October 2006 Mix Article

BAY AREA LEGENDS
Hyde Street Studios
Staff Past and Present, photographed in Studio A
by Steve Jennings

"Any studio that has survived 37 years in one location deserves our respect. Originally opened as Wally Heider Recording in 1969, and home to seminal albums from the likes of the Jefferson Airplane, Creedence, CSNY, Steve Miller, Jerry Garcia and countless others, Hyde Street Studios took over in 1980 and owner Michael Ward (back center, in blue) has made an up-and-down run for 26 years, and is still going strong. We salute you, Hyde Street."

A full house: Bottom front row (left to right): Paul Robinson, Joe Morris, Paige Heimsoth, Chris Von Sneidern, Bob Mathews, Stephen Jarvis. Row on benches (left to right): Josh Garcia, Gabriel Shepard, Jeff Cleland, Garry Creiman, Ross Yeo. Standing above them (left to right): Michael Israel, Betty Cantor-Jackson, John Cuniberti, Stephen Barncard, Bruce Leighton, Matt Kelley, Russ Gary, Stephen Armstrong, Michael Ward, Debra Chapman, CoryTodd, Scott McDowell, Max Lopez, Jeffrey Norman, David Ogilvy, Justin Phelps, Todd "Fingers" Narruhn