Ken Caillat coproduced Fleetwood Mac's classic 1977 album, Rumours, for which he won the Grammy for Album of the Year. He also produced the group's Tusk, Mirage, and Live albums, as well as their box set, The Chain. He has worked on albums with everyone from George Carlin, engineering his epochal Class Clown, to the London Symphony Orchestra. He is the father of Grammy-winning singer Colbie Caillat, and he produced her number one album, Breakthrough.
Steven Stiefel has written several books, including contributions to two by LL Cool J. He also works as a magazine writer and editor. His fiction has appeared in the Georgia Review and McSweeney's.
"If you've ever wondered what it's like to cut an album with a
legendary band who made one of the most popular rock albums in
sales and airplay history, then this is the book for you. It's just
an incredible story about how songs like "Dreams" or "You Make
Loving Fun" were created, and the talented musicians who made them,
with the help of the producers and engineers who put them down on
tape and brought them to life."--Tom Johnston, the Doobie
Brothers"It's hard to imagine the tensions and freak-outs that go
on behind studio doors when a band is making a follow-up to a
number one album. But throw in broken relationships between band
members and an endless supply of cocaine, and for me as a producer,
the next step would be to light the fuse and walk away. Ken
Caillat, though, ran the course, and you get to read how he
survived (well, almost)."--Dave Stewart, award-winning
songwriter/producer and founder of Eurythmics"Engineer Ken
Caillat's richly detailed account of the arduous and complicated
creation of the classic Fleetwood Mac album reads like a novel. He
winds together the personal and creative narratives that were
tangled up in the months-long creation of this epic work, while the
two couples in the band came apart and personal relations suffused
the process. Calliat himself was conducting an affair with the
studio manager. It was all sex, drugs, and rock and roll."--Joel
Selvin, American Music Critic"Caillat writes in studio speak, his
affable prose including the reader rather than excluding, and
that's the real pleasure of Making Rumours: sitting next to him for
the recording, drama, and next line of cocaine."--The Austin
Chronicle"Caillat and co-writer Steve Stiefel maintain a brisk pace
throughout Making Rumors... Recalling the highs (in all senses of
the word) and many lows of creating a unique piece of pop culture
history, Making Rumours is a fascinating--and illuminating--read."
--Mix Online
"Ken tells us the story of making this album, in his engaging,
candid, and casual way... Not surprising were the accounts of the
breakups, arguments, cocaine, pot, and Lindsey Buckingham being
difficult... I devoured it faster than anything I've read
recently." --Tape Op
"Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac
Album might just be the best rock and roll biography I have ever
read... an insightful and thorough read about a pivotal time in
rock and roll."--Vintage Rock
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