Fantastic producer, Keith Olsen was born Keith Alan Olsen on May 12th, 1945 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA.
He has produced many great acts, such as Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions, Whitesnake, Santana, Pat Benatar, Emerson Lake & Palmer, and many others, as we can see in the partial discography I´ve assembled below.
Apart from producing, he also played bass in a few bands. His first musical job was backing blues artist Jimmy Rodgers.
GALE GARNETT BAND
Keith Olsen joined Gale Garnett Trio, staying with her for 2 years:
GALE GARNETT BAND #? |
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êJimmy Rodgers Band |
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Gale Garnett vocals | Keith Olsen † bass | + others unknown to me. Help! |
Raggamuffinsê |
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Not enough info (1): | Gale Garnett |
RAGGAMUFFINS
Around 1965, the Raggamuffins were formed as a trio:
They recorded some tracks, but they remained unreleased until June 2000, when the compilation Ignition was released, including these tracks.
In 1966 they expanded the band and changed their name to Music Machine.
RAGGAMUFFINS #1 |
1965 |
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êGale Garnett Band |
êGoldeBriars |
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Sean Bonniwell † guitar, vocals | Keith Olsen † bass | Ron Edgar drums |
Music Machineê | Music Machineê | Music Machineê |
They recorded some tracks, but they remained unreleased until June 2000, when the compilation Ignition was released, including these tracks.
In 1966 they expanded the band and changed their name to Music Machine.
Other info on members of Raggamuffins (I know up to 3 members) | |
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Not enough info (2): | Sean Bonniwell, Ron Edgar |
MUSIC MACHINE
This was the original lineup for Music Machine in 1966:
They released their first album, Turn on. After some more recordings, most of the band left Bonniwell to join The Millennium in 1967.
MUSIC MACHINE #1 |
1966-1967 |
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êRaggamuffins |
êRaggamuffins |
êRaggamuffins |
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Sean Bonniwell † guitar, vocals | Mark Landon guitar | Keith Olsen † bass | Doug Rhodes keyboards | Ron Edgar drums |
The Bonniwell Music Machineê | The Millenniumê | The Millenniumê | The Millenniumê |
They released their first album, Turn on. After some more recordings, most of the band left Bonniwell to join The Millennium in 1967.
Other info on members of Music Machine (I know up to 5 members) | |
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Not enough info (4): | Sean Bonniwell, Ron Edgar, Mark Landon, Doug Rhodes |
THE MILLENNIUM
The Millennium was a band formed around 1968 by producer Curt Boettcher, with some musicians and singers he knew:
They released the album Begin that same year before splitting although some of the members appeared as sessionmen in later projects by Boettcher (such as the studio band Sagittarius).
THE MILLENNIUM #1 |
1968 |
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êMusic Machine |
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Curt Boettcher † vocals, guitar | Lee Mallory † vocals, guitar | Sandy Sailsbury vocals, guitar | Michael Fennelly vocals, guitar | Joey Stec guitar, vocals | Keith Olsen † bass |
Sagittariusê |
êMusic Machine |
êMusic Machine |
Doug Rhodes keyboards | Ron Edgar drums |
They released the album Begin that same year before splitting although some of the members appeared as sessionmen in later projects by Boettcher (such as the studio band Sagittarius).
Other info on members of The Millennium (I know up to 8 members) | |
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Not enough info (7): | Curt Boettcher, Ron Edgar, Michael Fennelly, Lee Mallory, Doug Rhodes, Sandy Sailsbury, Joey Stec |
AND THEN...
After The Millennium, Keith Olsen concentrated on producing albums, also working as engineer in some of them. As far as I know, his first production was for the band Eternity´s Children (along with Curt Boettcher).
Keith Olsen sadly passed away on March 9th, 2020 in Genoa, Nevada. He was 74. We can still enjoy all this great work. Rest in peace.
   5 BANDS (WITH 4 SELECTED RECORDINGS):
   76 ALBUMS AS PRODUCER:
   1 ALBUMS FOR 1 BANDMATES AND FRIENDS:
   2 SESSIONS (FOR 2 ARTISTS):
   9 ALBUMS AS TECHNICIAN:
Keith Olsen sadly passed away on March 9th, 2020 in Genoa, Nevada. He was 74. We can still enjoy all this great work. Rest in peace.
   5 BANDS (WITH 4 SELECTED RECORDINGS):
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Gale Garnett Band |   |  
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The Millennium |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Music Machine |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Raggamuffins |   |  
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Jimmy Rodgers Band |   |  
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   76 ALBUMS AS PRODUCER:
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38 Special |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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707 |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Airborne |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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The Babys |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Bad Company |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Russ Ballard Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Nicole Barclay Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Pat Benatar Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Buckingham Nicks |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Cado Belle |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Tane Cain Band Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Jorge Calderon Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Kim Carnes Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Michael Dinner Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Emerson Lake & Palmer |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Eternity´s Children |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Fleetwood Mac |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Fool´s Gold |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Foreigner |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Geronimo Black |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Grateful Dead |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Sammy Hagar Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Heart |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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I-Ten |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Jade |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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James Gang |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Kingdom Come |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Greg Lake Band |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Lambert & Nuttycombe |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Lynch Mob |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Magnum |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Eddie Money Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Rick Nelson Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Stevie Nicks Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Night Ranger |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Ozzy Osbourne Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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OST |   | 3 RECORDINGS:
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Preview |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Jerry Riopelle Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Santana |   | 3 RECORDINGS:
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Scorpions |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Shadow King |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Sheila Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Song |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Sons Of Champlin |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Rick Springfield Band |   | 3 RECORDINGS:
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Starship |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Domenic Troiano Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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VVAA |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Joe Walsh Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Bob Weir Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Whitesnake |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Wild Horses |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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   1 ALBUMS FOR 1 BANDMATES AND FRIENDS:
BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS | ||||
Sagittarius |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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   2 SESSIONS (FOR 2 ARTISTS):
BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS | ||||||
Grandmothers |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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The Tubes |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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   9 ALBUMS AS TECHNICIAN:
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Alice Cooper Band |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Lisa Dalbello Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Jimmy Rabbitt Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Whitesnake |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Wonderland |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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RELATED WEBSITE LINKS: 11
Official site(s) - tell them you saw the link here:
From the always interesting Alex's Picks (by Alex Gitlin), we have:
From the superb site Knights in Blue Denim: The British Blues Scene '68 - '70 (by Christer Fridhammar & Vanja), we have:
From the great site DME (by Dmitry M. Epstein), we have fantastic interviews:
Wikipedia doesn´t want to include links to this website, but I won´t do the same with them. So, from the great Wikipedia, we have:
Assorted links:
- Bad Company (by Lucy Piller)
- ELP digest (by John E. Arnold)
- Whitesnake web site (by David Oliveras)
RELATED MUSICIANS:
Keith Olsen mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
Greg Fulginiti (13)
Alan Pasqua (13)
David DeVore (12)
Waddy Wachtel (12)
Tom Kelly (11)
Mike Baird (10)
Bill Cuomo (9)
Chris Minto (9)
Denny Carmassi (8)
Bill Champlin (8)
Page created by Miguel Terol on: 31/March/2020 - Last modified on: 31/March/2020. If you want to contribute with info, please write to: molympus1@gmail.com
Please, note than you can check the indexes (musicians, bands, obituaries) at the top of this page.
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