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It was in 1970 that Templeman (at the suggestion of Waronker) had started working as a producer for Warner Brothers Records . In that year he produced the classic eponymous '' The Doobie Brothers '' album, followed the next year by the Doobies' ''Toulouse Street'' album which achieved Platinum Record status on the strength of the hit single "Listen to the Music". Templeman was to continue a long professional relationship with The Doobie Brothers, producing many more hit singles and albums for the group. In 1973 Templeman produced another classic, the eponymous '' Montrose '' album, released in November 1973. It was Templeman who introduced guitarist and group leader Ronnie Montrose to an up and coming singer, Sammy Hagar . The ''Montrose'' album is considered a benchmark in the 1970's hard rock genre. In 1976 , he produced Carly Simon 's sixth studio album, "Another Passenger" , for which he arranged for both the Doobie Brothers and Little Feat to serve as Simon's backing band. The album was not as commercially oriented as her previous work with producer Richard Perry , and its leading single, a marvellous cover of the Doobies' "It Keeps You Runnin'", did not quite crack the top 40. However, the album received critical praise and many of its songs received airplay on album-oriented FM radio stations. Thirty years after its initial release, it remains a firm favorite among Simon's fans and in fact it has never been out of print. In 1977 Templeman saw a performance of a relatively unknown group, Van Halen . It was Templeman and his colleague, Mo Ostin who convinced Warner Bros. to sign the group to the label and Templeman produced their eponymous first album. The group utilized Templeman's production talents through their first six albums and established themselves as one of the worlds' biggest selling acts of the late 70's and early 80's. When Van Halen singer David Lee Roth quit the band, Templeman went on to produce Roth's first two solo projects, ''Crazy From the Heat'' and ''Eat 'Em and Smile''. Other artists produced by Templeman include Van Morrison (''Tupelo Honey, St. Domenics Preview''), Captain Beefheart (''Clear Spot''), Little Feat (''Sailin' Shoes''), Michael McDonald (''If Thats What It Takes''), Aerosmith (''Done With Mirrors'') and Eric Clapton (''Behind the Sun''). By the late 1980s Templeman began to work less, and only very seldom since the early 1990s has he done any original production, preferring to concentrate his efforts in compilations of his earlier work. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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