The producer's credits feature a who's who of rock stars over the past half-century, including Journey, Yes, The Cars, Cheap Trick, Guns N' Roses & Smashing Pumpkins.

May, 77, was elevated onto the Main Stage in Coachella Valley during Benson Boone’s cover of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” performing the iconic guitar solo and earning himself a shoutout in the process.

Roy Thomas Baker, the hitmaking record producer behind some of the biggest and most proudly polished songs and albums of the ...