Rhett Davies
In the collection
5 records
Played with
Robert Fripp
3 records together
King Crimson
2 records together
Brian Eno
2 records together
Tony Levin
2 records together
Adrian Belew
2 records together
Bill Bruford
2 records together
Dire Straits
1 record together
Fripp & Eno
1 record together
Talking Heads
1 record together
John Illsley
1 record together
Pick Withers
1 record together
David Knopfler
1 record together
About
Rhett Davies (born 1949, London, England) is an English record producer and engineer. He’s the son of band leader and trumpeter .
After opening a record shop, Davies became a recording studio intern/engineer at . His first full session was on ‘s 1973 LP, “Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy)”. An appreciative Eno granted Davies a royalty on that album and his subsequent innovative releases with Davies. The two pioneered the “playing the studio like an instrument” concept: tape loops in pop music and using a rhythm box to lay down the beat during basic recording, then adding a live drummer later. Davies also worked with numerous other artists including , , , and many others.
In 1990, Rhett Davies left the music industry to pursue other business interests, while still privately creating music, although he continued to work with Bryan Ferry.