John Gamble (record producer)

{{Short description|Member of Stimulated Dummies}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = John Gamble

| alias =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1960|10|28}}

| birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|10|16|1960|10|28}}

| death_place = New York, New York, U.S.

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| occupation = {{hlist|Record producer|audio engineer}}

| instrument = Drums, Keyboards, Sampler

| years_active = 1990-2000s

| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|rock}}

| label = {{hlist|Elektra Records|Tommy Boy Records|Stimulated Records}}

| website =

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John Gamble (October 28, 1960 – October 16, 2020) was an American record producer and audio engineer, and a member of record production and songwriting team Stimulated Dummies with Geeby Dajani and Dante Ross.

He worked on production, mixing and programming on songs for the likes of 3rd Bass, Brand Nubian, KMD, Leaders of the New School, Grand Puba, Del the Funky Homosapien, Kurious, AZ, Everlast, Santana, Run-DMC, The Getaway People, Korn and Macy Gray.

Mr. Gamble earned platinum discs for his production and engineering work on 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture, Everlast's Whitey Ford Sings the Blues and Santana's Supernatural. In addition he won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year at 42nd Annual Grammy Awards for Supernatural.

He died unexpectedly in his sleep on October 16, 2020, in his New York City apartment at Westbeth Artists Community. In 2019, Gamble's production partner Geeby Dajani died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 2019{{cite web |title=NAJEEB DAJANI Obituary |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/najeeb-dajani-obituary?id=14133505 |website=legacy.com |publisher=New York Times |access-date=2025-01-09}} - leaving Dante Ross as the lone surviving member of the Stimulated Dummies.