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Michael Landau

1958 - Today

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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, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Landau is the 2,223rd most popular musician (down from 1,918th in 2024), the 12,065th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,742nd in 2019) and the 897th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Michael Landau ranks 2,223 out of 3,175. Before him are Rod Temperton, Kenny Garrett, Hiro Yamamoto, Susanna Mälkki, John Edwards, and Shawn Drover. After him are Atom Willard, Sven Erik Kristiansen, Barriemore Barlow, Peter Christopherson, Harvey Mason, and Charlie Benante.

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Among people born in 1958, Michael Landau ranks 547. Before him are Hrant Bagratyan, Imre Garaba, Luc Luycx, Sergei Treshchov, Joop Hiele, and Gilles Leroy. After him are Xavier Becerra, Pedro Uralde, Drew Carey, Lisa Fischer, Benjamin Zephaniah, and Jānis Ķipurs.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Landau ranks 12,067 out of 20,380. Before him are Sam Simon (1955), Candace Cameron Bure (1976), Brie Bella (1983), Margaret Morse Nice (1883), Chuck Liddell (1969), and Stipe Miocic (1982). After him are Joel Barlow (1754), Foy Draper (1911), Hobart Bosworth (1867), John Kerr (1931), Samuel Gridley Howe (1801), and Atom Willard (1973).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Michael Landau ranks 897. Before him are Merle Travis (1917), Earl Hooker (1930), St. Vincent (1982), Billy Higgins (1936), Kenny Garrett (1960), and Hiro Yamamoto (1961). After him are Atom Willard (1973), Harvey Mason (1947), Charlie Benante (1962), Jimmy DeGrasso (1963), Tom Paxton (1937), and Michael Clarke (1946).

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