He is a recording engineer, producer, singer and
musician born in Epsom, Surrey, England.He began a singing career with The Presidents in the
1960s but it was unsuccessful, and he began to work as a studio engineer in
London.His name became known
and he was asked to help rescue the Get Back sessions for The
Beatles.The group were not
happy with all the versions he had produced in his attempt to assist and
they passed it over to Phil Spector who came up with the resulting Let
it Be album.He then moved
to working with The Eagles on their first three album releases and helped
establish the sound they became known for.He would also go on to work with and produce many other
artists including The Steve Miller band, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin,
The Who, Eric Clapton, Blue Oyster Cult, The Clash and many more.In the movies he has worked on the
sound recording of The Who Rocks America 1982, Mad Dogs & Englishmen
and Charlie is My Darling, and his name was mentioned in the
film Almost Famous after the fictitious group Stillwater did not
want to use him. His sons
Ethan and Andy are both known record producers who have worked with several
acclaimed artists.
