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Cherokee Studios was a recording facility in Hollywood, founded in 1972 and closed in August 2007 to make way for a new building, after 35 years of operation under the Cherokee name as a well-renowned studio. Under the direction of a leading green developer, the site will become the Lofts @ Cherokee Studios〔http://www.loftsatcherokeestudios.com/〕 – a Green LEED Platinum Live/Work complex offering professional recording studios in select units designed by Cherokee owner, Bruce Robb. In his autobiography, Beatles producer George Martin dubbed Cherokee Studios the best studio in America. In the early seventies, the Robb Brothers founded the original Cherokee Studios, first located in the countryside at a ranch in Chatsworth, and then on Fairfax Avenue in Hollywood. The noted studio was owned and operated by the award-winning producer/engineers and brothers - Dee, Joe and Bruce Robb, who had started their careers as performers in the 60’s as a Midwest-based folk rock band called The Robbs. Their manager was Con Merten. They switched to record production, and by the mid-seventies, with albums such as ''Pretzel Logic'' and ''Station to Station'' the studio had made its name. At the peak of its success, Cherokee housed five studios at the Fairfax location, and an additional 3 studios at a satellite location acquired on Beverly Drive (formerly Lion Share/ABC Dunhill Records). == History == The Robb family lived in Chatsworth with Del Shannon as a neighbor. The three brothers had a struggling band called "The Robbs". After a while their father, Dave, told them that if they didn't get any more gigs they would have to get real jobs. When Shannon heard this he told them they should open a recording studio in their barn and loaned them money for the board. After logging time in countless studios across the country as a band, The Robbs had become acquainted with just about every unwelcome situation typical of the life of a touring musician at the time. Together with their manager, Con Merten, they relocated to Los Angeles from the Chicago/Milwaukee area to focus more on producing and managing, rather than on performing. Their ideas focused on making the studio a creative space designed for musicians and engineers. As an independent recording studio, not owned by a record or film company, Cherokee was unusual in the U.S. at the time, though not unique - Jimi Hendrix' Electric Lady Studios, opened in 1970, had been constructed along similar ideas and was operated by itself, not by a major company. Within the next couple of years, a fortuitous break presented itself when the MGM Records’ studio space in Fairfax came on the market. The new opportunity arrived not a moment too soon, for the brothers had been locked out of their studio barn after a Sheriff’s bust for operating "an illegal home studio." Without hesitation, they made the purchase and commenced overhauling their new studio by hand with George Augspurger-designed acoustics, state-of-the-art equipment and, once more, attention to every musician-client detail. The Robbs and Merten, with their new Cherokee Studios, maintained their credo, and the clients described it as "the vibe" – an artist-friendly atmosphere that could be felt as soon as one walked in the door. Their first big hit there was Steely Dan's ''Pretzel Logic''. Cherokee closed its doors on Aug 31, 2007.〔http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003623131 L.A.'s Cherokee Studios To Close at www.billboard.biz〕 The last album recorded at Cherokee was ''Out of the Wilderness'' from Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cherokee Studios」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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