Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with The Rolling Stones, The

Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Eric Clapton, The Faces . . .

Born just outside London in 1942, Glyn Johns was sixteen years old at the dawn of rock and roll. His big break as a producer came on the Steve Miller Bandâ‚¬s debut album, Children of the Future, and he went on to engineer or produce iconic albums for the best in the business: Abbey Road with the Beatles, Led Zeppelinâ‚¬s and the Eaglesâ‚¬ debuts, Whoâ‚¬s Next by the Who, and many others. Even more impressive, Johns was perhaps the only person on a given day in the studio who was entirely sober, and so he is one of the most reliable and clear-eyed insiders to tell these stories today.

In this entertaining and observant memoir, Johns takes us on a tour of his world during the heady years of the sixties, with beguiling stories that will delight music fans the world over: he remembers helping to get the Steve Miller Band released from jail shortly after their arrival in London, he recalls his impressions of John and Yoko during the Let It Be sessions, and he recounts running into Bob Dylan at JFK and being askedÂ to work on a collaborative album with him, the Stones, and the Beatles, which never came to pass. Johns was there during some of the most iconic moments in rock history, including the Stonesâ‚¬ first European tour, Jimi Hendrixâ‚¬s appearance at Albert Hall in London, and the Beatlesâ‚¬ final performance on the roof of their Savile Row recording studio.

Johnsâ‚¬s career has been long and prolific, and heâ‚¬s still at itâ‚¬"over the last two decades he has worked with Crosby, Stills & Nash; Emmylou Harris; Linda Ronstadt; Band of Horses; and, most recently, Ryan Adams. Sound Man provides a firsthand glimpse into the art of making music and reveals how the industryâ‚¬"like musicians themselvesâ‚¬"has changed since those freewheeling first years of rock and roll.
Country USA
Manufacturer Plume
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-11-13
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Plume
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-11-13
Format	Kindle eBook

Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Eric Clapton, The Faces . . .

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