Book Description This insightful and inspiring anthology features over 400 photographs and 160 interviews with popular music artists, songwriters, producers, and recording engineers including Fiona Apple, Jimmy Buffet, Leonard Cohen, Devo, Dr John, Peter Gabriel, Herbie Hancock, B B King, Kris Kristofferson, k d lang, David Lynch, Ziggy огпйх Marley, George Martin, Robert Moog, Willie Nelson, Harry Nilsson, Les Paul, Phil Ramone, Carlos Santana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Don Was, Brian Wilson, Stevie Wonder, "Weird" Al Yankovic, and Frank Zappa On September 29, 1967, Mr Bonzai attended his very first recording session at the invitation of John Lennon The location was London's EMI Studios, now Abbey Road, and the song was I Am the Walrus In attendance were George, Paul, Ringo, producer George Martin, and engineer Ken Scott This privileged session set the stage for a life exploring the world of music and recording In 1980, Mr Bonzai settled in Hollywood to begin this collection of photographs and words ofwisdom and wit 'Mr Bonzai takes you through the inner sanctums of the recording industry to meet artists, producers, and engineers who have shaped modern music ' --Phil Ramone, Producer (Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Frank Sinatra) 'In brilliant words andimages, Mr Bonzai digs deeply into the fine art of making music ' --Ray Manzarek, The Doors 'A master of modern music photojournalism, Mr Bonzai is the future of the past ' --Mark Mothersbaugh, Devo 'Closed Session obviously means 'C?mon in!' to Mr Bonzai ' --Chris Stone, founder of Record Plant Recording Studios 'I laughed, I cried, I evolved into a higher life form ' --Weird Al Yankovic 'We used Mr Bonzai?s photos to open the film Laurel Canyon because he has such a striking eye for musicians at work in their environments ' --Catherine Hardwicke, production designer of Laurel Canyon, director of Thirteen.  Художники:2005 г 372 стр ISBN 1598630245.