Ken Caillat

Ken Caillat
Live interview at Dave Pasendo's Place 2012
Background information
Born	(1946-08-12) August 12, 1946
Genres	Rock, pop, R&B, country, soul, jazz
Occupation(s)	Record producer
Years active	1971–present
Associated acts	Fleetwood Mac, Billy Idol, Frank Sinatra, Pat Benatar, Wilson Phillips, The Beach Boys, Herbie Hancock, David Becker, Alice Cooper, Christine McVie, Colbie Caillat
Website	www.kencaillat.com

Kenneth Douglas "Ken" Caillat (/kæˈleɪ/ kal-LEI; born August 12, 1946) is an American record producer. He is best known for engineering the Fleetwood Mac albums Rumours, Tusk, Mirage, Live, and The Chain Box Set.

Life and career

Caillat was the president of 5.1 Entertainment Group Digital Production Services, which has worked on albums for Billy Idol, Frank Sinatra, Pat Benatar, Wilson Phillips, the Beach Boys, Herbie Hancock, David Becker and Alice Cooper as well as Christine McVie on her solo album In the Meantime, in addition to Fleetwood Mac, remastering in 5.1 DVD audio format. He won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Rumours.^[1]

In addition to production, he has been a director, studio engineer, author and musician. In 2012 he released his memoir on his experiences engineering the 1977 Rumours album, called Making Rumours.^[2] In 2013 Caillat became the Ceo of Sleeping Giant Music Group, LLC (a Sleeping Giant Media company), a pop and rock label in Los Angeles, CA.^[3]

He is the father of singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat and produced her albums Coco (2007), Breakthrough (2009), All of You (2011), and Christmas in the Sand (2012). He advised his daughter on taking up songwriting from an early age. In an interview with the Music Producers Forum ^[4] he recalls telling a young Colbie, "If you’re really going to be a singer, then you have two choices, you’re going to have to write your own songs, or you’re going to have to buy somebody else’s."

Production discography

How Time Flys (1973) – David Ossman (Engineer)
Fairytale (1965) – Donovan (Producer)
Basket of Light (1969) – Pentangle (Executive producer)
Astrud Gilberto Now (1972) – Astrud Gilberto (Executive producer)
Love Music (1973) – Sergio Mendes (Assistant)
The Phoenix Concerts (1974) – John Stewart (Assistant engineer, engineer)
Where We All Belong (1974) – The Marshall Tucker Band (Engineer)
Elevation (1973) – Pharoah Sanders (Engineer)
Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band, Vol. 1 (1975) – Gabby Pahinui (Engineer)
The Waimea Music Festival (1974) (Engineer, Mixer)
Searchin' for a Rainbow (1975) – The Marshall Tucker Band (Engineer)
Amazonas (1975) – Cal Tjader (Remixing, engineer)
Cool Rasta (1976) – The Heptones (Executive producer)
Greatest Stories Live (1976) – Harry Chapin (Engineer)
Look at Me Now – The Buckeye Politicians (Engineer)
Warren Zevon (1976) – Warren Zevon (Audio engineer)
Rumours (1977) – Fleetwood Mac (Engineer, Mastering); Winner Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Germfree Adolescents (1978) – X-Ray Spex (Executive producer)
Tusk (1979) – Fleetwood Mac (Remastering, engineer)
Distant Shores (1980) – Robbie Patton (Engineer, producer)
Live (1980) – Fleetwood Mac (Engineer, mixing)
Mirage (1982) – Fleetwood Mac (Engineer)
Which One of Us Is Me (1984) – Jay Gruska (Engineer)
Dancing on the Ceiling (1986) – Lionel Richie (Special Effects, engineer)
Bad (1987) – Michael Jackson (Engineer)
Streamlines (1987) – Tom Scott
"The Cockney Kids Are Innocent" on The First, the Best and the Last (1980) – Sham 69 (Executive producer)
"Siberian Express" (1988) David BeckerTribune (Producer, engineer)
Live (1988) – The Dramatics (Engineer)
Greatest Hits (1988) – Fleetwood Mac (Producer)
Dorian's Legacy (1989) – Spencer Brewer (Engineer)
Third Time Around (1990) - David BeckerTribune (Producer, engineer)
Live and Improvised (1991) – Blood, Sweat & Tears (Engineer)
Live at Ronnie Scott's (1990) – Taj Mahal (Executive producer)
Third Time Around (1990) – David BeckerTribune (Engineer, mixing, producer)
25 Years – The Chain (1992) – Fleetwood Mac (Producer, engineer)
How Far? How Fast? (1992) – Robin Frederick (Design, producer, mixing, engineer)
Mom's (1992) – Carl Stone (Audio engineer)
Seven Day Weekend (1992) – New York Dolls (Executive producer)
Deaf Forever: The Best of Motörhead (2000) – Motörhead (Executive producer)
Fiend with a Violin (1996) – The Fall (Executive producer)
Very Best of the Searchers (1998) – The Searchers (Executive producer)
Close to the Wind (1998) – Fairport Convention (Executive producer)
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker (Highlights) (DVD Audio) – London Symphony Orchestra (Producer, executive producer)
Erase the Slate (1999) – Dokken (Executive producer)
The Little David Years (1971–1977) (1999) – George Carlin (Engineer)
Directions: East – Directions (Executive producer)
Directions: North – Directions (Executive producer)
Directions: South – Directions (Executive producer)
Directions: West – Directions (Executive producer)
Elements: Earth – Elements (Executive producer, producer)
Elements: Spirit – Elements (Executive producer, producer)
Elements: Water – Elements (Executive producer, producer)
Bare Bones (1999) – Wishbone Ash (Executive producer)
Then and Now (2000) – Lynyrd Skynyrd (Executive producer, mixing)
Coco (2007) – Colbie Caillat (Executive producer, mixing, producer, audio production)
Breakthrough (2009) – Colbie Caillat (Mixing, producer, engineer, Rhythm Arrangements, executive producer)
All of You (2011) – Colbie Caillat (producer)
Christmas in the Sand (2012) – Colbie Caillat (producer)

Sources

Official website
Fleetwood Mac Official site
5.1 Entertainment Group, MIX Magazine
Recording Academy's Producers & Engineers Wing Presents "Approaching the First 5.1 Mix" Business Wire, December 6, 2000

References

↑ "Ken Caillat's Truth About Fleetwood Mac's Rumours". The GRAMMYs.
↑ "Making Rumours, A Book about the making of Fleetwood Macs album Rumours". Ken Caillat. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
↑ "Studio E". sleepinggiantmusicgroup.com.
↑ "Producer Ken Caillat talks about Colbie – Artist Development with ‘little nudges’".

Fleetwood Mac

Mick Fleetwood John McVie Christine McVie Lindsey Buckingham Stevie Nicks Peter Green Jeremy Spencer Bob Brunning Danny Kirwan Bob Welch Bob Weston Dave Walker Billy Burnette Rick Vito Bekka Bramlett Dave Mason

Studio albums	Fleetwood Mac Mr. Wonderful Then Play On Kiln House Future Games Bare Trees Penguin Mystery to Me Heroes Are Hard to Find Fleetwood Mac Rumours Tusk Mirage Tango in the Night Behind the Mask Time Say You Will

EPs	Extended Play

Compilations	English Rose The Pious Bird of Good Omen Fleetwood Mac in Chicago Black Magic Woman The Original Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits Vintage Years Greatest Hits 25 Years – The Chain Madison Blues The Vaudeville Years The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions 1967–1969 Show-Biz Blues The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac The Essential Fleetwood Mac

Live albums	Live Live in Boston Live at the BBC The Dance Shrine '69 Live in Boston

Tribute albums	Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac

1960s songs	"I Believe My Time Ain't Long" "Hellhound on My Trail" "Shake Your Moneymaker" "Stop Messin' Around" "Need Your Love So Bad" "Madison Blues" "Great Balls of Fire"" "Black Magic Woman" "Albatross" "When You Say" "Man of the World" "Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite "Rattlesnake Shake" "Oh Well"

1970s songs	"The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Prong Crown)" "Dragonfly" "Jewel-Eyed Judy" "Sentimental Lady" "For Your Love" "Hypnotized" "Angel" "Warm Ways" "Blue Letter" "Over My Head" "Say You Love Me" "Rhiannon" "Landslide" "World Turning" "I'm So Afraid" "Second Hand News" "Dreams" "Never Going Back Again" "Don't Stop" "Go Your Own Way" "Songbird" "The Chain" "You Make Loving Fun" "I Don't Want to Know" "Oh Daddy" "Gold Dust Woman" "Silver Springs" "Tusk" "Sara" "Think About Me" "Not That Funny" "Sisters of the Moon" "Angel "I Know I'm Not Wrong"

1980s songs	"Hold Me" "Gypsy" "Oh Diane" "Love in Store" "Can't Go Back" "Big Love" "Seven Wonders" "Little Lies" "Everywhere" "Family Man" "Tango in the Night "Isn't It Midnight" "As Long as You Follow" "No Questions Asked"

1990s–2010s songs	"Skies the Limit" "In the Back of My Mind "Love Is Dangerous "Save Me" "Love Shines "Paper Doll" "I Do" "Temporary One" "Murrow Turning Over in His Grave" "Peacekeeper" "Say You Will" "Sad Angel"

Concert tours	Heroes Are Hard to Find tour Fleetwood Mac tour Rumours Tour Tusk tour Say You Will tour Unleashed 2013 tour On with the Show

Related people	Ken Caillat Clifford Davis Richard Dashut John Mayall Keith Olsen

Related articles	Discography List of Fleetwood Mac members Buckingham Nicks Bekka & Billy Stretch ("Bogus Fleetwood Mac") "Rumours" (Glee episode)

Book Category

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Colbie Caillat

Discography

Studio albums
and singles

Coco	"Bubbly" "Realize" "The Little Things"

Breakthrough	"Fallin' For You" "I Never Told You" "You Got Me"

All of You	"I Do" "Brighter Than the Sun" "Favorite Song"

Christmas in the Sand	"Christmas in the Sand"

Gypsy Heart	"Try"

Other singles

"Mistletoe"
"Hold On"

Collaborations

"You"
"Lucky"

Others songs

"What If"
"Breathe"

EPs

Book

Grammy Award for Album of the Year

1959–1979	The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini (1959) Come Dance with Me! – Frank Sinatra (1960) The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart – Bob Newhart (1961) Judy at Carnegie Hall – Judy Garland (1962) The First Family – Vaughn Meader (1963) The Barbra Streisand Album – Barbra Streisand (1964) Getz/Gilberto – Stan Getz, João Gilberto (1965) September of My Years – Frank Sinatra (1966) A Man and His Music – Frank Sinatra (1967) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles (1968) By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Glen Campbell (1969) Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (1970) Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel (1971) Tapestry – Carole King (1972) The Concert for Bangladesh – Various (1973) Innervisions – Stevie Wonder (1974) Fulfillingness' First Finale – Stevie Wonder (1975) Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon (1976) Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder (1977) Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (1978) Saturday Night Fever – Various (1979)

1980–2000	52nd Street – Billy Joel (1980) Christopher Cross – Christopher Cross (1981) Double Fantasy – John Lennon and Yoko Ono (1982) Toto IV – Toto (1983) Thriller – Michael Jackson (1984) Can't Slow Down – Lionel Richie (1985) No Jacket Required – Phil Collins (1986) Graceland – Paul Simon (1987) The Joshua Tree – U2 (1988) Faith – George Michael (1989) Nick of Time – Bonnie Raitt (1990) Back on the Block – Quincy Jones and various artists (1991) Unforgettable... with Love – Natalie Cole (1992) Unplugged – Eric Clapton (1993) The Bodyguard – Whitney Houston (1994) MTV Unplugged – Tony Bennett (1995) Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette (1996) Falling into You – Celine Dion (1997) Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan (1998) The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill (1999) Supernatural – Santana (2000)

2001–present	Two Against Nature – Steely Dan (2001) O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack (2002) Come Away with Me – Norah Jones (2003) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – Outkast (2004) Genius Loves Company – Ray Charles and various artists (2005) How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2 (2006) Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks (2007) River: The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock (2008) Raising Sand – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (2009) Fearless – Taylor Swift (2010) The Suburbs – Arcade Fire (2011) 21 – Adele (2012) Babel – Mumford & Sons (2013) Random Access Memories – Daft Punk (2014) Morning Phase – Beck (2015) 1989 – Taylor Swift (2016)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 230766230 MusicBrainz: 9db6de1b-59fc-4413-96b2-cb23a72889fe

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