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As a self-taught engineer and studio operator, Matassa, 83, was pivotal in developing the New Orleans sound during the fertile rock and R&B era of the '50s and '60s. He has a more modest take.
"There were great musicians everywhere you turned," he says. "They made me look good."
As a self-taught engineer and studio operator, Matassa, 83, was pivotal in developing the New Orleans sound during the fertile rock and R&B era of the '50s and '60s. He has a more modest take.
"There were great musicians everywhere you turned," he says. "They made me look good."
7/17/2009
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