[audiobook] 100 Things Elvis Fans Should Know Do Before They Die (100 Things...Fans Should Know) by Gillian G. Gaar at Arts-Photography

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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 Bandrsquo;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 Zeppelinrsquo;s and the Eaglesrsquo; debuts; Whorsquo;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 asked 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 Stonesrsquo; first European tour; Jimi Hendrixrsquo;s appearance at Albert Hall in London; and the Beatlesrsquo; final performance on the roof of their Savile Row recording studio.Johnsrsquo;s career has been long and prolific; and hersquo;s still at itmdash;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 industrymdash;like musicians themselvesmdash;has changed since those freewheeling first years of rock and roll.