Warren Ham

Warren Ham(born October 1952)is an American saxophonist, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for playing withKansas(1982),Toto(1986–1988, and since 2017) andRingo Starr & His All-Starr Band(since 2014).
During the early '70s, Warren and his brother Bill formed The Ham Brothers Band and included Ira Wilkes on bass, Red Young on piano and organ and Dahrell Norris on drums. The group recorded for Texas producerHuey P. Meaux. Despite critical acclaim for the work, the album never made it in the marketplace. It was soon taken out of print.
In 1978 The Ham Brothers band had replaced Wilkes and Young with Bob Parr and Ken Rarrick, both from the acclaimed jazz education program at theUniversity of North Texas. Later that same year,David Gates, ofBreadfame, hired the Ham Brothers to tour as part of Bread. The act was then billed as David Gates and Bread. A year later pop divaChersecured the services of the same band. When Cher recorded the project albumBlack Rose, Warren joined the band for the recording and the subsequent supporting tour.
In his early years, Ham was a vocalist and played the reeds for the Fort Worth, Texas basedBloodrock(1972–74). Ham appeared on the last two Bloodrock albums:PassageandWhirlwind Tongues.
Warren Ham has also toured withKansasin theJohn Elefanteera (in 1982, played additional keyboards, flute, alto and soprano saxophones, harmonica and backing vocals),Toto(1986–1988, and since 2017), andDonna Summer(1983). He toured withOlivia Newton-Johnin 2006 as an instrumentalist and vocalist performingJohn Travolta's part with Newton-John on her No. 1Greasehit, "You're The One That I Want", as well as backing vocals.
WhenKerry Livgrenleft Kansas to form his ownChristian rockbandAD, Ham went with him as the new band's lead singer.   Ham appeared on the first, second and fourth of AD's four albums:  1)Timeline2)Art of the Stateand 3)Prime Mover.
Ham was a featured vocalist and instrumentalist for the Maranatha! Promise Band – the worship band for thePromise Keepersmen's movement put together byMaranatha! Musicfrom Promise Keepers' incarnation in 1993 to 1996.  He appeared on their 1993 album,Face to Facewith the song "This Is What I Believe", and on their 1996 album,Break Down the Walls, on the song "Send Me" along with Steven Jackson and Leonard Tucker. He was also a part of the live touring version of the Promise Band for the 1995 Promise Keepers conference season where he played harmonica, saxophone, trumpet, flute, and other wind instruments along with backup vocals.  This was documented in the VHS video and CD "Live Worship With The Maranatha! Promise Band" where he most famously played an intro to "Man Of The Spirit, Man Of The Word".
Since the demise of AD, he has released solo recordings in thecontemporary Christian musicgenre "Come on Children" and is the author ofBeginning Blues/Rock Harmonica(ISBN0-8256-1154-7). From 1996 to 2000, Ham toured as part ofFrankie ValliandThe Four Seasons.
Warren Ham also appeared as an integral member ofDonna Summer's live band on her 2008 tour (having first appeared as part of her 1983 touring group) supporting her 2008 releaseCrayons. Warren Ham toured withRingo Starr and His All-Starr Bandin 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022.In the mid-eighties and from 2017 on, he tours withToto.