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Ken Caillat

Ken Caillat

American record producer ‧ Colbie Caillat's father

Oct 7, 2026

5:19
And, um, to kind of go back to slightly before Fleetwood Mac, how does a kid from San Jose end up in a recording studio in the first place? How does your career start?
5:28
I drove up from, I was a m- musician and I wrote songs.
5:33
And so I, my girlfriend decided to move down to, down south to, to Los Angeles and, uh, stay with her mom, so I followed her down, uh, in heat, you know, I probably.
5:45
So I followed her down and stayed with her for a few days.
5:48
And because I was a songwriter, I used to tell people, "I'm a songwriter." "What do you do?" "I'm a songwriter.
5:54
I'm a composer." Anyway, so I got a job at Wally Heider Studios, and they fired another guy 'cause, because my mother had typed out a resume for me.
6:03
My dear mom typed out this re- resume, and I went into Wally Heider's with a- Suit and tie, long hair and a beard.

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26:48
Can you talk us through that?

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