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

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 Band€s debut album, <i>Children of the Future</i>, and he went on to engineer or produce iconic albums for the best in the business: <i>Abbey Road</i> with the Beatles, Led Zeppelin€s and the Eagles€ debuts, <i>Who€s Next</i> 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.<br /><br />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 <i>Let It Be</i> 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 Stones€ first European tour, Jimi Hendrix€s appearance at Albert Hall in London, and the Beatles€ final performance on the roof of their Savile Row recording studio.<br /><br />Johns€s career has been long and prolific, and he€s still at it€"over the last two decades he has worked with Crosby, Stills & Nash; Emmylou Harris; Linda Ronstadt; Band of Horses; and, most recently, Ryan Adams. <i>Sound Man</i> provides a firsthand glimpse into the art of making music and reveals how the industry€"like musicians themselves€"has changed since those freewheeling first years of rock and roll.