associated_acts years_active background birth_date instrument genre article_title name occupation
chicago , madonna , richard marx , peter cetera 1977 -- present non_vocal_instrumentalist 07 february 1953 guitar , vocals , keyboards , sitar , dobro rock , hard rock , pop , aor bruce gaitsch
 bruce gaitsch musician , composer , producer
bruce gaitsch

bruce r. gaitsch -lrb- born february 7 , 1953 in chicago , illinois -rrb- is an american guitarist , composer , and producer .
he is best known for working with notable musicians such as richard marx , chicago , peter cetera , madonna , agnetha fältskog and many others as a session musician and songwriter .
gaitsch co-wrote the madonna song `` la isla bonita '' , a single that reached number one on many international charts and earned gaitsch an award from the american society of composers , authors and publishers in 1987 .
he also wrote songs for philip bailey , evelyn `` champagne '' king , timothy b. schmit , kansas , poco , stacey q , bill champlin , jennifer rush , kelly keagy , lionville and co-wrote countless songs with richard marx .
in 1995 , he and richard marx released the single `` haunt me tonight '' .
gaitsch currently plays with peter cetera and appeared on many of his solo albums .
the more he has worked with glenn frey , the fixx , animotion , curtis mayfield , pebbles , tommy denander , guy pratt , tim rice , leland sklar , bobby kimball , siedah garrett , dave koz , john keane , tommy funderburk , steve lukather and has contributed vocals on records by ilse delange .
