I can remember my first visit to Heider’s LA. It was the early 70′s…watching Joe E. Covington laying down tracks for his Fat Fandango album in Studio 3. Peter Granet was at the board. As a young teen and an aspring drummer…it was a huge thrill to sit behind Joe’s drums and help them get their sound. My uncle was the production coordinator for Grunt Records at the time. That availed me to many visits to Heider’s LA and San Francisco.
A couple of years later, I began working at Heider’s LA answering telephones and helping in the studios whenever I could. Within a few short months, I began assisting on sessions with the likes of Rod Stewart, Angel, Loggins and Messina, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, The Crusaders, Rare Earth, Tony Orlando and Dawn…just to name a few.
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