A Wizard a True Star
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A Wizard a True Star

Todd Rundgren in the studio

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eBook - ePub

A Wizard a True Star

Todd Rundgren in the studio

About this book

"If you know what you want, I'll get it for you. If you don't know what you want, I'll do it for you."

Few record producers possess the musical facility to back up such a bold promise, but in over forty-plus years behind the glass, Todd Rundgren has willed himself into becoming a not only a rock guitar virtuoso, an accomplished lead vocalist and vocal arranger and visionary keyboard player, not to mention a serviceable drummer.

But Rundgren's greatest instrument of all is the recording studio itself. After learning his craft with Nazz, Rundgren engineered The Band's Stage Fright album and soon became the producer of a string of noteworthy albums for Sparks, Grand Funk, The New York Dolls, Badfinger, Hall & Oates, Meat Loaf, Patti Smith Group, Cheap Trick, The Psychedelic Furs and XTC. Meanwhile, Rundgren played almost every instrument on his solo albums such as Something/Anything?, A Wizard A True Star, and Hermit Of Mink Hollow while collaborating on a series of albums by his band, Utopia.

A Wizard A True Star: Todd Rundgren In The Studio is a fascinating and authoritative trip through the land of flickering red lights inhabited by a studio wizard – and true star – who has rarely enjoyed a proper victory lap along the many trails that he has blazed. Researched and written with the participation and cooperation of Rundgren himself, Myers also draws upon exclusive new interviews with Robbie Robertson, Patti Smith, XTC, Sparks, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Meat Loaf, Jim Steinman, Cheap Trick, Grand Funk, The Psychedelic Furs, The Tubes, Steve Hillage, all members of Rundgren's legendary band, Utopia, and many other key Rundgren associates.

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Table of contents

  1. Introduction: Couldn’t I Just Tell You
  2. Chapter 1: Early Life And The Rise Of The Nazz
  3. Chapter 2: Strictly Bearsville
  4. Chapter 3: Sparks
  5. Chapter 4: Long Nights On Astral Drive
  6. Chapter 5: A Wizard, A True Star
  7. Chapter 6: New York Dolls
  8. Chapter 7: Grand Funk We’re An American Band
  9. Chapter 8: An Elpee’s Worth Of Toons
  10. Chapter 9: Hall & Oates War Babies
  11. Chapter 10: Midtown Madness
  12. Chapter 11: Rock The Catskills
  13. Chapter 12: Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell
  14. Photographs
  15. Chapter 13: Studio Hermit
  16. Chapter 14: Patti Smith Group Wave
  17. Chapter 15: Adventures In Video And Healing
  18. Chapter 16: The Road To Dystopia
  19. Chapter 17: The Psychedelic Furs Forever Now
  20. Chapter 18: Cheap Trick Next Position Please
  21. Chapter 19: Beyond Oblivion
  22. Chapter 20: XTC Skylarking
  23. Chapter 21: Pursuing Happiness, Heading West
  24. Chapter 22: Very Suspicious Occasions
  25. Chapter 23: There’s Always More
  26. Runtology: A Selected Discography Of Todd Rundgren Productions
  27. Acknowledgements
  28. About The Author