Vance Powell

Vance Powell is a four time winning Grammy Award winning American record producer, engineer and mixer.[1][2] His credits include Chris Stapleton, Jack White, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown, The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather, The White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys, Wolfmother, Seasick Steve, Black Prairie, The Revivalists, Tinariwen, JEFF the Brotherhood, and Martina McBride, among many others.[3][4][5]

Life and career

Powell made his start in live sound, touring with local Missouri bands as a front-of-house engineer. In 1986, he conducted his first professional studio recording session as an engineer at Rick Massey's 'Massey Studio', stepping in for the main engineer who was sick at the time. That same year he became the studio's engineer.[1] In 1990-'93 he took a position at Lou Whitney's Column One Studio in Springfield, MO. as second engineer, recording scores of regional bands and artists. Shortly after, Powell moved to Nashville, TN, accepting a position as a monitor engineer for Tammy Wynette. The position turned into Production Manager/Front of House (FOH) Engineer, which he did until 1997, when he joined global sound reinforcement company, Clair Brother's Audio.[6][7]

In 1998 he started a long relationship with Jars of Clay taking a FOH position that continued through 2002. During that time several recording projects with them emerged, including their full length 2002 release (and 2003 Grammy Award winner) "The Eleventh Hour".[6]

In early 2002 John McBride asked him to help build and run Blackbird Studio, a single room semi-private facility for his wife, country music superstar Martina McBride.[8] The single room semi-private facility soon became an eight room world class facility hosting projects such as Neil Young's “Heart of Gold” motion picture soundtrack and The Dixie Chicks' six time Grammy Award winning “Taking the Long Way”.[6][9] Powell remained the Chief Engineer at Blackbird for seven years.[2]

Projects outside of Blackbird soon beckoned, and Powell began working extensively with Jack White's groups including The Raconteurs, The White Stripes, and The Dead Weather, as well as many of White's production jobs such as Wanda Jackson's "The Party Ain't Over", as well as Jack White and Alicia Keys' production of "Another Way to Die" from the James Bond film Quantum of Solace.[10][5][11]

Powell is the co-owner of Sputnik Sound, a recording and mixing facility he set up in 2006 together with producer/engineer Mitch Dane. Powell met White for the first time in 2006, when he worked on Danger Mouse and Daniel Luppi's Rome album, on which White guested.[10] Recent Sputnik Sound projects include Tinariwin, Seasick Steve, Leagues, Bobby Bare, Jr., Red Fang, De Staat, Diarrhea Planet, A Thousand Horses, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Wolfmother, Arctic Monkeys and Chris Stapleton. Powell is managed by Global Positioning Services management in Santa Monica, CA.[5]

Awards

Powell has won four Grammy Awards for his work on the albums listed below.[3][5][1][10][12]

In 2015, Chris Stapleton's album "Traveller" won three Country Music Association Awards (CMAs) including "Album of The Year" and "New Artist of The Year". The album also received Grammy nominations for Album Of The Year, Best Country Song, Best Country Album (win), Best Country Solo Performance (win). The album was engineered and mixed by Powell.[13][14][15][12]

Selected discography

The production, engineering and mixing discography for Vance Powell is as follows.[16] [17] [18]

Year Artist Album Label Producer Engineer Mixer
2015 Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown The Wayside Vervatos/Republic
Yes
Yes
Yes
The Revivalists Men Amongst Mountains Wind-Up
Yes
Chris Stapleton Traveller Mercury
Yes
Yes
JEFF the Brotherhood Wasted on the Dream Infinity Cat
Yes
Elle King "America's Sweetheart" from Love Stuff RCA
Yes
Seasick Steve Sonic Soul Surfer BMG
Yes
Yes
The Whistles & The Bells The Whistles & The Bells +180
Yes
Yes
2014 Tinariwen Emmaar ANTI-
Yes
Black Prairie Fortune Sugar Hill
Yes
Yes
Yes
The Dirty Guv'nahs Hearts on Fire Summertown
Yes
Peter Bradley Adams The Mighty Storm I Me Mine
Yes
Bobby Bare, Jr. Undefeated Bloodshot
Yes
Yes
Dirk Powell Walking Through Clay Bloodshot
Yes
Yes
2013 The Almost Fear Inside Our Bones Tooth & Nail
Yes
Insane Clown Posse Forgotten Freshness, Vol. 5 Psycopathic
Yes
Yes
Sturgill Simpson High Top Mountain High Top Mountain
Yes
Yes
De Staat I_Con Cool Green Records Yes
Seasick Steve Hubcap Music Third Man
Yes
Yes
Moon Taxi Mountains Beaches Cities BMG
Yes
LeAnn Rimes Spitfire Curb
Yes
Kings of Leon Live At The O2 (DVD) RCA
Yes
Various Artists The Great Gatsby O.S.T. Interscope
Yes
Yes
Caitlin Rose The Stand-In ATO
Yes
Red Fang Whales and Leeches Relapse
Yes
North Mississippi Allstars World Boogie Is Coming Songs of the South
Yes
Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown Wild Child Carved
Yes
Leagues You Belong Here Bufalatone
Yes
Yes
2012 Jack White Blunderbuss Third Man
Yes
Yes
The Whigs Enjoy the Company New West
Yes
Keb' Mo' Keb Mo/Keep It Simple Sony
Yes
Andrew Osenga Leonard, the Lonely Astrnoaut 1010 Distribution
Yes
Andrew Peterson Light for the Lost Boy Centricity
Yes
Buddy Guy Live at Legends RCA
Yes
The Kicks Tonight Changes Everything The Kicks
Yes
Yes
Pujol United States of Being Saddle Creek
Yes
2011 Red Fang Murder the Mountains Relapse
Yes
Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi Rome Rome
Yes
Chris Thile Sleep with One Eye Open Nonesuch
Yes
Yes
Wanda Jackson The Party Ain't Over
Yes
Yes
Bobby Bare, Jr. A Storm, A Tree, My Mother's Head Thirty Tigers
Yes
Johnny Gimble Celebrating with Friends CMH
Yes
The Kicks Sputnik Sessions The Kicks
Yes
Yes
2010 The Whigs In the Dark ATO/Red
Yes
Yes
Buddy Guy Living Proof Jive
Yes
The Dead Weather Sea of Cowards Warner Bros.
Yes
Yes
John Cowan The Massenburg Sessions Koch
Yes
Karen Elson The Ghost Who Walks XL
Yes
Yes
Andrew Belle The Ladder 101 Distribution
Yes
The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights Warner Bros.
Yes
Hillsong Yahweh EMI
Yes
2009 The Dead Weather Horehound Independent
Yes
Yes
Seasick Steve Man from Another Time Rykodisc
Yes
John Rich Son of a Preacher Man Warner Bros.
Yes
Jars of Clay The Long Fall Back to Earth Provident
Yes
The Kicks The Rise of King Richie Independent
Yes
Willie Nelson Willie and the Wheel Bismeaux
Yes
2008 Jessica Simpson Do You Know Epic
Yes
Jewel Perfectly Clear Valory
Yes
Jack White & Alicia Keys "Another Way to Die" from Quantum of Solace O.S.T. Capitol
Yes
Yes
2007 Jars of Clay Christmas Songs Nettwerk
Yes
Yes
The White Stripes Conquest Warner Bros.
Yes
Caedmon's Call Overdressed Ino/Columbia
Yes
2006 Poor Rich Folk Love Is A Bullet Independent
Yes
Yes
Matt Dusk Back in Town Decca
Yes
2005 Big & Rich Comin' to Your City Warner/Reprise
Yes

References

  1. 1 2 3 Universal Audio Feature
  2. 1 2 Tape Op Interview
  3. 1 2 AllMusic Credits
  4. ↑ Discogs Credits
  5. 1 2 3 4 Vance Powell GPS Client Page
  6. 1 2 3 Black Bird Studios: Vance Powell
  7. ↑ RSR Feature
  8. ↑ Exponential Audio Feature
  9. ↑ Izotope Feature
  10. 1 2 3 Sound On Sound Inside Track: Jack White
  11. ↑ Brite Revolution Interview
  12. 1 2 Chris Stapleton | Grammy Page
  13. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/6753144/cma-awards-2015-recap-chris-stapleton?utm_source=pushdown&utm_medium=www&utm_campaign=grammys
  14. ↑ http://tasteofcountry.com/chris-stapleton-new-artist-of-the-year-2015-cma-awards/
  15. ↑ http://www.globalpositioningservices.net/chris-stapleton-album-traveller-hits-1-billboard-200-engineered-mixed-vance-powell/
  16. ↑ "Vance Powell Credits and Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  17. ↑ Vance Powell Official Selected Discography
  18. ↑ Vance Powell GPS client page
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