Career
Froom began his career as a keyboard player in Sonoma County, California. He also played keyboards on the Ronnie Montrose-led group Gamma"s third album Gamma 3 as well as both late 70s solo albums by David LaFlamme, White Bird and Inside Out. He produced the first three Crowded House albums, which led to more production jobs with Richard Thompson, Los Lobos, American Music Club, and Suzanne Vega.
One early notable work, Key of Cool, later became the soundtrack for the adult film, Café Flesh.
Production credits include albums from American Music Club, Stevie Ann, Tasmin Archer, The Bangles, Peter Case, The Corrs, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Crowded House, The Ditty Bops, Tim Finn, Missy Higgins, Indigo Girls, Paul McCartney, Robin Gibb, Maria McKee, Pat McLaughlin, Randy Newman, Nerina Pallot, Pearl Jam, Phantom Planet, Bonnie Pink, Daniel Powter, Bonnie Raitt, Ron Sexsmith, The Delegate Fuegos, Richard Thompson, and Suzanne Vega. Froom and Blake joined with David Hidalgo and Louie Perez of Los Lobos to form the experimental roots collaboration Latin Playboys.
Froom has produced over 60 albums and has composed and produced music for numerous films. He has been nominated for several Grammys including for Record of the Year for Louisiana Bamba by Los Lobos (1988) and Producer of the Year in 1993 for both Kiko by Los Lobos and 99.9F° by Suzanne Vega.
As a musician, Froom has released two solo albums, Dopamine (1998) and A Thousand Days (2005).
Froom was a judge for the 2nd annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists" careers.