.
17 Facts About John Bundrick
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John Bundrick is best known for his work with The Who and associations with others including Eric Burdon, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Roger Waters, Free and Crawler.
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John Bundrick is known as a composer and has recorded solo albums.
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John Bundrick was a member of the Texas group Blackwell, who had a hit single in 1969 entitled "Wonderful".
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In 1971, John Bundrick recorded and wrote five tracks for the album Kossoff Kirke Tetsu Rabbit with guitarist Paul Kossoff, drummer Simon Kirke and bassist Tetsu Yamauchi.
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John Bundrick played on Nash's hit single and album "I Can See Clearly Now".
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John Bundrick met Bob Marley while in Sweden, while working on the soundtrack to the Swedish film Vill sa garna tro.
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Sometime after their return to London, John Bundrick was brought in to collaborate on arrangements for Marley's Catch a Fire album, adding keyboards to the original Jamaican recordings to make the record more accessible to listeners.
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Around this time, John Bundrick worked with Chris Blackwell of Island Records, appearing on recordings by the company.
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John Bundrick first worked with Pete Townshend in 1977 when he performed on Rough Mix, Townshend's collaboration with Ronnie Lane, former bass player for Small Faces and Faces.
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John Bundrick was invited to play on the Who's album Who Are You, but broke his arm falling out of a taxi at the studio door and was unable to participate in recording sessions.
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John Bundrick toured with the Who from 1979 to 1981 along with drummer Kenney Jones and played on their album Face Dances, then briefly parted with the band during the recording of It's Hard and the subsequent tour.
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John Bundrick later rejoined the band performing with them at Live Aid in 1985 and played live with them until 2012.
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John Bundrick missed the start of the second leg of the North American tour due to the illness of his wife Sue; keyboard technician Brian Kehew took keyboard duties.
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John Bundrick then worked with English alternative folk band Small Engine Repair and played on their track "This Whole Setup Is A Lie".
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John Bundrick performed with the Who for their Super Bowl XLIV halftime show in 2010.
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John Bundrick played with the group in 2011 at a charity show but was replaced in the subsequent tours.