When Paul Simon won Album of the Year for “Still Crazy After All These Years,” he thanked the usual people like his producer and collaborator Art Garfunkle as well as a handful of other folks.Then he jokingly added, “And most of all, I’d like to thank Stevie Wonder, who didn’t ...
This ethosdates back tohis time at the legendary Memphis label Stax Records, where Cropperserved asa songwriter, producer, engineer and A&R. Crucially, Cropper was the guitarist in Stax's house band,Booker T. & The MGs— they of "Green Onions" fame — and backed artists including...
Rashida Jones, Daughter Of Quincy Jones Photo: Digitas Photos Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0 Age:48 Birthplace:Los Angeles, California Profession:Film Producer, Screenwriter, Author, Actor, Voice acting Credits:Parks and Recreation, The Social Network, On the Rocks ...
Robert Shelton’s laudatoryNew York Timesreview of one of Dylan’s live shows in September 1961, talent scout–producerJohn Hammondinvestigated and signed him toColumbia Records. There Dylan’s unkempt appearance and roots-oriented song material earned him the whispered nickname “Hammond’s Folly....
Ricky Skaggs' first of 14 Grammy Awards wins came in 1984, for Best Country Instrumental Performance. His most recent, in 2017, was as producer onLove Remains, the gospel album from Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott and her parents and sister. ...