associated_acts death_date death_place years_active birth_place name birth_date instrument background article_title birth_name occupation
alice blind melon , pearl jam , dinosaur jr. , nickelback in , melissa etheridge , 3 doors down , bon jovi chains , litfiba , unwritten law , zack wylde , temple of the dog , 14 august 2014 queen anne , washington , us 1985 -- 2014 seattle , washington , u.s. rick parashar 13 december 1963 piano , rhodes piano , organ , percussion non_performing_personnel rick parashar
 rakesh parashar record producer , recording engineer , musician
rick parashar

rakesh `` rick '' parashar -lrb- december 13 , 1963 -- august 14 , 2014 -rrb- was an american record producer .
he and his brother raj founded and built london bridge studio in seattle , wa , in 1985 .
aside from composing and performing his own music , he also worked with and developed many local seattle artists , including alice in chains , litfiba , pearl jam , brandi carlile and my goodness .
helmed by parahar 's production and recording services , london bridge became the center of the seattle music scene .
his credits include multi-platinum releases for temple of the dog , alice in chains , pearl jam , blind melon and dinosaur jr. .
rick 's projects were not limited to just seattle 's artists .
in 2001 he produced 3 doors down 's multi-platinum record `` away from the sun '' , and was nominated for a grammy for nickelback 's `` silver side up '' -lrb- which sold in excess of 6 million copies -rrb- .
his production credits also include platinum albums for melissa ethridge , bon jovi and unwritten law .
in addition to producing and engineering , parashar also played piano , fender rhodes , organ and percussion on the pearl jam tracks black and jeremy as well as temple of the dog 's `` call me a dog '' , `` all night thing , '' and `` times of trouble '' .
on august 15 , 2014 it was reported that parashar had died at his home in queen anne from natural causes .
