From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Erik Jacobsen
Erik Jacobsen
Erik Jacobsen is an American record producer, best The Kama Sutra label also expanded its search for tal-
known for his work in the 1960s with Tim Hardin, The ent into California, and Jacobsen worked there with the
Lovin’ Spoonful, The Charlatans and Norman Green- label’s signings, The Charlatans and Sopwith Camel. In
baum, and later with Tazmanian Devils and Chris Isaak. 1968, he worked as producer with Norman Greenbaum,
In 1962 Jacobsen was the banjo player in bluegrass producing his first album and worldwide hit "Spirit in the
band, The Knob Lick Upper 10,000, with Dwain Story and Sky". In 1969, Jacobsen produced the left field #90 pop
Pete Childs. They performed at The Bitter End coffee hit "Mill Valley" for Rita Abrams (as "Miss Abrams and
house in New York City, where they were signed by man- the Strawberry Point School Third Grade Class") and pro-
ager Albert Grossman. They recorded two albums for duced a subsequent album for her in 1970.[3]
Mercury Records, Introducing The Knob Lick Upper 10,000 In 1980-1984 he produced two albums with the Taz-
(1962), and Work Out (1963), and were among the first folk manian Devils on Warner Brothers records and in 1985
and bluegrass artists to play Carnegie Hall.[1] he produced the first album by Chris Isaak. He went on to
In 1964, after hearing The Beatles, Jacobsen quit the produce all Isaak’s subsequent albums up to 1998.
group, intending to form a new band which combined
folk music with electric instruments. Returning to New
York, he soon met John Sebastian, who had similar ideas,
References
and they began jamming with other musicians, including [1] Dwain Story
Jerry Yester, Zal Yanovsky, Jesse Colin Young, Cass Elliott [2] Richie Unterberger Turn, Turn, Turn!
and Denny Doherty. Jacobsen produced various demos [3] Rita Abrams at Marin Nostalgia
for different combinations of these musicians, proto- Persondata
types of the folk rock style, some of which were issued Name Jacobsen, Erik
on the 1966 Elektra album What’s Shakin’, and others on
a 1999 compilation The Magic Circle. Jacobsen was also in- Alternative names
troduced to singer-songwriter Tim Hardin, began work- Short description
ing as his manager, and produced his demos for Columbia Date of birth
Records.[2] The Lovin’ Spoonful formed early in 1965, and
Place of birth
Jacobsen won them a recording contract with Kama Sutra
Records. Jacobsen produced all their early hits, including Date of death
"Do You Believe In Magic", "Daydream" and "Summer in Place of death
the City".
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