Tom Dowd - Music producer

Around the middle of October....

Tom Dowd died. Some of you may know who he is right off the bat, just the sound of  his name will do it for you. Some of you may have to dig deep down and recall. Recall reading album liner notes. Ahhh...Tom Dowd...that's right, if you ever listened to Eric Clapton (Layla), Allman Brothers, and other legendary rhythm and blues artists you know or have heard Tom Dowd's product. Tom Dowd was a record producer. He produced some of the (my opinion only) best music in the 1970s, and 80s. Some of the best ever I think.

What you may not know is that Tom Dowd's first profession was that of a nuclear physics engineer. He worked on the Manhattan project. That's correct, he helped develop the nuclear bomb. When Mr. Dowd wrapped up his work on the Manhattan project he found that his experience, since the project was top secret, was virtually non-existent.  Meaning, he couldn't use it to get a job in the world of nuclear physics. With no other way to make a living he turned to the physics of sound. A very interesting guy. You can hear a little story about this at:

NPR

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