Steven M. Berlin (born September 14, 1955,

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) is an American saxophonist,

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and

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 ...

, best known as a member of the rock group Los Lobos and, before that,

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, the Blasters, and the Flesh Eaters. Berlin is married and lives with his wife and children in

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. Berlin joined the band

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as a side project in 1998 on their second

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, ''Trading with the Enemy''. As either a

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or producer, Berlin has worked with the

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Backyard Tire Fire Backyard Tire Fire is an American band that formed in Asheville, NC in 2001. The band began in the fall of that year with founding members Edward David Anderson (songwriter, vocals, guitars), Tim Kramp (drums, percussion) Warren Hawk (bass guitar) ...

, The Beat Farmers,

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, the Paladins, Faith No More, Dave Alvin, R.E.M., the Go-Go's, the Smithereens, the Replacements,

Leo Kottke Leo Kottke (born September 11, 1945) is an acoustic guitarist. He is known for a fingerpicking style that draws on blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies. He overcame a series of personal obstacles, including par ...

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, the Act, Los Super Seven, Rickie Lee Jones, Leftover Salmon,

String Cheese Incident The String Cheese Incident (SCI) is an American jam band from Crested Butte and Telluride, Colorado, formed in 1993. The band is composed of Michael Kang (acoustic/electric mandolin, electric guitar, and violin), Michael Travis ( drums and perc ...

, Alec Ounsworth (

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (sometimes abbreviated to CYHSY) is the musical project of American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Alec Ounsworth, active since the early 2000s in and out of Philadelphia. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have re ...

Raul Malo Raúl Francisco Martínez-Malo Jr. (born August 7, 1965, in Miami, Florida), known professionally as Raúl Malo, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He is the lead singer of country music band The Mavericks and th ...

, Rick Trevino, Jackie Greene, the Tragically Hip, Great Big Sea, the

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, Nathan Wiley, the Dandy Warhols, Making Movies, No Te Va Gustar, Brownout and Deer Tick.Timothy Fin
"Making Movies: 'An Amazing Special Band'".
Kansas City Star, December 14, 2012

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