Bruce Gaitsch
Biography
Bruce R. Gaitsch ( GYCHE; born February 7, 1953) is an American guitarist, composer, and producer. He is best known for working with notable bands and musicians such as Chicago, Peter Cetera, Richard Marx, Madonna, and Agnetha Fältskog as a session musician and songwriter. Gaitsch co-wrote the Madonna song "La Isla Bonita", an international #1 single that earned Gaitsch an award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 1987. He has collaborated numerous times with fellow Chicago native Richard Marx, whose career he was instrumental in launching. Bruce is married to singer Janey Clewer, with whom he recorded several albums.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
True Blue
1986
The Immaculate Collection
1990
Like A Prayer
1989
Amused To Death
1992
You Want It Darker
2016
Repeat Offender
1989
Richard Marx
1987
Jody Watley
1987
Emotion
1984
Celebration
2009
Songs From The West Coast
2001
Chicago 19
1988
La Isla Bonita
1987
The Confessions Tour
2007
Celine Dion
1992
Rush Street
1991
One More Story
1988
La Isla Bonita - Super Mix
1987
I Stand Alone
1987
Madame X - Music From The Theater Xperience (Live)
2021
Jewel Box
2020
Welcome Back
2004
Big Iron Horses
1992
Legacy
1989
Credited work
2,837 releases · 390 albums · active 1974–2025
- Performance · 6,018
- Other credits · 670
- Production · 217
- Engineering · 168
Studios: Ocean Way Recording · Johnny Yuma Recording · Lion Share Recording Studios · Right Track Recording
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Richard Marx
- Madonna
- Chicago (2)
- Ilse DeLange
- "Evelyn ""Champagne"" King"
- Peter Cetera
- AOR