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Chet Himes Obituary – Obituary | Engineer Chet Himes Dead – Passed Away

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Engineer Chet Himes Death – Obituary | Dead – Passed Away

 Chet Himes Death – Dead: A great loss was made known to InsideEko. As friends and families of the deceased are mourning the passing of their loved and cherished Chet Himes.

Having heard about this great loss, the family of this individual is passing through pains, mourning the unexpected passing of their beloved.

This departure was confirmed through social media posts made by Twitter users who pour out tributes, and condolences to the family of the deceased.

I’m shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of my dear friend, Chet Himes. Chet was a brilliant engineer and such a big part of my debut album’s success. Chet was nominated for a Grammy and made countless contributions to many artists. Rest In Peace, my brother. #ChetHimes

Devastating to learn of Chet Himes’ passing. He was so talented + continued to work in rarefied air during the 40 years that followed your debut. I am grateful to have borne witness to much of his great work, engineering on the airwaves + at shows. I am proud to have known Chet.

The amazing sound engineer Chet Himes passed away this morning. Chet had produced both Grammy and Oscar award-winning projects during his career. He was loved by so many! Rest in peace sweet friend.

Chet Himes was one of the best recording engineers in town, one of the nicest and most supportive patrons of local artists and a key thread in the fabric of Austin music history. I’m sad to hear of his passing today, but eternally grateful to have been in his company.

@RecordingAcad
Chet Himes first engineer to win multi-category Grammy for album Sailing and Oscar for song Arthur passed away early Sat morning. He helped many win Grammys. A peaceful soul and gentle giant of the music world. Free and Sailing.

Sad to hear of the passing of Chet Himes, a huge and longtime part of our live music engineering and recording crew at @ACL_RADIO and @KLBJ937. Godspeed sir.

@yachtrock I just heard that Chet Himes passed away. He recorded (and collaborated on) Christopher Cross’s first 3 albums.

Given how many essential songs he worked on, we just lost some key Yacht Rock personnel, and from what I’ve been told, a great guy.

I’m shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of my dear friend, Chet Himes. Chet was a brilliant engineer and such a big part of my debut album’s success. Chet was nominated for a Grammy and made countless contributions to many artists. Rest In Peace, my brother. #ChetHimes

We are so very sorry to learn of the passing of sound engineer Chet Himes. Chet was behind the magical sound quality that was captured on Christopher Cross’s debut album, and so much more. Sending out our deepest condolences to his loved ones and friends. Rest In Peace.

It is with deep regret that we acknowledge the passing of our dear friend, Chet Himes. A giant in the audio engineering industry and one of the most humble and giving humans on the planet, we were fortunate enough to have Chet record and mix our most recent CD. God speed, Chet.

My newsfeed is filled with testimonials and remembrance of Chet Himes today, I’m not sure what I can add. I worked with him over the better part of a decade at least and I never heard him say a bad word about anyone or scoff at an “ignorant” question. Even though his academy award winning resume would have given him every right to be arrogant, he just didn’t have it in him. I couldn’t tell you how many times he was presented with less than ideal circumstances to work with, either due to time constraints, last second equipment failures or some crazy SXSW or ACL location issue. He wouldn’t even blink, he would just put his head down, get to work and magic would most likely soon follow. If you asked him about his awards, he would probably say it was a matter of being in the right place at the right time more than the talent he was born with and worked so hard to perfect. He was as humble and kind a man as I have probably ever met. We could all learn a lesson from the way he carried himself in life. I’m sure he would be surprised to know that so many people cared so much. Austin is hurting today, RIP Chet.

We are saddened to learn of the passing last night of an amazing icon – Chet Himes of Cibolo Studios.

We had the pleasure of being invited down to the studio back in May of this year to hang out with Wes Perryman, Jon Napier, Ryan Beck, Evan Shepperd the gang while Wes recorded his album. They had recorded with Lilly Milford with Lilly and the Implements earler in the year and I missed it.

Chet was a Grammy winning sound engineer and I expected that I would be in the way. In a private moment, I got to thank him for letting me shoot, and he was as humble and appreciative as one could be. He offered to have me back whenever I wanted to come, not knowing anything other than I knew the guys that were recording.

I watched him encourage all the musicians, sound engineers, and give his supportive and honest opinions on everything he heard. I knew how much it meant to the people he was speaking to. He later contacted me to say thank you for the photos.

A total class act who was a legend in his field.

We are still working on getting more details about the death, as a family statement on the death is yet to be released.

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