Ed and Al visit Bruce Swedien at Viking West.

Grammy and TEC award-winning producer/engineer Ed Cherney is especially known for his work with a wide array of different artists, among them Iggy Pop, Bob Seger, Bette Midler, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, Jann Arden, Jackson Browne, Buddy Guy, Bob Dylan, and the Rolling Stones, to name just a few.

Al Schmitt has engineered albums for Henry Mancini, Cal Tjader, Al Hirt, Rosemary Clooney, Liverpool Five, The Astronauts, Sam Cooke “Bring It on Home to Me” “Cupid” “Another Saturday Night” in 1961. He produced albums for Jefferson Airplane, Eddie Fisher, Glenn Yarborough, Jackson Browne and Neil Young.  Al engineering both Frank Sinatra Duets albums, Ray Charles‘ Genius Loves Company and some of Diana Krall‘s albums. Much of his work in the last few years has been with producer Tommy LiPuma. During his career Al has recorded and mixed more than 150 gold and platinum albums and was inducted into the TEC Awards Hall of Fame in 1997.

left-right-Ed Cherney-Al Schmitt, Bruce Swedien, Bea Swedien

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