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Michael Landau
Michael Landau
	Landau in 2015
Background information
Birth name	Michael Christopher Landau
Born	June 1, 1958 (age 66); Los Angeles, California, US
Genres	Rock; blues; hard rock; jazz fusion;
Occupations	Musician; audio engineer; record producer;
Instruments	Vocals; guitar; bass guitar; sitar; mandolin; synthesizer; chitarrone;
Years active	1976–present
Labels	SOHBI Corporation; Ulftone Music; Provogue; Tone Center; The Players Club;
Website	mikelandau.com

Michael Christopher Landau (born June 1, 1958) is an American musician, audio engineer, and record-producer. He is a session musician and guitarist who has played on many albums since the early 1980s with Boz Scaggs, Minoru Niihara, Joni Mitchell, Rod Stewart, Seal, Michael Jackson, James Taylor, Helen Watson, Luis Miguel, Richard Marx, Steve Perry, Pink Floyd,^[1] Phil Collins on "Two Hearts" and "Loco in Acapulco", Roger Daltrey, Stevie Nicks, Glenn Frey, Eros Ramazzotti, Whitney Houston, and Miles Davis. Landau, along with fellow session guitarists Dean Parks, Steve Lukather, Michael Thompson and Dann Huff, played on many of the major label releases recorded in Los Angeles from the 1980s-1990s. He has released music with several record labels, including Ulftone Music and Tone Center Records, a member of Shrapnel Label Group.

In addition to his session work, Landau has led several bands, including Raging Honkies and Burning Water. In the early 1980s, he was in the band Maxus with Robbie Buchanan, Mark Leonard, Jay Gruska, and Doane Perry.

Biography

Landau was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.^[2]

At age 19, he was touring the globe with Boz Scaggs, and the following year, he began performing in studios on the recommendation of his friend Steve Lukather.^[2]

Landau cites influences including the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Cream, the Band, Weather Report, Pat Martino, and Jaco Pastorius.^[2]

Landau has a signature single coil guitar pickup with Suhr Guitars called the 'ML.'^[3] In 2013, Fender announced that they would be collaborating with Landau on a signature Stratocaster.^[4] In 2015, Fender released the Michael Landau Signature amplifier, a modified version of Hot Rod DeVille III.^[5]

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Landau used a rack switching system made by Bob Bradshaw of Custom Audio Electronics. Other notable users of such systems were Steve Lukather and Eddie Van Halen.^[6]

Discography

Solo releases

Tales from the Bulge (1990)
The Star Spangled Banner (2001)
Michael Landau Live 2000 (2001)
The Michael Landau Group-Live (2006)
Organic Instrumentals (2015)
Rock Bottom (2018)
Liquid Quartet Live (2020)

With Blue Horn

Noise for Neighbors (2000)

With Renegade Creation

Renegade Creation (2010)
Bullet (2012)

With Hazey Jane

Holy Ghost (2009)

With Stolen Fish

Give Me A Ride (1999)
Like I Said (2001)

With the Raging Honkies

We Are The Best Band (1994)
Boner (1996)

With Burning Water

Burning Water (1991)
Mood Elevator (1992)
Live And Lit (1993)
Abbandonato (1994)

With Rita Lee

Bom Bom (1983)

With James Taylor

New Moon Shine (1991)
Live (1993)
October Roads (2002)
A Christmas Album (2004)
James Taylor at Christmas (2006)
Covers (2008)
Other Covers (2009)
Before This World (2015)

With Michael Bolton

With Richard Marx

Richard Marx (1987)
Repeat Offender (1989)
Rush Street (1991)
Flesh and Bone (1997)
Days in Avalon (2000)
My Own Best Enemy (2004)
Sundown (2008)
Emotional Remains (2008)
Beautiful Goodbye (2014)

With Barry Manilow

Barry (1980)
Manilow (1985)

With Kenny Rogers

Once Upon a Christmas, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton (1984)
What About Me? (1984)
The Heart of the Matter (1985)
They Don't Make Them Like They Used To (1986)

With Tim McGraw

With Laura Branigan

Branigan (1982)
Branigan 2 (1983)
Self Control (1984)
Hold Me (1985)
Touch (1987)

With Joni Mitchell

With Sheena Easton

Best Kept Secret (1983)
A Private Heaven (1984)
My Cherie (1995)

With Faith Hill

Breathe (1999)
Cry (2002)
The Rest of Our Life, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw (2017)

With Luis Miguel

Aries (1993)
Nada Es Igual (1996)
Amarte Es Un Placer (1999)
Mis Romances (2001)
33 (2003)

With Mari Hamada

In the Precious Age (1987)
Love Never Turns Against (1988)
Heart and Soul: The Singles (1988)
Return to Myself (1989)
Sincerely (1989)
Colors (1990)
Tomorrow (1991)
Anti-Heroine (1993)
Introducing... Mari Hamada (1993)
All My Heart (1994)
Persona (1996)
Philosophia (1998)
Blanche (2000)
Reflection: Axiom of the Two Wings (2008)
Aestetica (2010)
Legenda (2012)
Mission (2016)
Gracia (2018)
Soar (2023)

With Miho Nakayama

Wagamama na Actress (1993)
Mid Blue (1995)

With others

1980 Mary MacGregor, Mary MacGregor
1981 Maxus S/T
1982 Hey Ricky, Melissa Manchester
1982 Friends in Love, Dionne Warwick
1983 Thelma Houston, Thelma Houston
1983 Beyond Saturday Night, Sam Phillips
1984 Street Talk, Steve Perry
1984 Cats Without Claws, Donna Summer
1984 I Feel for You, Chaka Khan
1984 Camouflage, Rod Stewart
1985 Jane Wiedlin, Jane Wiedlin
1985 Gettin' Away with Murder, Patti Austin
1985 Watching You Watching Me, Bill Withers
1985 Soul Kiss, Olivia Newton-John
1985 Rock a Little, Stevie Nicks
1985 Nature of the Beast, Maureen Steele
1985 Vox Humana, Kenny Loggins
1985 Unguarded, Amy Grant
1985 Mathematics, Melissa Manchester
1985 Stephanie Mills, Stephanie Mills
1986 Innocent Eyes, Graham Nash
1986 Emerald City, Teena Marie
1986 Hot on the Trail, Deniece Williams
1986 Famous Blue Raincoat, Jennifer Warnes
1986 Winner in You, Patti LaBelle
1986 Nine Lives, Bonnie Raitt
1986 East of Midnight, Gordon Lightfoot
1987 Can't Wait to See the Movie, Roger Daltrey
1987 Cher, Cher
1987 Exiles, Dan Fogelberg
1987 Maria Vidal, Maria Vidal
1987 Heaven on Earth, Belinda Carlisle
1987 Bad, Michael Jackson
1988 Heart's Horizon, Al Jarreau
1988 The Best Years of Our Lives, Neil Diamond
1988 Oasis, Roberta Flack
1988 As Good as It Gets, Deniece Williams
1988 Not Me, Glenn Medeiros
1988 Land of Dreams, Randy Newman
1988 Soul Searchin', Glenn Frey
1988 Other Roads, Boz Scaggs
1988 One Love: One Dream, Jeffrey Osborne
1988 The Rumour, Olivia Newton-John
1988 In the City of Angels, Jon Anderson
1988 Till I Loved You, Barbra Streisand
1988 Every Step of the Way, David Benoit
1989 Be Yourself, Patti LaBelle
1989 Somebody Loves You, Paul Anka
1989 Lukather, Steve Lukather
1989 Nick of Time, Bonnie Raitt
1989 Special Love, Deniece Williams
1989 Wings of Desire, Jennifer Rush
1989 Vonda Shepard, Vonda Shepard
1989 Vixen (Vixen album), Vixen
1989 Oh Yes I Can, David Crosby
1990 Love Is Gonna Getcha, Patti Austin
1990 Ivory, Teena Marie
1990 Stolen Moments (John Hiatt album), John Hiatt
1990 Some People's Lives, Bette Midler
1990 Beth Nielsen Chapman, Beth Nielsen Chapman
1990 The Wild Places, Dan Fogelberg
1990 Unison, Céline Dion
1991 Twenty 1, Chicago
1991 Discipline, Desmond Child
1991 There Is Always One More Time, B.B. King
1991 Emotions, Mariah Carey
1991 Love Hurts, Cher
1992 The Hunter, Jennifer Warnes
1992 Time Takes Time, Ringo Starr
1992 The Radical Light, Vonda Shepard
1993 Evolution, Oleta Adams
1993 Walk the Dog and Light the Light, Laura Nyro
1993 Love Remembers, George Benson
1993 Soul Dancing, Taylor Dayne
1993 Thousand Roads, David Crosby
1993 Music Box, Mariah Carey
1994 For the Love of Strange Medicine, Steve Perry
1994 The Speed of Grace, Matraca Berg
1994 Jamie Walters, Jamie Walters
1994 Through the Fire, Peabo Bryson
1995 No Resemblance Whatsoever, Dan Fogelberg, Tim Weisberg
1995 If My Heart Had Wings, Melissa Manchester
1995 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette
1995 Bette of Roses, Bette Midler
1995 Lovers in the City, Tanita Tikaram
1995 Enrique Iglesias (album), Enrique Iglesias
1996 It's Good, Eve, Vonda Shepard
1996 Vivir (album), Enrique Iglesias
1996 Gently, Liza Minnelli
1997 Ride, Jamie Walters
1997 The Unimaginable Life, Kenny Loggins
1997 Let's Talk About Love, Céline Dion
1997 Across from Midnight, Joe Cocker
1997 Deuces Wild, B.B. King
1998 Steve Perry Greatest Hits +5 Unreleased, Steve Perry
1998 When We Were the New Boys, Rod Stewart
1998 A Body of Work, Paul Anka
1998 S'il suffisait d'aimer, Céline Dion
1999 A Love Like Ours, Barbra Streisand
1999 Unconditional Love, Peabo Bryson
1999 By 7:30, Vonda Shepard
1999 Lara Fabian, Lara Fabian
2000 Ronan, Ronan Keating
2000 Friends for Schuur, Diane Schuur
2000 Tomorrow Today, Al Jarreau
2001 Love, Shelby, Shelby Lynne
2001 Christmas Memories, Barbra Streisand
2001 All the Love, Oleta Adams
2001 Invincible, Michael Jackson
2002 A New Day Has Come, Céline Dion
2002 Twisted Angel, LeAnn Rimes
2003 Clean Up, Ilse DeLange
2004 Heart & Soul, Joe Cocker
2004 Anastacia, Anastacia
2007 Call Me Irresponsible, Michael Bublé
2007 East of Angel Town, Peter Cincotti
2009 Cradlesong, Rob Thomas
2009 Patrizio, Patrizio Buanne
2009 Crazy Love, Michael Bublé
2009 Soulbook, Rod Stewart
2011 Eleven, Martina McBride
2012 It's a Man's World, Anastacia
2013 To Be Loved, Michael Bublé
2016 Fire on the Floor, Beth Hart
2017 Wide Open, Michael McDonald
2018 Written In The Stars, MILI
2018 Steve Gadd Band, Steve Gadd Band

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Biography". mikelandau.com. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
^ "ML Single Coil Pickups". suhr.com. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
^ "Fender Custom Shop Announces Michael Landau Signature". iguitarmag.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
^ "Fender Announces Michael Landau Signature Amplifier". premierguitar.com (Press release). Scottsdale, Arizona. January 22, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
^ "An Interview With Bob Bradshaw". customaudioelectronics.com. Interviewed by Richard Hallebeek. September 2000. Retrieved April 27, 2016.