Michael Sherwood (27 October 1959 – 5 November 2019) was an American keyboardist and singer.
Biography
Michael Sherwood was a US keyboardist and singer who came from a musical family which included his father
Bobby Sherwood
Robert J. Sherwood Jr. (May 30, 1914 – January 23, 1981) was an American guitarist, trumpeter, bandleader, and radio host.
Early years
Sherwood's parents were Bob and Gail Sherwood. When they lived in Kokomo, Indiana, he operated a movie th ...
, who was an actor, musician, and big band leader; his mother Phyllis, a drummer and singer; and younger brother
Billy (Yes, ASIA). His father gave him his first keyboard when he was four years old.
Sherwood (keys, vocals) formed the band
Lodgic with
Jimmy Haun on guitar in 1977, while growing up in
Las Vegas
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. Also in the band were Mark and Tom Fletcher, and Gary Starns on drums. The band would later include
Guy Allison on keyboards (from 1979) and brother Billy (bass, later also vocals). Billy was originally recruited to play less "busy" bass parts than their then bass player. The band covered
Return to Forever
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,
Peter Frampton,
Frank Zappa
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and
Yes. They eventually moved the band to
Los Angeles
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in 1980, managed by Barry Morgan, and around the same time began writing their own material. The band met