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American musician, producer and record company executive
Don Was
Birth name Don Edward Fagenson Born (1952-09-13 ) September 13, 1952 (age 71 ) Detroit , Michigan , U.S.Genres
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record executive
Instrument(s )
guitar
vocals
piano
Years active 1971–present Member of Wolf Bros Formerly of Was (Not Was)
Musical artist
Don Edward Fagenson (born September 13, 1952), known professionally as Don Was (), is an American musician , record producer , music director , film composer, documentary filmmaker and radio host. Since 2011, he has also served as president of the American jazz label Blue Note Records .
For his work as a record producer, he has won six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year in 1989 for Bonnie Raitt 's Nick of Time Brian Wilson , I Just Wasn't Made for These Times , that won the San Francisco Film Festival's Golden Gate Award. As a film composer, he won the 1994 British Academy Award (BAFTA) for Best Original Score in recognition of his work on the film Backbeat . He won the 2014 Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction for his work on the CBS TV special The Beatles: The Night That Changed America .
Records that he has produced have sold close to 100 million albums for a wide range of artists including The Rolling Stones , Bob Dylan , Willie Nelson , John Mayer , Wayne Shorter , Kris Kristofferson , Iggy Pop , The B-52s , Brian Wilson , Elton John , Garth Brooks and Ryan Adams .
Primarily known as a bassist, he has toured as a member of Bob Weir and The Wolf Bros since 2018.
Life and career [ edit ]
Born in Detroit ,[1] Oak Park High School in the Detroit suburb of Oak Park , then attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor but dropped out after the first year. A journeyman musician, he grew up listening to the Detroit blues sound and the jazz music of John Coltrane and Miles Davis , amongst many others. As a teenager, Was was influenced by 1960s counterculture, most notably John Sinclair .
In high school, Was became the lead singer and guitar player in a Detroit rock band called the Saturns.
Using the stage name "Don Was", he formed the group Was (Not Was) with school friend David Weiss (David Was ). The group found commercial success in the 1980s – releasing four albums and logging several hit records. Their biggest hit was "Walk the Dinosaur", from their album What up, Dog? Hank Williams covers, "Forever's A Long, Long Time " was released in 1997, under the name Orquestra Was. In 2008, Was (Not Was) reunited for a new album titled Boo!
Was has received six Grammy Awards including the 1994 Grammy Award for Producer of the Year .[2] [3] Bonnie Raitt including her Nick of Time Grammy Award for Album of the Year .[2] Ziggy Marley , on Family Time , winner of 2009's Best Musical Album For Children.[2] the Rolling Stones ' 2016 album Blue and Lonesome ,
He served as music director and/or consultant for several motion pictures such as Thelma and Louise The Rainmaker Hope Floats Phenomenon Tin Cup Honeymoon in Vegas 8 Seconds Switch The Freshman Days of Thunder Michael Prêt-à-Porter Boys on the Side Toy Story The Paper
In 1995, he directed and produced a documentary, I Just Wasn't Made for These Times Beach Boy Brian Wilson . The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and won the San Francisco International Film Festival 's Golden Gate Award. He also received the British Academy Award (BAFTA ) for Best Original Score in recognition of his compositions for the film Backbeat
Was, a longtime Rolling Stones fan who saw them in concert when he was 12 in 1964, has produced for the band since 1994, working on their albums Voodoo Lounge Stripped Bridges to Babylon Forty Licks Live Licks A Bigger Bang Blue & Lonesome Hackney Diamonds Exile on Main Street Some Girls [4]
Was also produced the B-52's 1989 album Cosmic Thing Love Shack ".
Since 2008, Was has hosted the proceedings (and led the house band) at the Detroit All-Star Revue , an annual showcase of local acts from the Detroit music scene .[5]
From 2009 to 2012, Don hosted a weekly radio show on Sirius XM satellite radio's Outlaw Country channel called The Motor City Hayride .[6]
In January 2012, he was appointed president of the jazz record label, Blue Note Records in succession to Bruce Lundvall .[7]
He won the 2014 Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction for his work on the CBS TV special The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
On November 18, 2015, at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., he led the house band that performed at a concert celebrating Willie Nelson , recipient of the 2015 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song .[8]
In 2018, Was joined former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir and drummer Jay Lane to form Wolf Bros , a trio which undertook a North American tour in the fall of 2018,[9] [10] [11]
On April 16, 2021, Was debuted a new radio show, the Don Was Motor City Playlist on WDET-FM, Detroit's NPR station, with co-host Ann Delisi.[12]
Was played bass on the 2021 Bob Dylan recordings of "Blowin' in the Wind ," "Masters of War ," "The Times They Are A-Changin' (song) ," "Simple Twist of Fate ," "Gotta Serve Somebody ," and "Not Dark Yet " produced by T-Bone Burnett and recorded and mixed by Michael Piersante for a one-time sale as Ionic Originals.[13]
In 2023, it was announced that Was would join former Dead & Company members Weir, Lane, Jeff Chimenti , Oteil Burbridge and Mickey Hart as part of Dead Ahead, a four-day festival in Cancún , Mexico in early 2024.[14]
Personal life [ edit ]
Was is the son of World War II veteran and Bronze Star Medal awardee Bill Fagenson, who served with the 96th Infantry, 381st Regiment. Was's sister is Nancy Potok , former Chief Statistician of the United States .[15] [16]
Was is married to former Virgin Records A&R executive and video director Gemma Corfield, and they have three sons who are also musicians—Tony , who played in Eve 6 , Henry who plays in Thumpasaurus and Justin Jay's Fantastic Voyage, and Solomon who has played in Leven Kali and Felly.
Selected discography [ edit ]
1981: Was (Not Was) Was (Not Was) (bass, synthesizer, vocals, producer)
1982: The Beat Goes On – Orbit featuring Carol Hall (co-producer)
1983: Born to Laugh at Tornadoes
1984: Breathless – Figures on a Beach (producer)
1984: Into the Hot Floy Joy (producer)
1985: Spoiled Girl Carly Simon (producer)
1985: TV Scene Linda Di Franco (producer)
1986 Weak in the Presence of Beauty Floy Joy (producer)
1986 Madness of It All The Ward Brothers (producer)
1986 "Cross That Bridge " – The Ward Brothers (producer)
1988: What Up, Dog?
1989: Nick of Time Bonnie Raitt (keyboards, producer)
1989: Cosmic Thing The B-52s (producer)
1990: Take It to Heart Michael McDonald (programming, producer, synthesizer, sequencing, synthesizer programming)
1990: Brick by Brick Iggy Pop (producer)
1990: Under the Red Sky Bob Dylan (bass, producer)
1990: To Be Continued Elton John (producer)
1991: Khaled Khaled (producer, bass, keyboards)
1991: Are You Okay? Was (Not Was) (producer, bass, engineer, guitar, vocals)
1991: Luck of the Draw
1991: The Fire Inside Bob Seger (bass, producer)
1992: Kirya Ofra Haza (producer)
1992: Arkansas Traveler Michelle Shocked (producer)
1992: Time Takes Time Ringo Starr (producer)
1992: Good Stuff
1992: Read My Lips – A Thousand Points of Night (one-off side project alias)
1992: Strange Weather Glenn Frey (producer)
1992: King of Hearts Roy Orbison (producer, organ, background vocals)
1992: Never Been Rocked Enough
1993: Across the Borderline Willie Nelson (producer)
1993: Thousand Roads David Crosby (producer)
1993: I'm Alive Jackson Browne (producer)
1994: Longing in Their Hearts
1994: Voodoo Lounge The Rolling Stones (producer)
1994: Waymore's Blues (Part II) Waylon Jennings (producer and bass)
1995: The Road Goes on Forever The Highwaymen (producer)
1995: MTV Unplugged
1995: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times Brian Wilson (producer)
1995: Road Tested
1995: Stripped
1996: The Restless Kind Travis Tritt (producer)
1996: Organic Joe Cocker (producer)
1996: El Equilibrio de los Jaguares Jaguares (producer)
1997: Bridges to Babylon
1997: The Mommyheads The Mommyheads (co-producer)
1998: Undiscovered Soul Richie Sambora (producer)
1999: Suicaine Gratifaction Paul Westerberg (producer)
1999: Spirit of Music Ziggy Marley (producer)
1999: Avenue B
1999: Garth Brooks in...the Life of Chris Gaines Garth Brooks (producer)
2000: Maroon Barenaked Ladies (producer)
2001: Lions The Black Crowes (bass, producer, mixing)
2002: The Wide World Over The Chieftains (producer, bass)
2003: Hootie & the Blowfish Hootie & the Blowfish (producer)
2004: Live Licks
2005: Countryman
2005: Make Do with What You Got
2005: A Bigger Bang
2006: This Old Road Kris Kristofferson (producer, piano, acoustic and upright bass)
2006: Out of the Ashes Jessi Colter (producer, bass)
2006: Fly Zucchero (producer)
2008: Last Days at the Lodge Amos Lee (producer)
2008: Tennessee Pusher Old Crow Medicine Show (producer)
2008: Boo!
2009: The Excitement Plan – Todd Snider (producer)
2009: Shimmer (EP ) – Pieta Brown (producer, bass)
2009: Acquired Taste – Delbert McClinton (producer)
2009: Closer to the Bone Kris Kristofferson (producer)
2009: California Years Jill Sobule (producer, bass)
2010: Y Not
2010: Stone Temple Pilots Stone Temple Pilots (producer)
2010: Welder
2010: The Union Elton John & Leon Russell (bass)
2010: Chocabeck Zucchero (producer)
2011: Wild and Free Ziggy Marley (producer)
2011: The Gate Kurt Elling (producer)
2011: Blessed Lucinda Williams (producer)
2012: Born and Raised John Mayer (producer)
2012: Born to Sing: No Plan B Van Morrison (producer)
2012: La sesion cubana Zucchero (producer)
2013: My True Story – Aaron Neville (co-producer with Keith Richards )
2013: Paradise Valley John Mayer (producer)
2013: Una rosa blanca Zucchero (producer)
2014: You Should Be So Lucky – Benmont Tench (bass)
2014: Melody Road Neil Diamond (producer)
2014: "All My Friends" concert, January 14, 2014 – a tribute to Gregg Allman (bass)
2014: Rester Vivant – Johnny Hallyday (producer)
2014: Everlasting
2014: Enjoy the View – Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn, Joey DeFrancesco (producer)
2014: Heigh Ho – Blake Mills (bass)
2014: All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller Jason Moran (producer)
2015: Yesterday I Had the Blues – Jose James (producer)
2015: Duets: Re-working the Catalogue
2015: No Pier Pressure
2015: 1 Hopeful Rd.
2016: Black Cat Zucchero (producer)
2016: Blue & Lonesome
2017: Southern Blood
2020: Wednesdays
2021: Big Colors
2021: Sob Rock John Mayer (producer)
2021: "Blowin' in the Wind ," "Masters of War ," "The Times They Are A-Changin' (song) ," "Simple Twist of Fate ," "Gotta Serve Somebody ," and "Not Dark Yet " (bass)[13]
2022: Live in Colorado Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros (double bass)
2022: Live in Colorado Vol. 2
2023: Hackney Diamonds [17]
References [ edit ]
^ Harrington, Richard (August 26, 1995). "Brian Wilson's Sensational Safari" . The Washington Post . Retrieved January 25, 2010 .
^ "Don Was Revisits 'Exile On Main Street' . Npr.org . Retrieved November 10, 2019 .
^ DeVito, Lee (July 8, 2015). "Get Your Mojo Working" . Detroit Metro Times 35 39 ). Euclid Media: 58. Retrieved September 3, 2015 .
^ "Don Was Joins Sirius XM for Show" . AllAccess.com. Retrieved March 29, 2014 .
^ Chinen, Nate (May 2, 2012). "Exuberance Is Just One of His Skills" . The New York Times . Retrieved May 4, 2012 .
^ Thanki, Juli (November 18, 2015). "Willie Nelson saluted by Alison Krauss, Jamey Johnson, more" . The Tennessean . Retrieved November 19, 2015 .
^ "Bob Weir & Wolf Bros. Announce Fall Tour" . jambase.com. Retrieved November 2, 2018 .
^ "Bob Weir & Wolf Bros Confirm Spring Tour 2019" . Jambase.com . Retrieved March 22, 2019 .
^ Paul, Alan. "Bob Weir: For the Veteran Grateful Dead guitarist, retiring is not an option" . The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 27, 2022 .
^ "Don Was Motor City Playlist » WDET 101.9 FM" . October 14, 2021.
^ a b "Three Bob Dylan Re-Recordings to Go Up for Private Sale Via Christie's: 'Simple Twist of Fate,' 'Gotta Serve Somebody,' 'Masters of War' (EXCLUSIVE)" . Variety.com . September 6, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023 .
^ "Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi & More To Go Dead Ahead At New Destination Event In Mexico" . Jambase.com . September 11, 2023.
^ Muskovitz, Alan (November 7, 2017). "Three WWII veterans honored for their military efforts — and beyond" . The Detroit Jewish News . Archived from the original on July 2, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2021 .
^ Laderman, Linda (August 24, 2015). "Elementary: Attorney helps school build on a storied past" . Detroit Legal News . Archived from the original on August 12, 2020. Retrieved October 31, 2021 .
^ Hodgkinson, Will (September 6, 2023). "I've heard Hackney Diamonds. It's the best Rolling Stones album since 1978" The Times News Corp . ISSN 0140-0460 . Retrieved October 31, 2023 .
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