Bones Howe
Dayton Burr "Bones" Howe (born March 18, 1933) is an American
Biography
Early life and education
Howe was born in
Career
After graduation Howe decided to combine his love of music and his electronics degree by moving to Hollywood and starting a career in 1956 as an apprentice recording engineer at Radio Recorders and advancing to mixing engineer the following year, recording Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis.
In 1961 Bill Putnam hired Howe to work at United Recording, where he engineered Frank Sinatra's Sinatra Swings, Jan and Dean's Surf City and Drag City, Johnny Rivers' At the Whisky à Go Go,[5] and the Mamas & the Papas' first three albums, including the hits "California Dreamin'" and "Monday, Monday".[6]
After working with
Howe was the chief engineer for the 1967
In 1986 Howe was offered the position of Vice President (and head of the Music Department) at Columbia Pictures and was promoted to Executive Vice President in 1989 when the studio was bought by the Sony Corporation. Howe left in 1992 and returned to recording independent music and film scores.
References
- ^ "Tom Waits Albums from Worst to Best". 9 September 2013.
- ^ "The 10 Best Tom Waits Albums to Own on Vinyl". 2 August 2016.
- ^ Daley, Dan (February 2004). "'Bones' Howe & Tom Waits". Sound On Sound. SOS Publications Group. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ISSN 1061-9747. Archived from the originalon 2002-12-11. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ^ Vdovin, Marsha. "UA Heritage: Engineer/Producer Bones Howe Remembers His Days at United/Western Working with the First 1176 Prototype". uaudio.com. Universal Audio. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ISBN 0-8118-3394-1.
- Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ^ "Bones Howe | Biography & History". AllMusic.
External links
- Bones Howe discography at Discogs
- Bones Howe at IMDb