Don Gehman is an American record producer, best known for his work in the 1980s with John Mellencamp.
Gehman grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and played bass in a local rock band. During the early 1970s, Gehman worked as a live sound engineer for well-known acts of the era, including James Brown, Loggins & Messina, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Chicago, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, before transitioning to studio work on the advice of Stephen Sti...
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Don Gehman is an American record producer, best known for his work in the 1980s with John Mellencamp.
Gehman grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and played bass in a local rock band. During the early 1970s, Gehman worked as a live sound engineer for well-known acts of the era, including James Brown, Loggins & Messina, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Chicago, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, before transitioning to studio work on the advice of Stephen Stills. He earned his first production credit on Stills' 1976 solo album Illegal Stills.
Gehman's affiliation with Mellencamp began in 1980, when he engineered the singer's self-titled fourth LP. Two years later, he produced Mellencamp's American Fool, which launched the hits "Hurts So Good" and "Jack and Diane." The album's success earned Gehman a Grammy nomination, and began an extended collaboration between the two, which included 1983's Uh-Huh, 1985's Scarecrow and 1987's The Lonesome Jubilee, which earned Gehman another Grammy nomination....
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