Warren Ham 'His Journey With The Stars'

<p>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 producer <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_P_Meaux">Huey P. Meaux</a>. 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 the <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_North_Texas">University of North Texas</a>. Later that same year, <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gates">David Gates</a>, of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_(band)">Bread</a> fame, hired the Ham Brothers to tour as part of Bread. The act was then billed as David Gates and Bread. A year later pop diva <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher">Cher</a> secured the services of the same band. When Cher recorded the project album <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rose_(Cher_album)"><em>Black Rose</em></a>, Warren joined the band for the recording and the subsequent supporting tour.</p> <p>In his early years, Ham was a vocalist and played the reeds for the Fort Worth, Texas based <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodrock">Bloodrock</a> (1972–74). Ham appeared on the last two Bloodrock albums: <em>Passage</em> and <em>Whirlwind Tongues</em>.</p> <p>Warren Ham has also toured with <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_(band)">Kansas</a> in the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elefante">John Elefante</a> era (in 1982, played additional keyboards, flute, alto and soprano saxophones, harmonica and backing vocals), <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toto_(band)">Toto</a> (1986-1988, and since 2017), and <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Summer">Donna Summer</a> (1983). He toured with <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivi