Mitchell Froom

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Mitchell Froom is an American musician and record producer.

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", making a big impact on the sound of the band. 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 with his ex-wife, Suzanne Vega. One early remarkable work, Key of Cool, later became the soundtrack for the adult film Cafe 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. Latin Playboys was released in 1994 and Dose in 1999.

Production credits include albums from Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney, Randy Newman, Sheryl Crow, Phantom Planet, Bonnie Raitt, The Corrs, The Ditty Bops, and The Bangles. He is currently producing an album with the Indigo Girls.

He is married to Vonda Shepard and they just had their first child, Jack Froom, on April 15, 2006. His daughter Charlotte is bassist in The Like.

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