Richard Dashut

Richard Dashut
Richard Dashut
	File:Richard & Mick In The studio.jpg Richard Dashut and Mick Fleetwood in a studio located in England.
Background information
Birth name	Richard Charles Dashut
Also known as	Richard "Dick Dash" Dashut
Born	September 19, 1951 (age 73)
Genres	Rock, pop
Occupation(s)	Record producer, sound engineer, live sound mixing
Years active	1972–present
Associated acts	Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie, Bob Welch, George Harrison, Back To The Future, Altered Beast, Matthew Sweet, Walter Egan, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Gary Busey
Website	www.dickdash.tumblr.com

Richard Charles Dashut (born September 19, 1951) is a record producer who produced several Fleetwood Mac albums including Rumours, Tusk, Live, Mirage, Tango In The Night, and Time. Dashut also co-wrote several songs with Lindsey Buckingham, including Trouble, Family Man 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 worker at Sound City and quickly became his second engineer on a few albums including Buckingham Nicks.^[1]

Discography

As You Will (1973) – Lambert and Nuttycombe – (assistant engineer)
Buckingham Nicks (1973) – Buckingham Nicks – (second engineer)
Rumours (1977) – Fleetwood Mac – (producer, engineer)
French Kiss (1977) – Bob Welch – (producer, engineer)
Not Shy (1978) – Walter Egan – (producer, engineer)
Tusk (1979) – Fleetwood Mac – (producer, engineer)
Uprooted (1979) – Rob Grill – (recording)
Three Hearts (1979) – Bob Welch – (producer, recording)
Live (1980) – Fleetwood Mac – (producer, live mixing)
Law and Order (1981) – Lindsey Buckingham – (producer, recording)
The Visitor (1981) – Mick Fleetwood – (producer, performer, photography)
Mirage (1982) – Fleetwood Mac – (producer, co-writer, engineer)
I'm Not Me (1983) – Mick Fleetwood – (producer, co-writer)
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) – Lindsey Buckingham – (producer)
Back to the Future (1985) – Lindsey Buckingham – (producer)
A Fine Mess (1986) – Christine McVie – (producer)
Remembrance Day – The Dream Academy (1987) – (producer)
Tango In The Night (1987) – Fleetwood Mac – (producer, co-writer, engineer)
Greatest Hits (1988) – Fleetwood Mac – (producer, engineer)
25 Years – The Chain (1992) – Fleetwood Mac – (producer, engineer, co-writer)
Out of the Cradle (1992) – Lindsey Buckingham – (producer, co-writer)
The Very Best of Bob Welch (1991) – Bob Welch – (producer, engineer)
Altered Beast (1993) – Matthew Sweet – (producer)
Time (1995) – Fleetwood Mac – (producer)
The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac (2002) – Fleetwood Mac – (producer, co-writer, engineer)

With Buckingham Nicks

Year	Album	US	UK	Additional information
1973	Buckingham Nicks	-	-	Debut album featuring duo of Buckingham and partner Stevie Nicks. Both would later join Fleetwood Mac, after this album failed commercially and label Polydor dropped them as they were recording tracks for follow-up LP

With Fleetwood Mac

Albums

Year	Album	U. S.	UK	AUS	CAN	GER	SWI	AUT	SWE	FRA	RIAA certification^[2]
1977	Rumours	1	1	1	1	6		25	19	27	19× Platinum
1979	Tusk	4	1	2	2	3		4	8	6	2× Platinum
1982	Mirage	1	5	2	4	12			10	5	2× Platinum
1987	Tango in the Night	7	1	5	2	2	7	25	1	25	3× Platinum
1995	Time	-	47	-	-	92	-	-	-	-

Live albums and compilations

Year	Album	U. S.	UK	AUS	GER	SWI	SWE	RIAA certifications
1980	Live	14	31	20	51		50	Gold
1988	Greatest Hits	14	3	3		18	15	8× Platinum
2002	The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac	12	6	16			18	Platinum

DVD and video releases

Classic Albums: Rumours (1997)
Tusk tour documentary (1982)
Mirage Tour (1982)

With Lindsey Buckingham

Year	Album	US	UK	SWE	CAN
1981	Law and Order	32	-	-	-
1992	Out of the Cradle	128	51	28	70

With Mick Fleetwood

Year	Album	Chart Position	Additional information
1981	The Visitor	43	Featured two Fleetwood Mac remakes – "Rattlesnake Shake" & "Walk A Thin Line"
1983	I'm Not Me	–	Billed as "Mick Fleetwood's Zoo"

Soundtrack appearances

Year	Song	Soundtrack	Additional information
1983	"Holiday Road", "Dancing Across the USA"	National Lampoon's Vacation	-
1985	"Time Bomb Town"	Back to the Future	-
1985	"Trouble"	Just One of the Guys	-

Tours

Fleetwood Mac tour – ^[3]
Rumours tour – 1977–78
Tusk tour – 1979–80
Mirage tour – 1982

References

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External links

Richard Dashut's Interactive FM Blog
Discography - [1]
Richard Dashut at the Internet Movie Database

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v t e Fleetwood Mac
Mick Fleetwood John McVie Stevie Nicks Mike Campbell Neil Finn Peter Green Bob Brunning Jeremy Spencer Christine McVie Danny Kirwan Bob Welch Dave Walker Bob Weston Lindsey Buckingham Billy Burnette Rick Vito Bekka Bramlett Dave Mason
Studio albums	Fleetwood Mac Mr. Wonderful Then Play On Kiln House Future Games Bare Trees Penguin Mystery to Me Heroes Are Hard to Find Fleetwood Mac Rumours Tusk Mirage Tango in the Night Behind the Mask Time Say You Will
Live albums	Live Live in Boston Live at the BBC The Dance Shrine '69 Live in Boston
Compilation albums	English Rose The Pious Bird of Good Omen Fleetwood Mac in Chicago Black Magic Woman The Original Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits Vintage Years Albatross Greatest Hits 25 Years – The Chain Madison Blues The Vaudeville Years The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions 1967–1969 Show-Biz Blues The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac The Essential Fleetwood Mac 50 Years – Don't Stop
Extended plays	Extended Play
Singles	"I Believe My Time Ain't Long" "Shake Your Moneymaker" "Black Magic Woman" "Need Your Love So Bad" "Albatross" "Man of the World" "Oh Well" "Rattlesnake Shake" "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" "Dragonfly" "Sentimental Lady" "For Your Love" "Warm Ways" "Over My Head" "Rhiannon" "Say You Love Me" "Go Your Own Way" "Dreams" "Don't Stop" "You Make Loving Fun" "Tusk" "Sara" "Not That Funny" "Think About Me" "Sisters of the Moon" "Hold Me" "Gypsy" "Love in Store" "Oh Diane" "Can't Go Back" "Big Love" "Seven Wonders" "Little Lies" "Family Man" "Everywhere" "Isn't It Midnight" "As Long as You Follow" "Save Me" "In the Back of My Mind" "Skies the Limit" "Love Is Dangerous" "Love Shines" "Paper Doll" "I Do" "Temporary One" "The Chain" (live) "Silver Springs" (live) "Landslide" (live) "Peacekeeper" "Say You Will" "Sad Angel"
Other songs	"Hellhound on My Trail" "Stop Messin' Round" "Dust My Broom" "Madison Blues" "I Can't Hold Out" "Every Day I Have the Blues" "Sugar Mama" "Rock Me Baby" "Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonite" "Great Balls of Fire" "Mission Bell" "(I'm a) Road Runner" "Hypnotized" "Monday Morning" "Blue Letter" "World Turning" "I'm So Afraid" "Second Hand News" "Never Going Back Again" "Songbird" "I Don't Want to Know" "Oh Daddy" "Gold Dust Woman" "Walk a Thin Line" "I Know I'm Not Wrong" "Brown Eyes" "Only Over You" "Tango in the Night" "No Questions Asked" "Tallahassee Lassie" "Murrow Turning Over in His Grave"
Concert tours	Fleetwood Mac Tour Rumours Tour Tusk Tour Mirage Tour Shake the Cage Tour Behind the Mask Tour Unleashed On with the Show An Evening with Fleetwood Mac
Related articles	Discography Band members Buckingham Nicks Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie Tramp Stretch Bekka & Billy The Biggest Thing Since Colossus Blues for Greeny Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" (Glee episode) John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers Clifford Davis Brett Tuggle
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v t e Lindsey Buckingham
Studio albums	Law and Order Go Insane Out of the Cradle Under the Skin Gift of Screws Seeds We Sow
Live albums	Live at the Bass Performance Hall By Invitation Only - Live in Nashville (with Little Big Town) Songs from the Small Machine: Live in L.A. One Man Show
Singles	"Trouble" "It Was I" "Holiday Road" "Go Insane" "Slow Dancing" "Countdown" "Wrong" "Soul Drifter" "Don't Look Down" "Show You How" "Did You Miss Me?" "Seeds We Sow" "In Our Own Time" "When She Comes Down" "That's The Way Love Goes "The End Of Time"
Related	Buckingham Nicks Fleetwood Mac

v t e Grammy Award for Album of the Year
1959–1979	The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini (1959) Come Dance with Me! – Frank Sinatra (1960) The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart – Bob Newhart (1961) Judy at Carnegie Hall – Judy Garland (1962) The First Family – Vaughn Meader (1963) The Barbra Streisand Album – Barbra Streisand (1964) Getz/Gilberto – Stan Getz & João Gilberto (1965) September of My Years – Frank Sinatra (1966) A Man and His Music – Frank Sinatra (1967) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles (1968) By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Glen Campbell (1969) Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (1970) Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel (1971) Tapestry – Carole King (1972) The Concert for Bangladesh – George Harrison & Friends (1973) Innervisions – Stevie Wonder (1974) Fulfillingness' First Finale – Stevie Wonder (1975) Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon (1976) Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder (1977) Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (1978) Saturday Night Fever – Various Artists (1979)
1980–1999	52nd Street – Billy Joel (1980) Christopher Cross – Christopher Cross (1981) Double Fantasy – John Lennon & Yoko Ono (1982) Toto IV – Toto (1983) Thriller – Michael Jackson (1984) Can't Slow Down – Lionel Richie (1985) No Jacket Required – Phil Collins (1986) Graceland – Paul Simon (1987) The Joshua Tree – U2 (1988) Faith – George Michael (1989) Nick of Time – Bonnie Raitt (1990) Back on the Block – Quincy Jones and Various Artists (1991) Unforgettable... with Love – Natalie Cole (1992) Unplugged – Eric Clapton (1993) The Bodyguard – Whitney Houston (1994) MTV Unplugged – Tony Bennett (1995) Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette (1996) Falling into You – Celine Dion (1997) Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan (1998) The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill (1999)
2000–2019	Supernatural – Santana (2000) Two Against Nature – Steely Dan (2001) O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Various Artists (2002) Come Away with Me – Norah Jones (2003) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – Outkast (2004) Genius Loves Company – Ray Charles & Various Artists (2005) How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2 (2006) Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks (2007) River: The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock (2008) Raising Sand – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (2009) Fearless – Taylor Swift (2010) The Suburbs – Arcade Fire (2011) 21 – Adele (2012) Babel – Mumford & Sons (2013) Random Access Memories – Daft Punk (2014) Morning Phase – Beck (2015) 1989 – Taylor Swift (2016) 25 – Adele (2017) 24K Magic – Bruno Mars (2018) Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves (2019)
2020–present	When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish (2020) Folklore – Taylor Swift (2021) We Are – Jon Batiste (2022)

Richard Dashut

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Discography

With Buckingham Nicks

With Fleetwood Mac

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Live albums and compilations

DVD and video releases

With Lindsey Buckingham

With Mick Fleetwood

Soundtrack appearances

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