Tom Skeeter, owner of Sound City Studios, has died.
“We lost our main man, Tommy Skeeter this week,” the legendary venue’s Facebook page reported. “Grateful our Sound City Movie pals for introducing him to all of you. Thank you to all of the people who have stopped by the office to meet Tom in the past few years– he enjoyed the visits, and loved hearing how far people had come.”
The studio, in which classic albums such as Fleetwood Mac‘s ‘Rumours‘ and Nirvana‘s ‘Nevermind‘ were recorded, was the subject of a high profile documentary helmed by Dave Grohl in 2012.
“Tom was a southern gentleman who, along with Joe Gottfried took me under their collective wing at Sound City in 1976 and allowed me the freedom to write and record at their magic studio,” musician Rick Springfield has told Billboard. “Tom was one of the good guys.”