Career
He produced recordings of Judy Collins, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Bob Gibson, Love, Philosophy Ochs, Tom Rush, Josh White, The Wackers and many other artists. In Holzman"s history of Elektra Follow the Music, he recalls Abramson"s production work: "He had a natural musical and dramatic sense and absorbed the practical aspects of engineering rapidly. He was an artist himself, with an even temperament, able to get along very well with the artists, and he became a hybrid recording engineer/producer—our first."
In addition to music production, Abramson directed art films and promotional music shorts of Love and The Doors.
Notably the films made for The Doors" "Break on Through" and "The Unknown Soldier" were early forerunners of the music video era, and were shown at live concerts.
After leaving Elektra Abramson became more involved in the visual arts, and his photography, paintings and sculpture have been exhibited in numerous galleries. In his later years he was Program Director for Family of Woodstock in Woodstock, New New York While filming his movie and unavailable as a record producer, Judy Collins took a sabbatical, waiting for her favorite producer to return.
He died in May 2007. Abramson was married in 1967 to Janet (Janis) Young in a small country church near Philadelphia.
Together they had two sons, Ethan and Jared. She was a regular on the long-running Soap Opera, Another World.
They separated in the late 70s, and Mississippi Young went on to teach in the drama department at Bennington College for about two decades.
She is still appearing onstage in Shakesperian theatrean early venue for her.