From Nashville's Local 257
Ed Russell has been producing music for over 38 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
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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
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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 "
Drums
Dave Harrison www.xtrememusician.comT
Edwin McCain, Eddie Ray, Southern Class, Just to mention a few.
Steel / Harp / AC Guitar & Dobro
Mike Douchette
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George Jones, Tammy Wynette Eddie Ray, Alabama,
Steel / Dobro & Guitar
Pat Seavers
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Drums
Craig Krampf www.xtrememusician.com
Producer's
Harold Shedd & Ed Russell
Steel
John Hughey
Conway Twitty, Vince Gill, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shania Twain, Marty Stuart, Alison KraussTammy Wynette, Eddie Ray. just to mention a few. www.xtrememusician.com
Mike Chapman
MIKE PLAYED BASS ON THESE #1 SONGS
SONG ARTIST
“If Tomorrow Never Comes” Garth Brooks
“Not Counting You”
“The Dance”
“Friends In Low Places”
“Unanswered Prayers”
“The Thunder Rolls” Garth Brooks
“Two Of A Kind, Workin‘ On A Full House”
“Shameless”
“Rodeo”
“What She‘s Doing Now”
“The River” Garth Brooks
“Learning To Live Again Is Killing Me”
“Somewhere Other Than The Night”
“Ain‘t Going Down ‘Til The Sun Comes Up”
“American Honky Tonk Bar Association”
“That Summer”
“Standing Outside The Fire”
“Calling Baton Rouge”
“She‘s Every Woman”
“Long Neck Bottles”
“The Beaches Of Cheyenne”
“Two Pina Coladas”
“In Another‘s Eyes” Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood
“Where Your Road Leads” Trisha Yearwood
“If The Devil Danced In Empty Pockets” Joe Diffie
“New Way To Light Up An Old Flame”
“Ships That Don‘t Come In”
“Burnin‘ Old Memories” Kathy Mattea
“Working Woman‘s Holiday” Sammy Kershaw
“Every Once In A While” Blackhawk
“One Way Ticket” LeAnn Rimes