Bones Howe
| Bones Howe | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Dayton Burr Howe |
| Born |
March 18, 1933 Minneapolis, Minnesota United States |
| Occupations | Record producer, recording engineer |
| Years active | 1956–2000 |
| Associated acts | |
| Website | www.boneshowe.com |
Dayton Burr "Bones" Howe (born March 18, 1933) is a Grammy-award-winning record producer and recording engineer associated with 1960s and 1970s hits, mostly of the sunshine pop genre, including most of the hits of The 5th Dimension and The Association, as well as music supervision of several films. He was one of the first industry members to serve as both producer and engineer of the hit records on which he worked. In addition, he was occasionally credited as a musician on recordings under the name "Dayton Howe".
Early life and education
He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and moved to Sarasota, Florida in 1941, attending Sarasota High School in 1951, becoming a drummer with a dance band and a jazz quintet, before moving to Georgia Tech, receiving a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication in 1956.
Career
While at Georgia Tech he played with large numbers of local bands, and after graduation decided to combine his love of music and his Electronics degree, moving to Hollywood to start a career as an audio engineer at Radio Recorders. From 1956 to 1962 he became well known within the industry and helped develop multi-track and multi-microphone techniques for studio recording.
As a recording engineer, he recorded hits including The Mamas & the Papas' "California Dreamin'" and "Monday, Monday". Johnny Rivers' classic hits were recorded remotely by Bones at Whiskey A Go Go. After working with musicians such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley and Juice Newton gaining 20 Gold and Platinum awards from the RIAA, he became interested in promoting the use of rock and pop in films, and worked as the music supervisor for several high grossing films such as Back to the Future and Serial Mom.
In 1986 he was offered the position of Vice President (and head of the Music Department) at Columbia Pictures and was promoted to Executive Vice President in 1989 when the studio was bought by the Sony Corporation. In 1992 he left, and returned to recording independent music and film scores.