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Ted Templeman

A Platinum Producer's Life in Music

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Ted Templeman

Written by: Ted Templeman, Greg Renoff
Narrated by: Sean Runnette
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Crafting smash hits with Van Halen, the Doobie Brothers, Nicolette Larson, and Van Morrison, legendary music producer Ted Templeman changed the course of rock history.

This autobiography (as told to Greg Renoff) recounts Templeman's remarkable life from child jazz phenom in Santa Cruz, California, in the 1950s to Grammy-winning music executive during the '70s and '80s. Along the way, Ted details his late-'60s stint as an unlikely star with the sunshine pop outfit Harpers Bizarre and his grind-it-out days as a Warner Bros. tape listener, including the life-altering moment that launched his career as a producer: his discovery of the Doobie Brothers.

Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer's Life in Music takes us into the studio sessions of number one hits like "Black Water" by the Doobie Brothers and "Jump" by Van Halen, as Ted recounts memories and the behind-the-scene dramas that engulfed both massively successful acts. Throughout, Ted also reveals the inner workings of his professional and personal relationships with some of the most talented and successful recording artists in history, including Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Eric Clapton, Lowell George, Sammy Hagar, Linda Ronstadt, David Lee Roth, and Carly Simon.

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It's an amazing journey of a very talented producer/musician/friend. It's also an inside look into the lives of performers. The book is very well done and one of my favourite listens.

Amazing book for any music lover. A journey

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To hear the stories and insight to some of my favourite albums from the greatest producer of all time with a real treat. I listen to a lot of rock and roll biographies and this one is in the top for sure. Thank you for the magic Mr. Templeton

Absolutely Awesome

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awful narrator with a speech impediment, the app is terrible and ruins the listening experience

the app is awful

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