Joe Boyd - So Much More Than A Producer

🔗 Joe Boyd - linking to a quote via @ajay.

It is a great quote from ‘White Bicycles’. And I know that Wikipedia positions him as a ‘producer’ - but for me is so much more - not the least of which is that he also wrote ‘And the Roots of Rhythm Remain’ Those those two masterpieces alone should guarantee him a place in our conversation around musical culture.

Now add that without him - no Pink Floyd, no Fairport Convention - and thus no Richard Thompson. How about Nick Drake - not to mention no ‘UFO’ - or ‘Duelling Banjos’?

Ok - maybe some of these artists … all(?) would have broken through without him - but equally - ‘producer’ doesn’t quite say it. Does it?