Legendary engineer and producer Phil Ramone passed away over the weekend at the age of 79 and that’s just it.
He was 79.
Never retired.
Never got old.
Never got arrogant even working with Sinatra, Billy Joel, Paul Simon and just about all of the highly regarded music acts of his time and after his time.
The eulogies have been glowing as expected but the real gift of Phil Ramone is something we should bottle and make available to ourselves for future reference and the next generation of people who really care about music.
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