Record producer and engineer Andy Johns, who worked
with Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones, has died aged 62.
Johns, who was
born in England but moved to the US in the 1970s, died in Los Angeles on Sunday
following a brief hospital stay to treat a stomach ulcer.
He engineered a
number of classic albums including Led Zeppelin II, III and IV and the Stones'
Exile On Main Street and Sticky Fingers.
Johns was
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year.
As a teenager
he followed producer brother Glyn into the music industry, landing a job as a
tape operator at London's famed Olympic Studios, where he worked on albums
including Jimi Hendrix's Axis Bold As Love.
"In those
days you could go into one studio and Joe Cocker was working, and then you're
working with Jimi Hendrix in Studio One, or down the corridor Eric Clapton is
doing something," Johns recalled.
He went on to
engineer albums by the likes of Jethro Tull and Mott the Hoople, with producing
credits including Free's Highway and Television's critically-acclaimed Marquee
Moon.
Kim Richards,
chief executive officer and chairman of Allied Artists International, described
Johns as "truly a legend amongst legends; an icon of icons, who remains an
inspiration to all who love and make music".
He is survived
by his wife Annette, sons Evan, Jesse and William, and four grandchildren.
Source: BBC
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