Richard Charles Dashut (born September 19, 1951) is an American

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who produced several

Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac are a British-American Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1967 by the singer and guitarist Peter Green (musician), Peter Green. Green named the band by combining the surnames of the drummer, Mick Fleetwood, and the bassis ...

albums including '' Rumours'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Tango in the Night ''Tango in the Night'' is the fourteenth studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 13 April 1987 by Warner Bros. Records. As a result of Lindsey Buckingham's departure later that year, it is the fifth and final stu ...

'', and ''

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''. Dashut was born in

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, and started his career sweeping floors in a recording studio where he later met

Lindsey Buckingham Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American musician, record producer, and the lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the Rock music, rock band Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and 1997 to 2018. In addition to his tenure with ...

and

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Keith Olsen Keith Alan Olsen (May 12, 1945 – March 9, 2020) was an American record producer and sound engineer, who worked with Magnum, Rick Springfield, Fleetwood Mac, Ozzy Osbourne, Grateful Dead, Whitesnake, Pat Benatar, Heart, Santana, Saga, For ...

hired Dashut as a maintenance worker at Sound City and later employed him as second engineer on a few albums including '' Buckingham Nicks'', which in turn led to Dashut's work with Fleetwood Mac. Dashut also co-wrote several songs with

and also co-produced his '' Law and Order'' and '' Out of the Cradle'' solo albums.

Discography

*''As You Will'' (1973) – Lambert and Nuttycombe – (assistant engineer) *'' Buckingham Nicks'' (1973) – Buckingham Nicks – (second engineer) *'' Rumours'' (1977) – Fleetwood Mac – (producer, engineer) *''

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'' (1977) – Bob Welch – (engineer) *'' Not Shy'' (1978) – Walter Egan – (producer, engineer) *''

'' (1979) – Fleetwood Mac – (producer, engineer) *''Uprooted'' (1979) – Rob Grill – (recording) *''

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'' (1979) – Bob Welch – (Co-producer "Ghost of Flight 401") *''

'' (1980) – Fleetwood Mac – (producer, live mixing) *'' Law and Order'' (1981) – Lindsey Buckingham – (producer, recording) *'' The Visitor'' (1981) –

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– (producer, performer, photography) *''Tongue Twister'' (1981) –

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– (producer) *''

'' (1982) – Fleetwood Mac – (producer, co-writer, engineer) *'' I'm Not Me'' (1983) – Mick Fleetwood – (producer, co-writer) *''

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'' (1983) – Lindsey Buckingham – (producer) *''

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'' (1985) – Lindsey Buckingham – (producer) *'' A Fine Mess'' (1986) –

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– (producer) *''

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'' (1987) –

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– (producer) *''

'' (1987) – Fleetwood Mac – (producer, co-writer, engineer) *''

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'' (1988) – Fleetwood Mac – (producer, engineer) *''The Very Best of Bob Welch'' (1991) – Bob Welch – (producer, engineer) *'' 25 Years – The Chain'' (1992) – Fleetwood Mac – (producer, engineer, co-writer) *'' Out of the Cradle'' (1992) – Lindsey Buckingham – (producer, co-writer) *''

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'' (1993) –

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– (producer) *''

'' (1995) – Fleetwood Mac – (producer) *'' The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac'' (2002) – Fleetwood Mac – (producer, co-writer, engineer)

With Buckingham Nicks

With Fleetwood Mac

Albums

Live albums and compilations

DVD and video releases

*'' Classic Albums: Rumours'' (1997) *''Tusk'' tour documentary (1982) *'' Mirage Tour'' (1982)

With Lindsey Buckingham

With Mick Fleetwood

Soundtrack appearances

Tours

* ''Fleetwood Mac'' tour – * ''Rumours'' tour – 1977–78 * ''Tusk'' tour – 1979–80 * ''Mirage'' tour – 1982

References

External links

Richard Dashut's Interactive FM Blog
* Discography

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dashut, Richard Record producers from California 1951 births Living people People from West Hollywood, California Grammy Award winners American male songwriters