Kasim Sulton
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Background information | |
Birth name | Kasim Anthony Sulton |
Born | Staten Island, New York United States | December 8, 1955
Genres | Rock |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, arranger, music director, producer |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, bass, keyboards, guitar |
Years active | 1976–present |
Labels | Sphere Sound Records |
Website | www |
Kasim Sulton (born December 8, 1955) is an American
Sulton has been a frequent collaborator, bassist and singer on many of Todd Rundgren's projects and solo tours.[2]
Biography
Sulton attended and graduated in 1973 from Susan E. Wagner High School in Staten Island, New York. He married his high school sweetheart, Laurie Rampulla, and had three children with her. She died of cancer in 2011.[3][4]
Sulton started his musical career playing piano and vocals for Cherry Vanilla and guitar for Brooklyn-based band Sleepy Hollow[5] before gaining a place in Utopia in 1976. During his time with Utopia, they recorded nine albums and toured extensively until disbanding in 1986, with occasional reunions to the present.
He has toured with Blue Öyster Cult, Meat Loaf, Hall & Oates, Cheap Trick, Patty Smyth, Akiko Yano and Richie Sambora, among many other artists. As a studio musician, he has played on albums by Patti Smith, Indigo Girls and Steve Stevens, and appeared on an album of traditional Irish music by Eileen Ivers. He was a member of Joan Jett's backing band, The Blackhearts, touring with them and playing on Jett's album Up Your Alley (1988) as well as contributing a number of tracks to her compilation album The Hit List (1990).
Sulton was the bassist and sang background vocals on the breakout Meat Loaf album Bat Out of Hell. He and Thommy Price collaborated on an album, Lights On, which Sulton co-wrote. The song "No T.V. No Phone" was featured in the comedy film The Allnighter (1987), starring Susanna Hoffs.
Sulton recorded a solo album on September 4, 2002, entitled Quid Pro Quo. The album was released on Sphere Sound Records, and Sulton played all but two instruments on the album. He later released another solo album, "3" the fall of 2014, which featured Todd Rundgren on "Clocks All Stopped."
Sulton sang background vocals on
Sulton played bass in the pit orchestra for the Twyla Tharp-choreographed musical based on Billy Joel music called Movin' Out on Broadway.
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After a brief stint with the reunited band
Sulton continues to appear live playing bass, keyboards, and guitar on most Todd Rundgren tours, including the 2008–09 "Arena" gigs, 2009–10 performances of the classic album A Wizard, a True Star (1973) in the United States and Europe, and 2010 "TR's Johnson" shows. He was in the band for the six show "Todd/Healing Albums Live" tour that began Labor Day Weekend of 2010 in Akron, Ohio, and played a solo show before the premiere. He also played in the second run of "Todd/Healing Albums Live", a five-show tour that began on 25 March 2011 in Hartford, Connecticut.[6]
In 2011, Sulton replaced Matt Bissonette as the bass player in the Beatles tribute supergroup Yellow Matter Custard.
In 2012, he joined the classic hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult; he remained its bassist until 2017.
In September 2015, Sulton, along with legendary songwriter
A new Kasim Sulton solo album, recorded through 2019 and 2020, was released in 2021 by Deko Records. It includes contributions from notable musicians from Kasim's past and present including Prairie Prince, Mickey Curry, Keith Scott, Gil Assayas, Phil Thornalley and John Siegler.
Discography
- Solo
- Kasim (1982, EMI America)
- Lights On (with Thommy Price) (1986, CBS Associated Records)
- The Basement Tapes (1998)
- Quid Pro Quo (2002, Sphere Sound)
- An Evening With Kasim Sulton: Live in Atlanta (DVD 2006)
- All Sides(2009)
- 3 (Three) (2014)
- Live Bootleg (2017)
- Kasim 2021 (2021)
- With Utopia
- Ra (1977, Bearsville Records)
- Oops! Wrong Planet (1977, Bearsville Records)
- Back to the Bars (1978, Bearsville Records)
- Adventures in Utopia (1980, Bearsville Records)
- Deface the Music (1980, Bearsville Records)
- Swing to the Right (1982, Bearsville Records)
- Utopia (1982, Network Records)
- Oblivion (1984, Passport Records)
- POV(1985, Passport Records)
- Trivia(1987, Gem Records)
- Anthology (1989 Rhino Records)
- Nearly Human (1989, Warner Bros. Records)
- Redux '92: Live in Japan (1992 BMG)
- Oblivion, POV & Some Trivia (1996)
- With a Twist (1997)
- Somewhere/Anywhere? (1998)
- Official Bootleg Tokyo '79 (1999)
- City In My Head (1999)
- One Long Year (2000)
- Todd Rundgren Live (2000)
- Utopia Live in Boston: 1982 DVD (2004)
- White Knight (2017)
- With Meat Loaf
- Bat Out of Hell (1977, Cleveland International Records)
- Rock and Roll Hero (1992 Sony Records)
- Welcome to the Neighborhood (1995)
- Live Around the World (1996)
- Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003)
- Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2004)
- Other appearances
Title | Artist | Year |
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L | Steve Hillage | 1976 |
TRB Two | Tom Robinson Band | 1979 |
Guitars & Women | Rick Derringer | |
Frankie Eldorado | Frankie Eldorado | 1980 |
Wasp | Shaun Cassidy | |
Bad for Good | Jim Steinman | 1981 |
Party of Two | The Rubinoos | 1983 |
The Burns Sisters | The Burns Sisters | 1986 |
Good Music | Joan Jett | |
Never Enough | Patty Smyth | 1987 |
Dream of Life | Patti Smith | |
Unfinished Business | Ronnie Spector | |
Safety Love | David Drew | 1988 |
Up Your Alley | Joan Jett | |
Indigo Girls | Indigo Girls | 1989 |
Atomic Playboys | Steve Stevens | |
The Hit List | Joan Jett | 1990 |
Tall Stories | Johnny Hates Jazz | 1991 |
Patty Smyth | Patty Smyth | 1992 |
Traditional Irish Music | Eileen Ivers | 1994 |
Required Rocking | Rick Derringer | 1996 |
Wild Blue | Eileen Ivers | |
Falling Into You | Celine Dion | |
Free Spirit | Bonnie Tyler | |
Palookaville | Glen Burtnik | |
I.De.A. | Kyosuke Himuro | 1997 |
Greatest Hits Featuring Scandal | Patty Smyth | 1998 |
Tough Room ... This World | Ricky Byrd | 1999 |
The Wonderground | Boy Meets Girl | 2003 |
Pushing Red Buttons | Pushing Red Buttons | |
Back On Track | Lulu | 2004 |
Unstoppable | Sounding Rick | 2005 |
Never Be Famous | 2013 | |
Poppy Wisdom | 2015 | |
Astral Drive | Astral Drive | 2018 |
Orange | 2021 | |
One (and Done) | Kül Friis | |
Bodega Flowers | Mark Duda | 2022 |
References
- Allmusic. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ISBN 978-1-85743-161-2.
- ^ "Laurie Rampulla Sulton, 54". SILive. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ "Kasim Sulton transcends 'Utopia'". Goldmine. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". www.richbillay.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
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- ^ "This Startup Will Let You Write A Song With Your Favorite Musician". Forbes. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "Unite To Face Addiction Lineup". Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ "Paul Williams, Kasim Sulton and Dr Oz Lead 10,000 People Singing Anthem Created At Hookist". YouTube. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "Dr Oz Unite To Face Addiction". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2015.