Producer & recording engineer [b]For the songwriter please use [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Roger+Nichols+(2)]Roger Nichols (2)[/url][/b] Born 22.09.1944 in Oakland, California, USA. Died 09.04.2011 in Burbank, California, USA. He was an ex-nuclear engineer who turned producer & recording engineer and worked extensively with [a=Steely Dan] and [a=John Denver]. Nichols was also a pioneer in the forefront of digital technology, having invented the Wendel sampling drum machine, direct-to-disc recording and…