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Former Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboard player Benmont Tench has given us another insight into Rick Rubin’s sometimes ...
Johnny Cash's American Recordings sessions with producer Rick Rubin yielded some incredible music, but not everything worked ...
So, I call Tom and was like ... a group effort. Rick Rubin revived this rock ‘n’ roll classic from its previous fate of living forever on a dusty demo tape. Petty polished the lyrics ...
Tom Petty’s closest musical partner is lifting ... Mike Campbell was crucial in introducing producer Rick Rubin into Petty’s life, giving him one of his greatest career successes with the ...
The trusted keyboard player on his best and most difficult sessions, from the Heartbreakers to that guy Bob from Duluth.
It may not seem like work, but Rubin hears things and senses things other producers don't. Back in 1993, a few stray guitar chords on a Tom Petty demo tape caught his attention. Rick Rubin ...
“I remember demo-ing the song before we recorded it,” says Cester. “We were courting the producer Rick Rubin, who told us he’d listened to it with Tom Petty. ‘Wow!’ Tom said. ‘Now that’s something you ...
He thinks this can be applied to listening to people, too. Singer-songwriter Tom Petty and producer Rick Rubin in 1993 during the recording of "Wildflowers" at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles ...
In 1984, Ronald Reagan was president; “Beverly Hills Cop” topped the box office; and Rick ... decades, Rubin has produced everyone from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Slayer to Tom Petty.