Ted Turner

Ted Turner (real name David Allen Turner) was born in 1950. He began playing guitar at the age of 17 and in 1969 became a founding member of Wishbone Ash. While still in that band, in 1971, he recorded with John Lennon. Turner left the music biz in 1974, but it was a short retirement. The next year in New Orleans he hooked up with the World Man Band project. His next move came the same year, and it was a geographical as well as professional one. Turner moved to L.A. and began working in the recording/production capacity for a wide range of artists including Al Stewart and Geor...