Home / Music / Jerry Wexler pushed Aretha toward hippie anthems for Live at Fillmore WestMusic linernotes album music aretha-franklinJerry Wexler pushed Aretha toward hippie anthems for Live at Fillmore WestThe album was produced by Jerry Wexler, with arrangements by Arif Mardin. Wexler encouraged Aretha to cover “hippie” anthems to reach the San Francisco audience. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesHow Aretha Franklin Got Keith Richards on ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’How Aretha Franklin Turned '(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ Into a Soul Anthem — and What Mick Jagger SaidRay Charles joined Aretha on stage at the FillmoreAretha's backing band at Fillmore West was a murderer's row of session greatsLady Soul gave Aretha three of her signature songs on one albumExploreWalter Afanasieff produced 'Love Takes Time' — starting a long Carey collaboration.Before reviving Aerosmith, Bruce Fairbairn produced Loverboy's WildsideDeep Purple self-produced Made in Japan but demanded Martin Birch as engineerGeorge Clinton produced Funkadelic's Maggot BrainWalter Legge produced Maria Callas's EMI recordingsPrevious Jobim recorded Stone Flower at Van Gelder Studio across six sessions.Next Jack Clement apologized for over-producing Townes Van Zandt's For the Sake of the Song