1. Robert Alan Fraboni was born on 23 April 1951 and is an American, California-born record producer and audio engineer, well known for his work with Bob Dylan, The Band, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Tim Hardin, The Beach Boys, Joe Cocker, and Bonnie Raitt, and as Vice President at Island Records where he oversaw the remastering of the entire Bob Marley catalog.
Rob Fraboni produced the soundtrack on Martin Scorsese's groundbreaking concert movie, The Last Waltz, which included an all-star cast of famous rock and roll performers.
Rob Fraboni built and designed the legendary Shangri-La studios in Malibu to the specification of Bob Dylan and The Band.
Rob Fraboni moved to New York City in 1971 and studied under Al Grundy at the Institute for Audio Research.
Rob Fraboni then went on to work at the Record Plant with engineers Chris Stone, Roy Cicala, Jack Adams, Shelly Yakus, Tom Flye, Jack Douglas, Jimmy Iovine, and Dennis Ferrante.
In 1972 Fraboni moved back to California and was hired as a maintenance engineer at The Village Recorder but was quickly promoted to chief engineer by owner Geordie Hormel.
Rob Fraboni then worked with Jimmy Miller on the Rolling Stones album Goat's Head Soup as well as Planet Waves with Bob Dylan and The Band.
In 1976, Rob Fraboni designed and built Shangri-La Studios in Malibu, CA, to the precise specifications of Bob Dylan and The Band.
In 1985, Rob Fraboni was hired and moved back to New York by Island Records' founder Chris Blackwell as the corporate vice president of Island Records.
Rob Fraboni worked as executive producer on Melissa Etheridge's self-titled debut record; served as music director on the Good to Go Film Project; worked with Robert Palmer; helped remaster U2's Joshua Tree; produced Buckwheat Zydeco, Nick Tremulis, and John Martyn; signed Etta James to Island; sat in on sessions with The Bongos; and went to Barry Diament, to remaster all of Bob Marley's catalog for CD on Tuff Gong in 1989.
Rob Fraboni started Domino Records in the early '90s, which released recordings by Alvin Lee, John Mooney, Cowboy Mouth, and Rusty Kershaw.
Rob Fraboni produced John Mooney again for the House of Blues release Against the Wall.
Rob Fraboni produced Keith Richards' material on the Rolling Stone's Bridges to Babylon in 1997 as well as served as a sound consultant on the subsequent tour.
Rob Fraboni launched his QRS Entertainment in 2003 with About Them Shoes, a recording by Hubert Sumlin which features appearances by Clapton, Keith Richards, and others.
Rob Fraboni was nominated for Producer of the Year at the New York Music Awards in 1989 for a Wendy Wall album on SBK which won Best Folk Album of the Year.
Rob Fraboni received a Grammy nomination in 1982 for a Bonnie Raitt record, Green Light, as well as a Grammy nomination in 1978 for The Last Waltz movie soundtrack.
Rob Fraboni won a Grammy in 2002 for best Country Album for his production of Keith Richards' performance of "You Win Again" on the Hank Williams tribute album, Timeless.