Remembering Ducky: One of the best power pop producers

Last month, Ducky Carlisle passed away. One of the most loved behind-the-scenes players in Boston’s music scene, Ducky Carlisle, was an engineer who won three Grammys, a popular producer, and a drummer who played for several decades. Eric Barao, often featured on our site, wrote a fitting obituary.
Living in Medford, Carlisle ran his basement studio, Ice Station Zebra, for many years. He worked with and was a client of many artists, including The Major Labels, Animal Talk, The Figgs, Modern Day Idols, B.B. King, Susan Tedeschi, Rooney, Parks, Mike Viola, Bleu, Waltham, Air Traffic Controller, The Flashcubes, Bang Camaro, The Sheila Divine, Andrea Gillis, and a host of others (too many to mention them all).

Bleu wrote a birthday song about him, and I think it says it all.

If you’d like to dive into Ducky’s life, here are a few worthy links:

Meet Ducky

Bleu Sessions with Ducky