. >>> for three decades, ed worked with the ramones, gladys knight, mick jagger.a quiet mountain town. he tells the bbc why he describes himself now as a recovering record producer and what he is up to. ♪ >>> ramones road to ruin. i'm ed stacy. i am a recovering record producer. dealing with people in the studio is just like brothers, sisters, mother, father, psycho analyst, pal, best friend, lover, husband, wife. you become one of the band. just get along with the person trying to bring the artist's vision to fruition. >> superstar but it wouldn't get far. yes, indeed. winner of american music awards and grammys. my first gold record. around 2003, my wife amy and i decided to get out of los angeles. late really threw a dart on durango, colorado. things were changing, the music business was changing. this was the final straw. i was told to go down by in famous a and r person to go see a band down at the roxy. i went down. sorry, your name is not on the list. okay, i'll buy a ticket. it's sold out. i need to get in. the record company wanted me here. after 30 years