Don Was
Don Was (* September 13, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan, as Don Fagenson ) is an American musician and record producer.
- 4.1 Singles
- 4.2 albums
Biography
Don Was and Was (Not Was)
Don Was was traveling first as a bass guitarist and session musician. Using his artist name he founded together with his childhood friend David Weiss in the early 1980s, the rock group Was (Not Was). After five albums rehearsed they separated in 1993. Written by him in 1987, entitled Walk The Dinosaur is his greatest success as a songwriter with places among the top 10 in Austria and the UK. More remarkable, however, is that the title can be heard in numerous films (including Super Mario Bros. (1993 ), The Flintstones (1994) and The Dream Team (1989)). In 2006 they formed up again and announced for the year 2007 two albums.
Career as a producer
He received his greatest notoriety until the beginning of the 1990s, through his production work for such well-known artists such as Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones ( Voodoo Lounge ( 1994), Stripped (1995), Bridges to Babylon ( 1997), A Bigger Bang ( 2005) ), Kris Kristofferson, George Clinton, Randy Newman, Carly Simon, Bob Seger, Glenn Frey, Iggy Pop, Khaled, Stevie Nicks, Brian Wilson, Roy Orbison, BB King, Jackson Browne, Ziggy Marley, Al Green, Garth Brooks, Ringo Starr, Lyle Lovett, Joe Cocker, Willie Nelson, Elton John, Bonnie Raitt, The B -52's, Barenaked Ladies, The Black Crowes, The Presidents of the United States of America, Hootie and the Blowfish, Ofra Haza and many others. , 2011, he was Chief Creative Officer of the jazz label Blue Note Records ordered.
Published in 1997 Don was the album Forever Is A Long Long Time under the name Orquestra What. On the recordings to the plate - a collection of songs Country singer Hank Williams in jazz and soul arrangements - even some musicians of Was (Not Was) were involved, moreover, again a large number of guest musicians like Kris Kristofferson and Herbie Hancock. For album also was a produced by Francis Ford Coppola short film.
Don Was and the film industry
Furthermore, he was involved as a musical director and musical consultant on several film productions. Likely to be known, inter alia, Thelma & Louise, The Rainmaker, Phenomenon, Tin Cup, Honeymoon in Vegas, Switch, The Freshman, Days of Thunder, Michael, Pret -a- Porter, Backbeat or Toy Story. In recent years, he also appears as an actor. Mostly he plays himself, as in the films America: A Tribute to Heroes ( 2001), Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002) and The Country Bears ( 2002).
Awards
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- Don Was is the father of Eve 6 drummer Tony Fagenson.