Producer Don Was plans talks at U. Mich.-Dearborn

By: The Associated Press

Grammy-winning producer and musician Don Was is heading back home to talk music history and whatever else comes to mind.

The Detroit-raised Was will be a guest lecturer Sept. 26 at University of Michigan-Dearborn. He'll speak and answer questions in a history of jazz class taught by Detroit bassist Marion Hayden, an adjunct assistant professor of jazz and contemporary improvisation.

Later that day, Was will do the same during a session that's free and open to the public. That will be held at 6 p.m. in the school's College of Arts, Sciences and Letters Building.

Was has produced records for the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, John Mayer, Lucinda Williams, Bonnie Raitt and the B-52s.

He was named chief creative officer of Blue Note Records this year.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/entertainment/music/2011/09/producer-don-was-plans-talks-u-mich-dearborn#ixzz1YCYuy1RA