Interview with Ken Hamann, November 13, 1995
Project: Chasing Sound Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Ken Hamann is an audio engineer and founder of Suma Recording Studios. In this interview he describes how he entered the recording industry, as well as the landscape of recording in Cleveland when he first started during the mid 1950s. He talks about the people who helped him learn and grow as an engineer, as well as many of the artists he worked with.Interview Accession
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Hamann, Ken Cleveland (Ohio) Recording industry Recording Radio Radio broadcasting Rock 'n' rollInterview Rights
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Hamann, Ken Interview by Susan Schmidt Horning. 13 Nov. 1995. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Hamann, K. (1995, November 13). Interview by S. S. Horning. Chasing Sound Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Hamann, Ken, interview by Susan Schmidt Horning. November 13, 1995, Chasing Sound Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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