Reggie Fisher (born January 22, 1948) is an American record producer. Fisher worked with many popular artists on recordings that encompassed blues, jazz, pop, rock, country and soul records.

Career

Early years

Born in

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, and raised in New Canaan, Connecticut, Fisher arrived in Los Angeles in 1971.

Music

Fisher took a job at United Artists Records, where he became a

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and recorded artists such as John Buck Wilkins, Rita Coolidge,

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, Sly Stone, Bobby Womack, The Curtis Brothers,

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, Pablo Cruz, and

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. Beginning in the early 1970s, Fisher worked as a producer, recording albums by many artists including

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, and Toto. In 1980, Fisher financed and produced T-Bone Burnett's first solo album, ''Truth Decay''. He went on to finance and co-produce two more of Burnett's solo albums, ''Trap Door'' EP, released in 1982 on the Warner Brothers label, and "Behind the Trap Door", released in 1986. Around the same time, Fisher also formed the supergroup "Black Tie," which featured Jimmy Griffin,

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, and

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, as well as an impressive list of musicians. Black Tie recorded two albums. The first
When The Night Falls
featured T Bone Burnett, and their single (A

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Cover) "Learning The Game" rose to #59 in the

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. In 1991, after watching Charlie Rich, Jr. perform at the Palomino Club, Fisher offered Rich a recording contract, requesting that Charlie, Jr. be a component in the superstar ensemble Fisher was still promoting (Black Tie). Their follow-up album, which included the single "I'm Sure of You" (which was co-written by Rich and Billy Swan), featured Rich, Jr. as a vocalist. The record also topped the charts in 1993. In 2012 Reggie Fisher met and collaborated with English Guitarist Darren Clarke to restore some vintage cassette recordings of East Coast Piano player Rob Perkin. This Instrumental project was released years later, and the songs that Fisher worked on can be heard on the firs
Everglades Rhythm
record.

References

T-Bone Burnett Truth Decay
Billboard.com, retrieved December 3, 2010 Black Tie, https://whenthenightfalls.com/what-s-the-back-story, retrieved Dec 2022 {{DEFAULTSORT:Fisher, Reggie 1948 births Record producers from New Jersey record producers from Connecticut Living people