Ted Templeman | chart-topping producer wishes he was a historian.

LA Music Trail : Lenny Waronker > Ted Templeman #5

He is your down to earth music legend. His records defined the sounds of American Rock in the 70s, 80s and 90s. We met at L.A.'s Sunset Sound Studios where he had produced the music of Van Halen, The Doobie Brothers, Aerosmith and Eric Clapton.

Having sat in on numerous recording sessions elsewhere I appreciate the bond that forms between a producer and his studio. … something here… seeing Templeman walk around Sunset Sound was watching a man at home in his castle. Adored by the manager and technicians, a knight of American Music.

Templeman clearly knew his music but was interested in the arts, academia and expressed his wish to teach high school history if, 'he could do it all again.' As the last in participant in this trail, this was a poignant finale. Templeman's success was not in the records he'd pressed but in his interests in the world that he lived him. He was concerned about the America that arguably effected the previous participants on this trail adversely. The strive for career success and the impact of this on your beliefs and decisions.