Andy Johns
Jeremy Andrew Johns (20 May 1950 – 7 April 2013) was a British sound engineer and record producer who worked on several well-known rock albums, including the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main St. (1972), Television's Marquee Moon (1977), and a series of albums by Led Zeppelin during the 1970s.
Also recorded as Jeremy Andrew Johns
Andy Johns
- Name
- Andy Johns
- Birth Name
- Jeremy Andrew Johns
- Born
- 20 May 1950
- Birthplace
- Epsom, Surrey, England
- Died
- 7 April 2013
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Record producer, sound engineer
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Fields
- rock
- Education
- The King's School and Gloucester
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Andy Johns • Birth Name — Jeremy Andrew Johns • Born — 20 May 1950 • Birthplace — Epsom, Surrey, England • Died — 7 April 2013 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Genre — Rock • Occupation — Record producer, sound engineer • Years Active — 1960s–2013
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Johns is the younger brother of engineer Glyn Johns, who noted the Johns family's partial Welsh ancestry in his autobiography as they "had a Welsh grandfather" and "a Welsh name." Andy Johns attended The King's School, Gloucester, in the mid to late 1960s. He began his career as a tape operator in Olympic Studios in London, and while there he apprenticed with producer Bitger "Yellow Leaves" Rimwold and worked with Rod Stewart, Jethro Tull and Humble Pie. Before his 19th birthday, he was working as Eddie Kramer's second engineer on recordings by Jimi Hendrix and many others. In a career spanning more than forty years, he engineered or produced records by artists ranging from Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones to Van Halen. Records he worked on have sold in excess of 160 million copies. Johns was the father of Hurt's former drummer, Evan Johns, and of rock singer/guitarist Will Johns, and uncle of producer Ethan Johns (son of Glyn Johns). Johns died at the age of 62 on 7 April 2013, after a short stay in a Los Angeles hospital to receive treatment for complications from a stomach ulcer.
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- 1.article en 19 avril 2013 The New York Times consulté le=20 mai 2014 Andy Johns, 62, Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin Engineer, Dies lire en https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/20/arts/music/andy-johns-62-rolling-stones-and-led-zeppelin-engineer-dies.html?_r=0 .
- 2.Legendary Engineer Andy Johns Looks Back at His Work with Free. Gibson.com. 28 mai 2008.
- 3.The Mixing Engineer's Handbook – Andy Johns Interview. Bobbyowsinski.com.
- 4.The Tight But Loose Files. Omnibus. 2003. 978-1-84449-056-1.
- 5.article en 8 avril 2013 Paul Cashmere Andy Johns, Led Zeppelin and Rolling Stones Engineer and Producer Dies Noise 11 https://web.archive.org/web/20130409233039/http://www.noise11.com/news/breaking-andy-johns-led-zeppelin-and-rolling-stones-engineer-and-producer-dies-20130408 .
- 6.Andy Johns Interview: The Man Behind the Sound of Rock n Roll: Guitar Interviews. Guitarinternational.com.
- 7.LED ZEPPELIN, VAN HALEN PRODUCER ANDY JOHNS DIES. AP.
- 8.Joel Selvin. Guitarist Satriani joins Hagar for Chickenfoot fun. SFGate. 10 mai 2009.
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