Mitchell Froom
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Mitchell Froom is an American musician and record producer.
[edit] Professional
Froom began his career as a keyboard player in Los Angeles. He played keyboards on the Ronnie Montrose-led group Gamma's third album Gamma 3. He then produced the first three Crowded House albums, which led to more production jobs with Richard Thompson, Los Lobos, Soul Coughing, American Music Club and Suzanne Vega, who is now his ex-wife. One early notable work, Key of Cool, later became the soundtrack for the adult film Café Flesh.
Froom collects and performs on a large number of obscure and exotic keyboard instruments. His "House of Keyboards" is mentioned in the credits for Los Lobos' Kiko.
He often partners with engineer Tchad Blake. In 1994 Froom and Blake joined with David Hidalgo and Louie Perez of Los Lobos to form the experimental roots collaboration Latin Playboys.
Production credits include albums from Missy Higgins, Elvis Costello, Pearl Jam, Paul McCartney, Randy Newman, Sheryl Crow, Tim Finn, Phantom Planet, Bonnie Raitt, Tasmin Archer, The Corrs, The Ditty Bops, The Bangles, Indigo Girls, Ron Sexsmith, and Daniel Powter. He is currently working on "Sophia", a new single by Nerina Pallot.
[edit] Personal
His daughter Charlotte (born 1986) is the bassist in The Like. Charlotte's mother, Connie Jester, was his second wife.
Froom married Suzanne Vega in 1995; they divorced in 1998. Soul Coughing's 1994 album, Ruby Vroom, was named after their daughter, Ruby Froom.
He married Vonda Shepard in 2004. They had their first child, Jack Froom, (named for Froom's late father, a noted physician and educator), on 15 April 2006.
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