Best thing he did was to produce XTC’s “Skylarking.”
He also produced and played guitar on Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell", The Band's "Stage Fright", Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band" as well as Hal l and Oates, Patti Smith, the New York Dolls and many others. He may not have been a big star himself but big stars sought him out. And by all accounts he was a good father, which is saying a lot in that business.
Better producer than performer.