Karl Rucker

Karl Rucker ~ Born December 13, 1953. Little Karl banged out passages from Beethoven's symphonies on the family piano in Chicago. Karl's talents quickly spread to trumpet,piano,drums,guitar and bass throughout his childhood. This led Karl travelling the country on a package tour, often with the jackson 5, played bass with the Chi-Lites, moving to Hawaii to play with Jesse Morgan, and later Los Angeles, Karl toured and recorded with Diana Ross,Donna Summer, Chaka Kahn...

Karl's talents quickly spread to trumpet,piano,drums,guitar and bass throughout his childhood.

This led Karl travelling the country on a package tour, often with the jackson 5, played bass with the Chi-Lites, moving to Hawaii to play with Jesse Morgan, and later Los Angeles, Karl toured and recorded with Diana Ross,Donna Summer, Chaka Kahn, The Butts Band (formerly THE DOORS), Long John Baldry, Cher, Ike &Tina Turner, The Village People, Deborah Harry, Irene Cara, Steven Stills, Tanya Tucker, Brenda Russell, and Jonathan Cain (JOURNEY), He was also band leader writer and producer for NINA HAGEN for over ten years.

Karl has now turned his considerable talents to a swirling kaleidoscopic soundscape of new music that is mystical, romantic, healing, and uplifting, " OVER THE RAINBOW " written, produced and proformed by Karl.