caption associated_acts years_active alias name background birth_date genre image article_title birth_name occupation
richard located in england . dashut and mick fleetwood in an unknown studio fleetwood mick fleetwood , christine mcvie , john mcvie , bob mac welch , george harrison , back to the future , , altered beast , matthew sweet , walter egan , cheech lindsey marin , tommy chong , gary busey buckingham , stevie nicks , 1972 -- present richard `` dick dash '' dashut richard dashut non_performing_personnel 19 september 1951 rock , pop , country richard & mick in the studio.jpg richard dashut
 richard charles dashut record producer , sound engineer , live sound mixing
richard dashut

richard charles dashut -lrb- born september 19 , 1951 -rrb- is a record producer who produced several fleetwood mac albums including `` rumours '' , `` tusk '' , `` live '' , `` mirage '' , `` tango in the night '' , and `` time '' and later an album by matthew sweet , `` altered beast '' .
dashut also co-wrote several songs with lindsey buckingham , including trouble , book of love , and more during his time with fleetwood mac .
dashut was born in west hollywood , california , and started his career sweeping floors in a recording studio where he later met lindsey and stevie .
keith olsen hired richard as a maintenance guy at sound city and quickly became his second engineer on a few albums including `` buckingham nicks '' .
