Angelo J Rossi, aka “AJ Crawdaddy” is an American Guitarist and owner, operator of The Cave Recording Studio and Record Label. Born in Palo Alto, California and a long time Bay Area performing artist he is most well known for his work with the popular Marin based pop group, Pablo Cruise which charted multi-platinum albums, A Place In The Sun and Worlds Away producing hits like, A Place In The Sun, Love Will Find A Way, Watcha Gonna Do (When She Says Goodbye), Rio and Cool Love. He is a BMI published writer, A voting member of N.A.R.A.S. (Grammy) he also owns and operates the Cave Recording Studio, recording, producing and working with many local Blues artists, Bruce Conte (TOP), Terry Hiatt, Steve Freund, Paula Harris, Terrie Odabi, Bob O’Neill, and many others. He has also worked with notable musical luminaries in his vibrant career, Flora Purim, Airto, Jaco Pastorius, Huey Lewis, David Garibaldi, Kid Andersen and legendary record producers Tom Dowd, Bill Schnee and Jim Gains. His love of music performance is infectious and his presentation of the Blues genre is authentic, energetic and fun for the listener!
So, here we are, mixing down the Best of the Pioneer Blues Jam record at Coast Recorders in SF. (Kid and I) were both baffled and curious about learning the Patch Bay in the studio. Our approach was a hybrid mix session utilizing both digital technology Plug-Ins and hardware (analog) devices to shape the sound. We chose to give this recording a warmth and analog vibe yet utilize modern recording techniques and tools to satisfy our bent. “Kid Andersen” is a marvelous and extremely knowledgeable mix engineer. Very precise and exacting in his choices and quite creative and fun to work with. Photo by Tina Abbaszadeh.
In this picture ~ Peter Booras ~ Drums, Brett Brown ~ Guitar & Vox, Greg Jones ~ Bass, Angelo Rossi ~ Producer/Engineer, Terry Hiatt ~ Lead Guitar Extraordinaire ~ Photograph by Susan Monroe