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Unplugged : Stories and Secrets from a Life of Making Records, Scoring Film, and Working with the Legends of Music - Fred Mollin

Unplugged

Stories and Secrets from a Life of Making Records, Scoring Film, and Working with the Legends of Music

By: Fred Mollin

Hardcover | 11 May 2025

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In 1977, at age twenty-four, Fred Mollin co-produced a record that became one of the most successful ballads in pop music history. How do you follow that?

 

Unplugged answers that question with a journey through a musical and creative life well-lived. The adventures in Mollin's memoirs, the disclosure of previously untold behind-the-scenes stories, and the incredible array of personalities who make these tales so rich, is a fascinating, humorous, educational, no-holds-barred, and inspiring story.

 

Unplugged is more than a memoir. It is a book that recounts a life and untold stories from a musical career that involves the world of record production and film composing, spanning over fifty years and counting. Told with humility and humor, Fred Mollin's journey among so many legends and fascinating people and projects, gives the reader a chance to see behind closed doors.

Industry Reviews

1) Kristin Chenoweth, Acclaimed Tony and Emmy Award-winning singer and actress--

"There is no one like Fred Mollin. A mastermind of the music industry with talent and expertise

that will go down in history books. Diving into his stories is like stepping into an inspirational

time machine: Hearing how many of our industry's "greats" were made straight from their

inception, all while getting a lesson in what it takes to take this industry by the reins and blaze

into success."

2) James Parriott, executive producer/writer Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, Forever Knight--

"A terrific memoir from an extraordinary musician, producer, composer, and man whose talent

has graced every corner of the business. Fred Mollin is a masterful raconteur who careens

through years in New York, Toronto, LA and Nashville like a rollercoaster riding on rails of wit

and sass. This is a seriously funny, star filled book, from a man who has been there, done that,

and has stories to tell."

3) Michael McDonald, Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter--

"Iconic record producer, Fred Mollin, shares his personal journey. A journal that does a great

job of illuminating the not so widely known, yet universal aspects of the ever changing chess

game that is the music industry. It's a wonderfully insightful look at a time that holds a lot of

wonderful musical memories for many of us."

4) Bill Medley, "Righteous Brother", famed inductee to the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame--

"Fred Mollin and I have been friends and have worked together off and on for 30 years. He just

does great work, and, you know, anybody that produced Sometimes When We Touch at 23 and

wanted to produce me, was an honor. Still is. This book is full of stories that need to be read."

5) Paul Shaffer, iconic musical director, bandleader, performer Late Night With David Letterman, SNL--

"On Music Row in Nashville, the word is this: Fred Mollin makes good records. Okay? How? He

writes a hell of a book too!"

6) Joel Selvin, bestselling author and legendary rock journalist--

"A life in music, well-lived, as Fred Mollin learned the art of record production and film

composing, starting with the worldwide hit Sometimes When We Touch by Dan Hill -- is the

storyline of Unplugged, the wise and witty account of his lifelong dedication to his craft. Memoir

or primer? You be the judge."

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