Geoff Workman
{{short description|British record producer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox person
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|caption = Geoff during an interview about his career.
|birth_name = Geoffrey Workman
|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1947|9|21}}
|birth_place = Liverpool, UK
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2010|1|21|1947|9|21}}
|death_place = Aurora, Colorado, US
|resting_place = Newcomer Funeral Home & Crematory, East Metro Chapel
|nationality = British
|years_active = 1958–2010
|spouse = {{ubl|Christina Workman (m. 1997)|Lauri Day Workman (m. ~1985)|Ruth Batt}}
|occupation = Musician, record producer
|children = 5
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{{Infobox musical artist
| embed = yes
| instrument = Bass guitarist, keyboards, harmonica
| genre = Rock, pop
| associated_acts = The Cars, Dokken, Journey, Toto, Mötley Crüe, Twisted Sister Private Eye
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Geoff Workman (21 September 1947 – 21 January 2010) was an English record producer and engineer, best known for producing and engineering albums for The Cars, Queen, Journey, Foreigner, Drivin N Cryin, Toto, Mötley Crüe, Private Eye and Twisted Sister.{{cite book|author=Dee Snider|title=Shut Up and Give Me the Mic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SE9xCtgCWY0C&pg=PA241|year=2012|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-4516-3739-7|page=241}}{{cite book|title=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rw8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA54|accessdate=18 June 2014|date=6 March 1993|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=1–|issn=0006-2510}} In the late 1970s, he engineered several albums with Roy Thomas Baker, eventually leaving in the 1980s to become a full-time producer. He produced the band Secretz at Cherokee studios with Darrahl Foley. Geoff called Denver, Colorado home during the 1990s where he produced and engineered for bands such as the Hippie Werewolves, Dogs of Pleasure, Killian Dare and Strange Parade as well as Logan out of Houston TX.
Early life
Geoffrey Workman was born in a small household in Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Geoff's father was Thomas Arthur Rose Workman, a drummer and a Naval Architect for the British. John Lennon, who was perhaps one of the more influential person(s) in his future music career, would occasionally eat dinner at his family's house in Liverpool. Geoff created a band during his early education called the "Feelgoods,"{{cite web|last1=Davis|first1=Arty|title=Phils Feelgoods|url=http://www.liverpoolbeat.com/rocknroll/2013/07/23/phils-feelgoods/|accessdate=8 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422140844/http://www.liverpoolbeat.com/rocknroll/2013/07/23/phils-feelgoods/|archive-date=22 April 2017|url-status=dead}} who would play at small local venues. John, who was at that point a part of the Beatles, invited him to tour with them as the opening act. After asking his father, Geoff remembered Thomas saying, "If you don't do it, you'll regret it."
The tour bus, which was allegedly said to have arrived at Geoff's school, was a dramatic beginning to a long career. Starting their tour in Germany, the newly found Beatles and the young Feelgoods were moved quickly around in Hamburg due to several issues, including the termination of contract by one club owner. After several years of opening for bands, including at a popular club by the name of Reeperbahn,{{cite web|last1=Corner|first1=Frankie|title=This Is Mersey Beat: Blues, Folk & Beatnicks|url=http://www.mayfield-records.co.uk/timb3esn.pdf|accessdate=6 November 2014}} he returned to England to work in the studio, producing for other bands.
Upon finding a periodical that introduced the world of recording to him, he copied down the relevant details and applied for a job. on his first night, he was rejected, and had to sleep on a bench. The following day, he asked again, and they offered him a position, "swabbing toilets and bringing coffee," and he agreed. His first attempt at producing was as a fill in for an album released by King Crimson, working on their album, In the Court of the Crimson King and Lizard. Eventually, after working for Wessex Sound Studios for several years engineering orchestras, commercial jingles, and local projects, he got his "big break" through being offered the chance to produce Journey.{{cite web|last1=Reeves|first1=Alex|title=Discogs – Geoffrey Workman|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/253053-Geoff-Workman?limit=100&page=1|accessdate=6 November 2014}}
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