RSR440 - Al Evans - Producing Grateful Dead Ballads in Iceland "Lovely View Of Heaven"
Recording Studio Rockstars
Lij Shaw
4.8 • 543 Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2024
⏱️ 122 minutes
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My guest today is Al Evans a multi-instrumentalist, engineer, producer, artist, and record label owner based in Western Massachusetts. Alan has been making music on stage and in the studio for over 30 years, most notably with his band Soulive as well as with artist like Oteil Burbridge, John Scofield, George Porter Jr., Karl Denson, Ivan Neville, and Reggie Watts.
Al has been a guest on the podcast previously for episode RSR183 and RSR339 to talk about recording at his studio Ironwax. And today we get to talk about his recent production for Oteil Burbridge "Lovely View Of Heaven" recorded in Iceland, and recording new material with his band Soulive.
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