Caribou Ranch
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Caribou Ranch was a recording studio built by producer James William Guercio in 1972 in a converted barn on ranch property in the Rocky Mountains near Nederland, Colorado. The popular studio was in operation until it was damaged in a March 1985 fire.
History
Guercio purchased Caribou Ranch, more than 4,000 acres (16 km²) in the Rocky Mountains, in 1971.In 1972, Joe Walsh and Bill Szymczyk were starting work on Barnstorm at Walsh's home in Colorado when a mixer blew out on the first day. Szymczyk knew Guercio was building a new studio, visited the in-progress barn conversion at the ranch, and concluded that it would work for their project. They used the new studio to finish Barnstorm. Szymczyk next made Rick Derringer's All American Boy and the hit single "Rock & Roll, Hoochie Koo" there.
The studio complex was shut down and never used again after a March 1985 fire destroyed the control room and caused about US$3 million in damage.
Guercio's interests had shifted away from music. In 1996 and 2001 transactions he sold 2,180 acres (8.8 km²) of the ranch to Boulder County and the City of Boulder, and another 1,489 acres (6 km²) were placed under conservation easement. A housing development by Guercio's Caribou Companies takes up much of the remainder.
Artists
Some of the artists known to have recorded at Caribou:- America
- Badfinger
- The Beach Boys
- Jeff Beck
- Mike Brewer
- David Cassidy
- Chicago, starting with Chicago VI
- Phil Collins
- Chick Corea
- Rick Derringer
- Al Di Meola
- Earth, Wind & Fire
- Sheena Easton
- Dan Fogelberg
- Jerry Goodman
- Jan Hammer
- Amy Grant
- Waylon Jennings
- Billy Joel
- Elton John, notably the 1974 Caribou album
- Carole King
- Kris Kristofferson
- Robert Lamm
- John Lennon
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Jac Murphy
- Michael Murphey
- Stevie Nicks
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- Tony Orlando
- Ozark Mountain Daredevils
- Tom Petty
- Eddie Rabbitt
- Bruce Roberts
- Sailor
- David Sancious
- Tom Scott and the L.A. Express
- Billy Joe Shaver
- Shooting Star (band)
- Sons of Champlin
- Souther Hillman Furay Band
- Rod Stewart
- Stephen Stills
- Supertramp
- Ali Thomson
- U2
- James Vincent ([link])
- Joe Walsh
- War
- Tony Williams
- Carl Wilson
- Frank Zappa
See also
References
- James William Guercio
- http://www.coloradoarts.net/text/can-music/pg-record.html#letter-C
- Sound on Sound magazine (2004). [Bill Szymczyk]. Retrieved January 25 2006.
External links
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