Glen “Spot” Lockett, the longtime Austinite who early in his life produced some of the most legendary records from the birth of hardcore punk rock with SST Records, died Saturday at the age of 72
Being one of those damned people who can seemingly pick up any instrument ever created and assume an immediate fluency at playing it, the infrequently appearing solo albums by famed punk rock producer Spot always make a fine listen for any musician or student of the musical arts.
“He always lit up everyone’s day and would play music with so many different people,” adds Tait. “He crossed a lot of boundaries and there were a lot of different versions of Spot. A lot of people wouldn’t know he was a gifted Celtic musician and took that very seriously, along with all the other kinds of music he played. He was a good friend to everybody and liked to keep quiet … you had to really work to get [the SST] stuff out of him because he wouldn’t talk about it very much.
After the two met at a 1981 Black Flag show in Austin at Raul’s, Kerr and his bandmates tapped the producer to helm their 1982’salbum. “Spot worked for you and could do whatever you wanted. He would suggest things, but he knew how to get things sounding the way you wanted,” says Kerr. “He was all about getting the sound you wanted coming out of the amp rather than relying on a bunch of stuff inside the studio like adding all kinds of reverb.
Joe Carducci, a longtime friend of Spot since his days working in record distribution in the early Eighties, was among the group of friends who helped manage his care from afar over the past year. Carducci invited Spot to perform at his Upland Breakdown music festival in Wyoming for several years and recalls a standout 2010 performance, which embodied the way he was continuing to advance and excel as a musician.
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