Kim Bullard (born May 6, 1955) is an American keyboardist, songwriter, record producer, and film composer. He has been making music since the 1970s and has performed extensively as a keyboard player with musical acts such as

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and Crosby, Stills, & Nash. As a recording studio session player he has played piano, keyboards, and synthesizer with recording artists

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among numerous others. Bullard was a longstanding band member of the band Poco, and is currently a member of the

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Early life

Bullard was born and raised in

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, Georgia, where he began playing piano at five years old. He attributes much of his success as a pianist to his mother's support, and his desire to learn piano.

Music career

Crosby, Stills, & Nash (1977-1979)

Bullard moved to Los Angeles, California in 1973 and began performing with various musicians, which led to him being hired by French recording artist Veronique Sanson as her keyboard player and music director. Bullard had formed a band in Los Angeles which he brought with him to France to perform and record with Sanson. He lived in France from 1975 to 1976 during which time he met Veronique's husband,

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of Crosby, Stills, & Nash who would later offer Kim a touring position with Crosby, Stills, & Nash in 1977 as a keyboard player, which he accepted. Kim toured with CSN from 1977 to 1979.

Poco (1978–1983)

Bullard joined Poco in December 1978 just as ''Legend'' was being released, performing keyboards and backing vocals with the group. During the first half of the 1980s, the group released five more albums which Bullard played keyboards and sang on, these albums were, '' Under the Gun'' (1980), '' Blue And Gray'' (1981), '' Cowboys & Englishmen'' (1982), ''

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'' (1982) and '' Inamorata'' (1984). Bullard toured extensively with the band from 1978 to 1983. Poco's album, Cowboys & Englishmen was nominated for a

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in 1983. Bullard left Poco to rejoin

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in 1983.

Katy Rose (2004)

Bullard began working with his daughter,

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on vocals and songwriting in the studio was she was just twelve years old. By the time Rose was sixteen years old, he produced her album, '' Because I Can'' for

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, which was released on January 27, 2004, along with " Overdrive", her first single from the album. "Overdrive" also appears on the ''

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'' soundtrack. "Lemon" is featured on the ''

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'' soundtrack. Both songs are featured on ''Because I Can''.

Elton John (2009–present)

Through Bullard's session work in Los Angeles, he recorded and toured with people within the

music community. When keyboard player,

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died, Bullard was asked to become the keyboardist for the

. Kim's first performance as a member of the Elton John Band took place on October 7, 2009, in Moscow.

Discography

References

External links

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