Mitchell Froom
| Mitchell Froom | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 29, 1953 |
| Origin | United States |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, musician, and composer |
| Instruments | Keyboard |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Labels | Kontextrecords |
| Notable instruments | |
| Piano | |
Mitchell Froom (born June 29, 1953) is an American musician and record producer.
Froom began his career as a keyboard player in Sonoma County, California. The band Crossfire featured two keyboard players; Mitchell on one side of the stage and brother David on the other with Gary Pihl on guitar. He also played keyboards on the Ronnie Montrose-led group Gamma's third album Gamma 3 as well as both late 1970s albums by David LaFlamme, It's a Beautiful Day and LaFlamme's solo albumInside Out.
He produced the first three Crowded House albums, which led to more production jobs with Richard Thompson, Los Lobos, American Music Club, and Suzanne Vega. One early notable work, Key of Cool, later became the soundtrack for the adult film, Café Flesh.
In 1987 he produced and wrote incidental music for the L.A.-noir "Slam Dance".
Between 1992 and 2002 Froom formed a full-time partnership with engineer Tchad Blake. Production credits include albums from American Music Club, Stevie Ann, Tasmin Archer, The Bangles, Peter Case, The Corrs, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Crowded House, The Ditty Bops, Tim Finn, Missy Higgins, Indigo Girls, Los Lobos, Paul McCartney, Robin Gibb, Maria McKee, Pat McLaughlin, Randy Newman, Nerina Pallot, Pearl Jam, Phantom Planet, Bonnie Pink, Daniel Powter, Bonnie Raitt, Ron Sexsmith, The Del Fuegos, Richard Thompson, and Suzanne Vega. Froom and Blake joined with David Hidalgo and Louie Perez of Los Lobos to form the experimental roots collaboration Latin Playboys.
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