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Legendary New Orleans producer and engineer Cosimo Matassa will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Saturday, April 14, 2012 along with producers Tom Dowd and Glyn Johns. In 2004, OffBeat contributor Jeff Hannusch interviewed Matassa and drummer Earl Palmer, who played on many of the sessions at Matassa’s J&M Studios that resulted in the heyday of New Orleans R&B.

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