From Nashville's Local 257

Ed Russell has been producing music for over 30 Years with  some of Nashville's  finest musicians who are all from Nashville's Local 257 Musicians Union.  To produce hit records, you must have top of the line players. top songs and a producer that knows where to put the icing on the cake.

The Producer

Ed Russell 

The Pickers

Ed Russell Producer

& Ron Treat Engineer

      Steel

   Buddy Emmons

Buddy has worked with: (Not including sessions)
Little Jimmy Dickens - 1955-56
Carl Smith - 1956
Sho~Bud - early 1957
Ernest Tubb - late 1957-58
Gordon Terry (in CA) - 1958-59
George Jones - 1959
Ernest Tubb - 1959-62
Ferlin Husky 1962
Ray Price - 1962-68
Claude Gray – 1968
Roger Miller (on bass, living in CA) - 1968-74
The Everly Brothers - 1988-2001
Eddie Ray 1992 to 1994         www.xtrememusician.com

      Piano

       Hargus "pig" Robbins

 Patsy Cline, Alan Jackson, Bob Dylan, Travis Tritt, Jerry Jeff Walker, Junior Brown, Carl Butler, Eddie Ray, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Gene Watson, Marty Robbins, Gordon Lightfoot, Kathy Mattea, Leroy Van Dyke, Jimmie Rodgers, The Statlers, Jerry Reed Johnny Cash, Hank Lockin, Vince Gill, Dolly Parton. Just to mention a few.    www.xtrememusician.com

       Drums

    Melton Sledge & Ed Russell

Garth Brooks, Kathy Mattea, Gene Watson, George Strait, Trisha Yearwood, Emmylou Harris,Vince Gill, Grateful Dead, Hal Ketchum, Jo Dee Massina, Carl Butler, Eddie Ray,     Trick Pony.     Just to mention a few.    www.xtrememusician.com

           Chris Nole

•John Denver’s A&E television special and platinum selling live record,
 The Wildlife Concert. John Denver’s Grammy-winning record All Aboard.
•Travis Tritt’s ‘Burning Thunder’ Tour and CMT All Access television special.
•Faith Hill’s Grand Ole Opry debut performance,
 The Late Show with David Letterman debut performance, and
 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno debut performance.
•The CBS television movie special The John Denver Story
 (recorded with famed composer Lee Holdridge).
•The PBS television documentary special Nature: Let There Be A Voice
•2001 Holland/Belgium Chris Nole solo tour   www.xtrememusician.com

    AC  Guitar

    Leo Jackson

Jim Reeves, Alabama, Eddie Ray, Carl & Pearl Butler, Conway Twitty, Alan Jackson       George Strait, David Ball, Tommy Cash, Johnny Cash, Eddie Rabbitt, Bonnie Raitt , Faith Hill, Loretta Lynn, Eddy Raven, Marty Stuart, Connie Smith, Buck White, Keith Whitley, Martina McBride.   hust to mention a few    www.xtrememusician.com

Fiddle & Mandolin

J Jonathan Yudkin

Toby Keith, Shania Twain, Terri Clark, Tim McGraw, Rodney Crowell, Eddie Ray, Chely Wright Rascal Flatts, Lonestar,, LeAnn Rimes, Kim Carnes, Gretchen Wilson, Martina McBride  Jimmy Buffet, Sara Evans   Just to mention a few   www.xtrememusician.com

Fiddle & Mandolin

  Hank Singer (Hunsinger)

George Jones, David Lee Jones, Ray Price, Allen Jackson, Eddie Ray,  Just to mention a few www.xtrememusician.com

Fred Newell & Ed Russell

  Mr. Guitar & Producer    www.xtrememusician.com

 Bass Guitar

  Dennis Belfield

Rufus / Chaka Khan  (Tell Me Something Good)

Jim Photoglo , Eddie Rabbitt, Kris Kristofferson, Kim Carnes, Neil Young Eddie Ray, Andy Williams, Rick Springfield, Tony Joe White.   Three Dog Night, Eddie Aronald, Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes, Patrick Swayze,    Just to mention a few.    www.xtrememusician.com

      Bass

   Tom Robb     www.xtrememusician.com

     Guitar

     Joe Khoury

Hank Williams Jr. Ken Mellons, Charlie Rich, Chick Berry, Eddie Ray , Vince Gill , Clarence Dobbins, George Jones,  John Anderson, Joe Sun, Dale Hawkins, McGuffy Lane, Larry Knechtel, Blue Miller, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Tim Mcgraw, Trisha Yearwood, Marshal Chapman, Daryal & Don Ellis, Terry Thomas.  Just to mention a few.   www.xtrememusician.com

     Drums

   Craig Wright     www.xtrememusician.comToured with Steve Earle '88-'92
Toured with Billy Joe Shaver '92-'96

Album Credits:

Steve Earle: "The Hard Way"
"Shut Up And Die Like An Aviator"
Shaver: 'Unshaven: Live At Smith's Olde Bar"
George Hamilton V: "Garden Of Love"
"Roll With The Punches"
"Ghost Town"
Jeff Black: "Honey And Salt"
"B-Sides And Confessions"
"Tin Lily"
RobinElla: "Solace For The Lonely"
Bone Pony: 'Traveler's Companion"
Richard Bennett: "Themes From A Rainy Decade"
Phil Lee: "The Mighty King Of Love"
" You Should Have Know Me Then"
Kevin Gordon: " Oh, Come Look At The Burning"
Amy Loftus: "Straight To Amy"
Todd Snider: "East Nashville Skyline"
Heavywood Brand: "Variety Rule"
Fugitive Glue: "Mateo"
Eddie Ray "Back Street Blues"
Sandra McCracken: "Gypsy Flat Road"
Eric Church: "How 'Bout You?"
Joe Rathbone: "I Can Hear The Windows Of Your Heart Breaking"
Stacey Earle : "Never Gonna Let You Go
Eric Church "Guys Like Me "