Dave's Room, previously known as Mama Jo's Recording Studio, is a recording studio in North Hollywood, California.
History Mama Jo's (1969–2005) Dave's Room was built in the late 1960s by producer and engineer Freddie Piro. Originally called Mama Jo's, the studio was the first independent recording studio in North Hollywood, California. Albums by artists such as Richie Furay, Keith Green, Billy Joel, Pat Benatar, Amy Grant, Sam Phillips, Ambrosia, Ziggy Marley, George Michael, Love Song, Michael W. Smith, Margaret Becker, BeBe and CeCe Winans, Andraé Crouch and the Disciples, Blink 182, Chuck Girard, The Way, Smokey Robinson, Randy Stonehill, Sweet Comfort Band and Daniel Amos were recorded there.
Producers and engineers including Alan Parsons, Jack Joseph Puig, Jonathan David Brown, Al Perkins, T Bone Burnett, Andy Johns, Brown Bannister, Burt Bacharach and Larry Norman were clients during this period.
Dave's Room (2006–present) After falling into disrepair in the mid-2000s, in 2006 it was completely refurbished by David Bianco. Bianco restored the recording space with an eye toward maintaining the incredible period feel, and acoustics. The control room, originally designed by Vincent Van Haaff, was updated technically. The main speakers were re-built using matching components from another Van Haaff-designed room at Larrabee Sound Studios, and was re-named Dave's Room.
Albums by Lucinda Williams, Blues Traveler, Bob Dylan, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Trombone Shorty, Exene Cervenka, Meghan Trainor, Bettye LaVette, Tift Merritt, Susan Tedeschi, Travis, Marilyn Manson, Robert Randolph, Paul Stanley and Judith Owen were recorded there, along with soundtrack music for The Muppets, Blades of Glory, Jonah Hex and Gangster Squad.
After Bianco's death, in June 2018 the studio was taken over by his longtime friends, and colleagues David Spreng and Paul "Fig" Figueroa with the support of the Bianco family.
Selected albums recorded at Mama Jo's, Dave‘s Room
Final Touch, Love Song, 1974 Ambrosia, Ambrosia, 1975 Can It Be?, The Way, 1975 Take Me Back, Andraé Crouch and The Disciples, 1975 Daniel Amos, Daniel Amos, 1976 In Another Land, Larry Norman, 1976 Welcome to Paradise, Randy Stonehill, 1976 Tales of Mystery and Imagination, Alan Parsons, 1976 Barefoot Ballet, John Klemmer, 1976 View from the Bridge, Tom Howard, 1977 Seasons of Change, Richie Furay, 1982 A Call To Us All, Teri Desario, 1983 Caught in the Act of Loving Him, Servant, 1983 Beat the System, Petra, 1984 Another Country, Tiff Merritt, 2008 Jonah Hex, Mastodon, 2010 Gangster Squad, soundtrack, 2013 Psycho Killer, Harper Blynn, 2013 Down Where the Spirit Meets The Bone, Lucinda Williams, 2014 Get It Out, Harper Blynn, 2015 The Ghosts of Highway 20, Lucinda Williams, 2016 This Sweet Old World, Lucinda Williams, 2017 We Are Chaos, Marilyn Manson, 2020 Lamentations, American Aquarium, 2020 Now And Then, Paul Stanley, 2021 Why Not, Kenny Loggins, Jake Shimabukuro, 2021 The Rose, Jake Shimabukuro, Bette Midler, 2021 Physical Thrills, Silversun Pickups, 2022 Floating on a Dream, Avi Kaplan, 2022 A Cat in the Rain, Turnpike Troubadours, 2023 Golden State, Logan Ledger, 2023 Sirens, The Wild Feathers, 2024 The Hardway Blues, Jesse Dayton, 2024 L.A. Times, Travis, 2024 If It Takes Forever, Brett Dennen, 2024 " 'March To War' (album), Dexter Drive (band). 2025
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