John Boylan

John Boylan (born 21 March 1941, New York City), is a leading American music producer and songwriter. After graduating from Bard College, he and his brother Terence worked with music publisher Charles Koppelman before moving to Los Angeles in the late 1960s. There they recorded an album as the Appletree Theatre. John then started to develop a career as a producer, working with Rick Nelson, the Association, the Dillards and others. He also managed Linda Ronstadt in particular introducing her to a then unknown group of musicians who went on to become her backing band in 1971, and later became the Eagles. After working in the early 1970s with Pure Prairie League and Commander Cody, he had one of his biggest successes sharing the production duties of the first Boston album with the band's founder Tom Scholz. The group's label, Epic Records, rewarded him by offering him the position of Vice President, West Coast, where he stayed for a decade. During this period, he produced many... full article at wikipedia