Steve Tyrell sets a new standard in Costa Mesa

Before he was a center-stage crooner, Steve Tyrell had more than 25 years of producing major song hits for popular artists and several movie soundtracks to his name, including collaborations with Rod Stewart, Linda Ronstadt, Diana Ross and Ray Charles. The Grammy Award-winning producer’s behind-the-scenes music career could have taken him right into retirement.
His life was changed forever in 1990, however, when the “Father of the Bride” film director Charles Shyer and producer