Mitchell Froom

Mitchell Froom (born 1954) is an American musician and record producer. Froom began his career as a keyboard player in Sonoma County, California. The band Crossfire featured two keyboards players; Mitchell on one side of the stage and brother David on the other with Gary Pihl on guitar . They rocked the SF Bay Area club scene for years much to the delight of there local fans. He played keyboards on the Ronnie Montrose-led group Gamma's third albu... more

Mitchell Froom (born 1954) is an American musician and record producer. Froom began his career as a keyboard player in Sonoma County, California. The band Crossfire featured two keyboards players; Mitchell on one side of the stage and brother David on the other with Gary Pihl on guitar . They rocked the SF Bay Area club scene for years much to the delight of there local fans. He played keyboards on the Ronnie Montrose-led group Gamma's third album Gamma 3. He then produced the first three Crowded House albums, which led to more production jobs with Richard Thompson, Los Lobos, American Music Club and Suzanne Vega, who is now his ex-wife. One early notable work, Key of Cool, later became the soundtrack for the adult film Café 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... less