{{Short description|Canadian musician (died 2021)}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Bob Lanois | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Robert Jacques Lanois | alias = | birth_place = Gatineau, Quebec, Canada | birth_date = April 4, 1948 | death_date = April 19, 2021 (aged 73) | death_place = Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | origin = | instrument = Harmonica | genre = {{hlist|Ambient|folk}} | occupation = {{hlist|Musician|producer}} | years_active = | label = Cordova Bay | past_member_of = }}
'''Robert Jacques Lanois''' (April 4, 1948 – April 19, 2021) was a Canadian sound engineer, record producer, and harmonica player.<ref name="allmusic"/> He released his first album, ''Snake Road'',<ref name="libraryandarchivescanada"/> in 2006, in collaboration with his brother Daniel Lanois. He also recorded an album with guitarist Tom Wilson, entitled ''The Shack Recordings Volume One''.<ref name="libraryandarchivescanada1"/><ref name="col-obit">{{cite web |title=Robert Jacques (Bob) Lanois April 4, 1948 - April 19, 2021 |url=https://www.circleoflifecbc.com/obituaries/Robert-Lanois/#!/Obituary |website=Circle of Life |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref>
In 1976, he and Daniel opened Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Shepherd |first1=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ws-vAwAAQBAJ&dq=Grant+Avenue+Studio&pg=PA662 |title=Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 1: Media, Industry, Society |last2=Horn |first2=David |last3=Laing |first3=Dave |last4=Oliver |first4=Paul |last5=Wicke |first5=Peter |date=2003-03-06 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-84714-473-7 |pages=662 |language=en}}</ref> having previously worked out of their mother’s basement under the name MSR Productions.in the early 2000s, he opened his own studio, “The Shack”, in Waterdown, Ontario.
Among other credits, he co-produced Simply Saucer's demo tape with Daniel. He was also given a credit in the "Thanks to" section of U2's ''The Joshua Tree'' album credits.
Bob Lanois travelled to Sweden in 2007, performing shows together with eclectic Swedish band Big Is Less after having met the band's guitarist Tommy Sahlin via MySpace. In 2008, Lanois, as producer, teamed up with Mass Conception (a Canadian indie band) which resulted in the release of a six-song EP entitled ''No Pun Intended.''
He died on April 19, 2021.<ref>Jeff Mahoney, [https://www.thespec.com/entertainment/local/2021/04/20/hamiltons-bob-lanois-dead-at-73.html "Hamilton’s Bob Lanois dead at 73"]. ''Hamilton Spectator'', April 20, 2021.</ref>
==Discography== {{Expand section|date=January 2011}}
*2005 ''The Shack Recordings Volume One'' with Tom Wilson *2006 ''Snake Road'' (Cordova Bay)
===Sound engineer=== *1977 ''Adult Entertainment'', Raffi *1979 ''Denis LePage & Station Road'', Denis Lepage *1977 ''Hobo's Taunt'' - Willie P. Bennett (engineered, with Daniel Lanois) *1979 ''Blackie and the Rodeo King'' - Willie P. Bennett (recording engineer; mixing engineer, with David Essig)
===As musician=== *1971 ''Jacqueline & Lindsay''
=== As photographer === * 2015 ''Oxide'' (Ion Bon)<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.royalarthouse.com/artists/ion-bon/thanks-bob-lanois/|title=Thanks Bob Lanois|website=Royalarthouse.com|access-date=April 20, 2021}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist | refs =
<ref name="allmusic"> {{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p19309/biography |title=Bob Lanois Biography |author=Steve Leggett |website=AllMusic |access-date=January 19, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="libraryandarchivescanada"> {{cite web |url=http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_tim=2011-01-19T21%3A25%3A51Z&url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=33005139&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fcollectionscanada.gc.ca%3Aamicus |title=AMICUS No. 33005139 |author=Library and Archives Canada |date= |website=Collectionscanada.ca|access-date=January 19, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="libraryandarchivescanada1"> {{cite web |url=http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_tim=2011-01-19T21%3A34%3A09Z&url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=31748264&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fcollectionscanada.gc.ca%3Aamicus |title=AMICUS No. 31748264 |author=Library and Archives Canada |date= |website=Collectionscanada.ca|access-date=January 19, 2011}}</ref>
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== External links== *{{Cite web|url=http://www.theshackrecordings.ca/bio.html|title=Tom Wilson & Bob Lanois - theshackrecordings.ca - BIO|date=March 7, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307152441/http://www.theshackrecordings.ca/bio.html|access-date=April 20, 2021|archive-date=2007-03-07}} *{{Cite web|url=http://shop.cordovabay.com/item65.htm|title=Snake Road - Bob Lanois|date=October 1, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001173945/http://shop.cordovabay.com/item65.htm|access-date=April 20, 2021|archive-date=2007-10-01}} * {{Discogs artist|Bob Lanois}} * {{IMDb name|id=3607785}}
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