Denny Bruce

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Denny Bruce
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Born1944
Lancaster, Pennsylvania], United States
Known forMusic Producer and Artist Manager

Denny Bruce (born in 1944 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American record producer and artist manager.

While living in Los Angeles in 1965 Denny was hired by Frank Zappa as a second drummer with The Mothers of Invention. After 6 months he contracted mononucleosis and was forced to leave the group. He was replaced by Billy Mundi.[1]

Bruce launched a career in artist management and record production with his first artist signed, Lisa Kindred, and soon added Magic Sam,[2] Albert Collins and Earl Hooker. He later became A&R consultant to Blue Thumb Records, working with such artists as Ike and Tina Turner, Charlie Musselwhite, and Robbie Basho.

After the death of Magic Sam in 1969, Bruce worked as Tour Manager of Buffy Sainte-Marie. He formed a production company with Jack Nitzsche[3] and songwriter Gerry Goffin. They worked out of Goffin's new Larabee Studios in West Hollywood.

While working for Vanguard Records he started producing John Fahey and through Fahey and his label, Takoma Records, he began his management and producer's relationship with Leo Kottke. He produced all seven albums for Kottke on Capitol Records.[4]

He later teamed up with Chrysalis Records to purchase Fahey's Takoma Records. He signed and produced The Fabulous Thunderbirds,[5][6] and signed T-Bone Burnett, Charles Bukowski, and other notable artists to the new Takoma label.[7][8]

In 1984 he managed "The Blasters" who released the album "Hard Line" on Slash/Warner Bros., as well as the Gun Club.

He served as pop music consultant to UCLA's Department of Fine Arts as well as at the Austin Performing Arts Center in Austin, Texas.

Denny is now co-owner and CEO of Benchmark Recordings, which distributes albums by The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Mike Bloomfield.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Denny bruce".
  2. ^ Living Blues - Issues 125-130 - Page 41 - 1996, "My last recollection of Sam was... with his manager, Denny Bruce"
  3. ^ CSNY, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young By Peter Doggett · 2019 page 84, "Denny Bruce managed Nitzsche for many years..."
  4. ^ Full listing of production credits https://www.allmusic.com/artist/denny-bruce-mn0000251445/credits
  5. ^ The Billboard Book of One-hit Wonders - Page 441 Wayne Jancik · 1998, "It was while providing accompaniment for the latter that the T - Birds were discovered by Denny Bruce ; and signed to his Takoma label in 1979 . That year, their self-titled album, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, popularly known as Girls Go Wild was released and the band toured ..."
  6. ^ Digital Audio and Compact Disc Review 1988, page 71, "...Denny Bruce's production , blues feel of the debut. The rhythm section of Keith Ferguson (bass) and Fran Christina (drums) is workmanlike and honest, like the T - Birds' sound. T-Bird music is good time music ..."
  7. ^ "Denny Bruce: Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  8. ^ Full listing of production credits https://www.allmusic.com/artist/denny-bruce-mn0000251445/credits
  9. ^ "Benchmark Recordings bio". www.benchmarkrecordings.com. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
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