We must have done that at least 40 times over the years.
This tradition continued right up to just last month when Rick Rubin and I played our latest Crazy Horse record for him at his home. Every time we put a record out, it started with me bringing it in to Mo and playing it for him and Lenny Warnoker," Young wrote. "Without Mo, my life in music could never have been the same. Young wrote about Ostin's passing on Tuesday, publishing a letter on his website to commemorate his longtime friend and thank him for helping young throughout his career. And that's why Reprise and Warner Brothers were the greatest label ever in music, as far as I'm concerned. "He was behind making it happen, he was behind letting it happen however it was going to happen, and he was behind keeping it happening. That phrase now connotes soap operas to me, but this man Mo Ostin was behind the music," Young said at the induction. "I love Mo, and you talk about a phrase that means something different today than what it used to mean, it's called behind the music. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003, introduced by Lorne Michaels, Paul Simon and Young. "He was comfortable breaking bread with royalty or punks from the gutters of Hollywood - it was kind of special."Īfter leaving Warner in 1994, Ostin also worked with Dreamworks in 1995 to found the entertainment company's music division.
Their first album under Warner was the major breakthrough Blood Sugar Sex Magik. While at first the Chili Peppers went with someone else, as Los Angeles Magazine wrote, Ostin called the band regardless to congratulate them, and the band was so moved they chose to work with him instead. The band, having just broken through with their album Mother's Milk, was getting courted by new labels including Ostin's. "Between his people skills and genuine Mo-ness we were able to shift gears," Anthony Kiedis said of Ostin's place in signing the Chili Peppers in a Los Angeles Magazine interview in 2018. In his later years with Warner, he'd also sign artists including Madonna and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Ostin had a reputation as an artist-first record man who the industry's musicians trusted.
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Within a few years, Warner Brothers bought Reprise, and Ostin led the joint label, creating a powerhouse with music from the Kinks along with Young, Mitchell, Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac and Van Morrison among many others. Ostin got his start with Reprise Records in 1960, hired by none other than Reprise's founder Frank Sinatra. Our condolences go out to his family at this difficult time." On behalf of everyone at Warner, we want to thank Mo for everything he did, and for his inspiring belief in our bright future.
"Mo lived an extraordinary life doing what he loved, and he will be deeply missed throughout the industry he helped create, and by the countless artists and colleagues whom he inspired to be their best selves. "Over his next three decades at the label, he remained a tireless champion of creative freedom, both for the talent he nurtured and the people who worked for him," they added. One of the pivotal figures in the evolution of Warner Music Group, in the 1960s Mo ushered Warner/Reprise Records into a golden era of revolutionary, culture-shifting artistry. "For Mo, it was always first and foremost about helping artists realize their vision. "Mo was one of the greatest record men of all time, and a prime architect of the modern music business," Tom Corson and Aaron Bay Schuck, the current co-chairmen of Warner Records said in a statement. Mo Ostin, the legendary record executive who ran Warner/Reprise Records for over 30 years and worked with iconic artists including the Kinks, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, died on Sunday of natural causes.
Record Executive Behind Hendrix and The Kinks, Dead at 95 The former head of Warner Records/Reprise died of natural causes
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