Robert Jacques Lanois (April 4, 1948 – April 19, 2021) was a Canadian
sound engineer
An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproductio ...
,
record producer
A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure. Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...
, and
harmonica player.
He released his first album, ''Snake Road'',
in 2006, in collaboration with his brother
Daniel Lanois
Daniel Roland Lanois ( , ; born September 19, 1951) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter.
He has produced albums by artists including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Robbie Robertson, Emmylou Harris, Willie ...
. He also recorded an album with guitarist
Tom Wilson, entitled ''The Shack Recordings Volume One''.
Among other credits, he co-produced
Simply Saucer's demo tape with Daniel. He was also given a credit in the "Thanks to" section of
U2's ''
The Joshua Tree
''The Joshua Tree'' is the fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, and was released on 9 March 1987 on Island Records. In contrast to the ambient experimentation of their 1984 release, ' ...
'' album credits.
Bob Lanois travelled to Sweden in 2007, performing shows together with eclectic Swedish band Big Is Less after having met the band's guitarist Tommy Sahlin via MySpace. In 2008, Lanois, as producer, teamed up with Mass Conception (a Canadian indie band) which resulted in the release of a six-song EP entitled ''No Pun Intended''.
He died on April 19, 2021.
[Jeff Mahoney]
"Hamilton’s Bob Lanois dead at 73"
''Hamilton Spectator
''The Hamilton Spectator'', founded in 1846, is a newspaper published weekdays and Saturdays in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. One of the largest Canadian newspapers by circulation,''The Hamilton Spectator'' is owned by Torstar.
History
''The Hami ...
'', April 20, 2021.
Discography
Sound engineer
*1977 ''
Adult Entertainment'',
Raffi
Raffi Cavoukian, ( hy, Րաֆֆի, born July 8, 1948), known professionally by the mononym Raffi, is a Canadian singer-lyricist and author of Armenian descent born in Egypt, best known for his children's music. He developed his career as a " ...
*1979 ''Denis LePage & Station Road'',
Denis Lepage
*1977 ''
Hobo's Taunt'' -
Willie P. Bennett
William Patrick "Willie P." Bennett (26 October 1951 – 15 February 2008) was a Canadian folk-music singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and mandolinist. Bennett was part of the 1970s folk music scene in Canada, and wrote and recorded many origin ...
(engineered, with Daniel Lanois)
*1979 ''
Blackie and the Rodeo King'' -
Willie P. Bennett
William Patrick "Willie P." Bennett (26 October 1951 – 15 February 2008) was a Canadian folk-music singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and mandolinist. Bennett was part of the 1970s folk music scene in Canada, and wrote and recorded many origin ...
(recording engineer; mixing engineer, with
)
As musician
*1971 ''Jacqueline & Lindsay''
*2006 ''Snake Road'' (
Cordova Bay
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)
As photographer
* 2015 ''Oxide'' (Ion Bon)
References
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1940s births
2021 deaths
Musicians from Gatineau
Musicians from Hamilton, Ontario
Canadian record producers
Canadian harmonica players
Canadian ambient musicians
Canadian audio engineers