Former lead singer/drummer/guitarist for the Santa Cruz
based band "The Tikis", who later became "Harpers Bizarre" and had the hit song "Feeling Groovy" with fellow band mates Dick Yount, Eddie James, Dickie Scoppetone and John Peterson, formally of the
Beau Brummels.
Soon after Harpers broke up Ted bacame one of the most successful producers at Warner Brothers as the man behind the scenes for: Van Morrison, the Doobie Brothers, Nicolette Larson, and discovered and produced a little know club band named "Van Halen", as
well as
projects for Michael McDonald and David Lee Roth, Little Feat, Captain Beefheat,
Ronnie Montrose, Aerosmith, Clapton, and others
Ted retired from W/B in 1998 but was recently tapped by Joan Jet to produce an album for her.
See:
Ted Templeman producer - Doobie Brothers (most, if not all albums) - Van Morrison (
two albums) - Nicolette Larson - Little Feat -
Van Halen