“Guy was as Chicago as a polish sausage”
Came here to try to communicate my mess of thoughts on this.
The only two music producers/engineers that I really think about much are Steve, and Iain Burgess-another that left too early. Not appropriate to compare them in any way right now but they are intertwined in Chicago music- at least in my head and memory of the 80s but also in lineage.
I spent time in the 80s early 90s loving the music scene in Chicago but feeling it was somehow niche and under appreciated(vs NYC,SF Seattle,etc). Steve’s (and Iains) work/vibe somehow helped me feel that Chicago music didn’t have to answer to anyone.
RIP and thanks Steve
can you hear me now?
as we come to the close of our broadcast day
this is my farewell transmission
signing off mr. and mrs. america all the ships at sea
The only two music producers/engineers that I really think about much are Steve, and Iain Burgess-another that left too early. Not appropriate to compare them in any way right now but they are intertwined in Chicago music- at least in my head and memory of the 80s but also in lineage. I spent time in the 80s early 90s loving the music scene in Chicago but feeling it was somehow niche and under appreciated(vs NYC,SF Seattle,etc). Steve’s (and Iains) work/vibe somehow helped me feel that Chicago music didn’t have to answer to anyone.
RIP and thanks Steve
can you hear me now? as we come to the close of our broadcast day this is my farewell transmission signing off mr. and mrs. america all the ships at sea