DON GEHMAN
Don Gehman is an American record producer, best known for his work in the 1980s with John Mellencamp. Gehman’s affiliation with Mellencamp began in 1980, when he engineered the singer’s self-titled fourth LP and then produced Mellencamp’s American Fool, which launched the hits “Hurts So Good” and “Jack and Diane”. The album’s success earned Gehman a Grammy nomination, and began an extended collaboration between the two, which included 1983’s Uh-Huh, 1985’s Scarecrow and 1987’s The Lonesome Jubilee. Gehman has also produced R.E.M.’s Life’s Rich Pageant, Hootie and the Blowfish’s Fairweather Johnson, and Blues Traveler’s Truth Be Told. He also produced Hunters and Collectors’s most successful album, Cut, which spawned the Australian rock anthem “Holy Grail”, as well as albums from other Australian artists Jimmy Barnes and Johnny Diesel. (More from Wikipedia)
Bruce Hornsby and the Range, A Night on the Town – Allmusic provides the details: John Mellencamp producer Don Gehman is on hand, and guest artists include Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia, Shawn Colvin (early in her career), banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, and jazz bassist Charlie Haden.
(December 2015)
