zach71

I’d never heard about the McDonald connection before I came across your post. At first I thought you had him confused with Huey Lewis who was somewhat instrumental (no pun intended) in getting Bruce his first record deal back in 1986. Huey also sang/produced on his first album & played harmonica on his second one. But I looked into it & you are indeed right. Michael McDonald actually met Bruce in 1980 & introduced him to several big ppl in the music business in L.A. which ultimately paved the road for Bruce to land a song publishing deal with 20th Century-Fox and to also doing session work for other big names like Sheena Easton.

Here’s the full article here: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-09-05/entertainment/8603060424_1_bruce-hornsby-labels-rca-records