Al Nalli is the kind of industry lifer I learned to respect: not a spotlight hog, but the guy who gets the deal, the studio time, and the tape rolling. His fingerprints show up when Brownsville Station got steered onto Big Tree/ABC in the early 1970s (he’s credited in their camp through the mid-’70s), then he pivots to Blackfoot as manager and co-producer right as they break nationally—producing the 1979 "Strikes" era and helping shape their tougher Atco run. By 1982 he’s also producing Axe’s " Offering ," tightening their hard-rock swing without sanding off the grit.