About Breakwater

The Breakwater band was formed in Philadelphia in 1971.

Breakwater consisted of:

• Kae Williams Jr. b. 7th March, 1956, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. d.11th July 2008, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (keyboards, vocals)
• Gene Robinson, Jr. (lead vocals / trumpet)
• James Gee Jones (drums, background vocals)
• Linc 'Love' Gilmore (guitar)
• Steve Green b. 3rd February 1957 (bass)
• Vince Garnell (woodwinds, background vocals)
• Greg Scott (woodwinds)
• John 'Dutch' Braddock (percussion).

They met at school. In 1978 they signed to the Arista imprint and released two albums.

The first album, 'Breakwater' (1978), included 'Work It Out', 'You Know I Love You', 'No Limit' and 'Feel Your Way'. Two years later, 'Splashdown' (1980) was the bands second album, which included 'Say You Love Me Girl', produced by Kae Williams and Rick Chertoff.

The group split up after leaving Arista