Mystery Music Man

Ok folks, lets see if anyone out there can guess who this mystery musician is.

1. He was born in Baltimore, MD in Dec. 1940 and died in Los Angeles, CA in Dec. 1993.


2. He spoke before a Congressional sub-committee in his fight against the wife of then Senator Algore and the PMRC.


3. He was a pioneer in the transformation of the music industry to digital media and CDs and was the first to release a single on a mini 3 inch CD.


4. In July 1994 a Czech-discovered asteroid was named after him.


5. He was Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2 years following his death and was the only artist to also be inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame as well.


6. That same year a statue was erected in his honor in Lithuania in large part because he was hailed as a great proponent for democracy in many former Eastern Block countries.


7. Because his music was so complicated, he once had to make an entire orchestra pretend to play their instruments while he used a computer to enrapture the audience to standing ovations.


8. A stage accident left him with one of his legs shorter than the other.


9. During his career, he produced a total 60 hit albums and shelved hundreds of master tracks which he never released.


10. He was a staunch Libertarian.


11. ...and he was a home schooling parent.