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Eric Church: Desperate Man

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On October 5, 2018, “EMI Nashville” and “Snakefarm Records” labels released “Desperate Man”, the sixth Eric Church studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Neon Cross” in Nashville, and was produced by Jay Joyce.

 Personnel:

  • Eric Church – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jeff Cease – electric guitar, handclapping
  • Jeff Hyde – banjo, acoustic guitar, handclapping, backing vocals
  • Jay Joyce – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, Hammond B-3 organ, handclapping, keyboards, percussion, piano, programming, backing vocals
  • Driver Williams – electric guitar
  • Lee Hendricks – bass guitar, handclapping
  • Craig Wright – bongos, drums, handclapping, percussion, shaker
  • Joanna Cotten – handclapping, backing vocals
  • Jay Joyce – mixing
  • Jason Hall – mixing
  • Jimmy Mansfield – engineer assistant
  • Jaxon Hargrove – engineer assistant
  • Andrew Mendelson – mastering
  • Melissa Spillman – production coordination
  • John Peets – art direction, photography
  • Karen Naff – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Eric Church, except where noted.

  1. The Snake – Eric Church, Jeremy Spillman, Travis Meadows
  2. Hangin’ Around – Eric Church, Jeff Hyde
  3. Heart Like a Wheel
  4. Some of It – Eric Church, Jeff Hyde, Clint Daniels, Bobby Pinson
  5. Monsters – Eric Church, Jeff Hyde
  6. Hippie Radio
  7. Higher Wire – Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Scooter Carusoe
  8. Desperate Man – Eric Church, Ray Wylie Hubbard
  9. Solid – Eric Church, Anders Osborne
  10. Jukebox and a Bar
  11. Drowning Man – Eric Church, Casey Beathard

The Black Crowes: Happiness Bastards

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On March 15, 2024, “Silver Arrows” label released “Happiness Bastards”, the ninth Black Crowes (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Jay Joyce.

Personnel:

  • Chris Robinson – lead vocals, harp, artwork, design
  • Rich Robinson – vocals, guitar
  • Nico Bereciartúa – guitar
  • Erik Deutsch – keyboards
  • Sven Pipien – vocals, bass
  • Brian Griffin – drums
  • Jay Joyce – guitar, keyboards, mixing
  • Jason Hall – engineer, mixing
  • Alex Grimm – engineer assistant
  • Jimmy Mansfield – engineer assistant
  • Josh Groppel – engineer assistant
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Daniel Bacigalupi – mastering assistant
  • Camille Robinson – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson.

  1. Bedside Manners
  2. Rats and Clowns
  3. Cross Your Fingers
  4. Wanting and Waiting
  5. Wilted Rose
  6. Dirty Cold Sun
  7. Bleed It Dry
  8. Flesh Wound
  9. Follow the Moon
  10. Kindred Friend

Zac Brown Band: Jekyll + Hyde

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On April 28, 2015, “Big Machine Records” label released “Jekyll + Hyde”, the fourth Zac Brown Band studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Zac Brown, CeeLo Green, Jim Hoke, In the Arena Production, Jay Joyce and Darrell Scott.

Personnel:

  • Zac Brown – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, programming
  • Coy Bowles – electric guitar, slide guitar, resonator guitar, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano
  • John Driskell Hopkins – baritone guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, ukulele, backing vocals
  • Clay Cook – piano, keyboards, electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, National guitar, ukulele, Mellotron, Hammond organ, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer electric piano, glockenspiel, backing vocals
  • Matt Mangano – acoustic bass guitar, bass guitar, upright bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Chris Fryar – drums
  • Daniel de los Reyes – percussion
  • Jimmy De Martini – violin, fiddle, strings, cello, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Darrell Scott – acoustic guitar and electric guitar, banjo, pedal steel guitar, acoustic stringed instrument, piano, backing vocals
  • Donald Dunlavey – electric guitar
  • Béla Fleck – banjo
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica 
  • Byron House – upright bass
  • Jay Joyce – percussion, programming
  • Jim Hoke – tenor saxophone, flute 
  • Randy Leago – baritone saxophone
  • Ben Simonetti – trumpet, programming
  • Steve Herrmann – trumpet
  • John Hinchey – trumpet
  • Vinnie Ciesleski – trumpet 
  • Barry Green – trombone 
  • Michael McGoldrick – Uileann pipes, Irish flute, pennywhistle
  • Chris Cornell – duet vocals
  • Sara Bareilles – duet vocals
  • Jewel – backing vocals
  • Darrell Scott, Maureen Murphy, Sarah Dugas, John Cowan, Odessa Settles, Rick Jones, Jason Eskridge – choir
  • Niko Moon – programming, backing vocals
  • Nicholas Fournier – engineer
  • Kyle Lehning – engineer
  • Sean Phelan – engineer
  • Anthony Ruotolo – engineer
  • Martin Cooke – engineer
  • Paul Cossette – engineer
  • Kyle Stevens – engineer
  • Tom Syrowski – enginer
  • Brandon Bell – engineer, mixing
  • Jason Hall – engineer, mixing
  • Ben Simonetti – engineer, mixing
  • Jay Joyce – mixing
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Andrew Scheps – mixing
  • Mario Borgatta – mixing assistant
  • Chris Bellman – mastering 

Track listing:

  1. Beautiful Drug – Zac Brown, Niko Moon
  2. Loving You Easy – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Al Anderson
  3. Remedy – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette, Keb’ Mo
  4. Homegrown – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette
  5. Mango Tree – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Anna Harwood
  6. Heavy is the Head – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette, John Driskell Hopkins, Jimmy De Martini, Darrell Scott
  7. Bittersweet – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette
  8. Castaway – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette, Coy Bowles, John Driskell Hopkins
  9. Tomorrow Never Comes – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette
  10. One Day – Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, Rich Robinson, Sarah Dugas, Christian Dugas, Matt Mangano
  11. Dress Blues – Jason Isbell
  12. Young and Wild – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette, Amos Lee, Coy Bowles
  13. Junkyard (contains elements of Is There Anybody Out There? by Pink Floyd) – Zac Brown, Roger Waters
  14. I’ll Be Your Man (Song for a Daughter) – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette, Coy Bowles, John Driskell Hopkins, Darrell Scott
  15. Wildfire – Zac Brown, Eric Church, Wyatt Durrette, Liz Rose, Clay Cook
  16. Tomorrow Never Comes (acoustic version) – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette

Cage the Elephant: Same

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On June 23, 2008, “Relentless Records” label released the self-titled, debut Cage the Elephant studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Jay Joyce.

Personnel:

  • Matt Shultz – lead vocals
  • Lincoln Parish – lead guitar
  • Brad Shultz – rhythm guitar
  • Daniel Tichenor – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jared Champion – drums
  • Jason Hall – engineer
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Matt Shultz, Lincoln Parish, Brad Shultz, Daniel Tichenor and Jared Champion.

  1. In One Far
  2. James Brown
  3. Ain’t no Rest for the Wicked
  4. Tiny Little Robots
  5. Lotus
  6. Back Against the Wall
  7. Drones in the Valley
  8. Judas
  9. Back Stabbin’ Betty
  10. Soil to the Sun
  11. Free Love

Eric Church: Heart & Soul

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On April 23, 2021, “EMI Nashville” released “Heart & Soul”, the seventh Eric Church studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Jay Joyce.

Personnel:

  • Eric Church – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, handclaps
  • Jay Joyce – acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards, organ, synthesizer, tambourine, handclaps, backing vocals, programming
  • Casey Beathard – acoustic guitar, handclaps, backing vocals
  • Luke Dick – acoustic, electric and steel guitar, handclaps
  • Jeff Cease – acoustic, electric guitar and slide guitar, handclaps
  • Jeff Hyde – acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, handclaps, backing vocals
  • Bryan Sutton – acoustic and resonator guitar, dobro, mandolin
  • Jeffrey Steele – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Kenny Vaughan – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Driver Williams – electric guitar, handclaps
  • Charlie Worsham – acoustic guitar, banjo, electric guitar, mandolin, handclaps
  • Billy Justineau – piano, mellotron, organ, synthesizer, synth bass, handclaps
  • Jim “Moose” Brown – piano, organ
  • Lee Hendricks – bass guitar, handclaps
  • Craig Wright – drums, percussion, handclaps, backing vocals
  • Joanna Cotten – backing vocals, handclaps
  • Jason Hall – backing vocals, handclaps
  • Jaxon Hargrove – handclaps
  • Jimmy Mansfield – handclaps
  • John Peets – handclaps
  • Brian Snoddy – handclaps
  • Jonathan Singleton – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Heart on Fire – Eric Church,
  2. Heart of the Night – Eric Church, Travis Hill, Jeff Hyde, Jeremy Spillman, Ryan Tyndel
  3. Russian Roulette – Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell
  4. People Break – Eric Church, Luke Laird
  5. Stick That in Your Country Song – Davis Naish, Jeffrey Steele
  6. Never Break Heart – Eric Church, Luke Dick
  7. Crazyland – Eric Church, Luke Liard, Michael P. Heeney
  8. Bunch of Nothing – Eric Church, Jeff Hyde
  9. Love Shine Down – Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Jeffrey Steele
  10. Through My Ray-Bans – Eric Church, Barry Dean, Luke Laird
  11. Doing Life with Me – Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Jeffrey Steele
  12.  Do Side – Eric Church, Casey Beathard
  13. Kiss Her Goodbye – Eric Church, Casey Beathard
  14. Mad Man – Eric Church, Casey Beathard
  15. Lone Wolf – Eric Church, Jeff Hyde, Ryan Tyndell
  16. Rock & Roll Found Me – Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Driver Williams
  17. Look Good and You Know It – Eric Church, Travis Meadows, Jonathan Singleton
  18. Bright Side Girl – Eric Church, Clint Daniels, Scotty Emerick, Jeff Hyde
  19. Break It Kind of Guy – Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Luke Dick
  20. Hell of a View – Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Criswell
  21. Where I Wanna Be – Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Jeremy Spillman
  22.  Jenny – Eric Church
  23. Bad Mother Trucker – Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Luke Dick, Jeffrey Spillman
  24. Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones – Casey Beathard

Coheed And Cambria: The Color Before the Sun

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On October 16, 2015, “300 Entertainment” label released “The Color Before the Sun”, the eight Coheed and Cambria studio album. It was recorded in March 2015, and was produced by Jay Joyce, Claudio Sanchez, Travis Stever, Josh Eppard and Zach Cooper.

Personnel:

  • Claudio Sanchez – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, arranger
  • Travis Stever – lead guitar, backing vocals, arranger
  • Zach Cooper – bass, backing vocals, arranger
  • Josh Eppard – drums, percussion, backing vocals, arranger
  • Jay Joyce – Rhodes piano
  • Roy Agee – horns
  • Mike Haynes – horns
  • Jennifer Kummer – horns
  • Avery Bright – strings
  • Melodie Morris – strings
  • Eleonore Denig – strings
  • Chondra Marie Sanchez – additional backing vocals
  • The Prize Fighter Inferno – synth world
  • Nick Steinhardt – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Claudio Sanchez.

  1. Island
  2. Eraser
  3. Colors
  4. Here to Mars
  5. Ghost
  6. Atlas
  7. Young Love
  8. You Got Spirit, Kid
  9. The Audience
  10. Peace to the Mountain

The Wallflowers: Glad All Over

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On October 9, 2012, “Columbia” label released “Glad All Over”, the sixth Wallflowers studio album. It was recorded January – February 2012, at “Easy Eye Studio” and was produced by Jay Joyce.

Personnel:

  • Jakob Dylan – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Stuart Mathis – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Rami Jaffee – keyboards
  • Greg Richling – bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Jack Irons – drums, percussion
  • Mick Jones – guitar, backing vocals
  • Jay Joyce – guitar, percussion, backing vocals

Track listing:

All lyrics by Jakob Dylan; all music by Jakob Dylan, Jack Irons, Rami Jaffee, Stuart Mathis and Greg Richling.

  1. Hospitals for Sinners
  2. Misfits and Lovers
  3. First One in the Car
  4. Reboot the Mission
  5. It’s a Dream
  6. Love Is a Country
  7. Have Mercy on Him Now
  8. The Devil’s Waltz
  9. It Won’t Be Long (Till We’re Not Wrong Anymore)
  10. Constellation Blues
  11. One Set of Wings

The Derek Trucks Band: Songlines

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On February 21, 2006, “Columbia” label released “Songlines”, the sixth Derek Trucks and his group the Derek Trucks Band album. It was recorded in 2005, and was produced by Jay Joyce.

Personnel:

  • Derek Trucks – guitars, dobro
  • Kofi Burbridge – organ, piano, clavinet, flute, backing vocals
  • Jay Joyce – keyboards, recording, mixing
  • Mike Mattison – lead vocals
  • Todd Smallie – vocals, bass
  • Yonrico Scott – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Count M’Butu – vocals, percussion
  • Giles Reaves, Jason Hall – recording
  • Jason Hall – mixing
  • Jim Demaine – mastering
  • Josh Cheuse – art direction, design
  • Jeff Wood – design, illustrations
  • Yonrico Scott – setlist illustrations
  • James Minchin – photography

Track listing:

  1. Volunteered Slavery – Kirk
  2. I’ll Find My Way – Derek Trucks, Jay Joyce
  3. Crow Jane – Skip James
  4. Sahib Teri Bandi/Maki Madni – Khan
  5. Chevrolet – Young
  6. Sailing On – Hibbert
  7. Revolution – Jay Joyce
  8. I’d Rather Be Blind, Crippled and Crazy – Carter, Hodges, Robey
  9. All I Do – Derek Trucks, Mike Mattison, Todd Smallie, Yonrico Scott, Kofi Burbridge
  10. Mahjoun – Derek Trucks
  11. I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free) – Dallas, Taylor
  12. This Sky – Derek Trucks, Mike Mattison, Jay Joyce

Eric Church: The Outsiders

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On February 11, 2014, “EMI Nashville” label released “The Outsiders”, the fourth Eric Church album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, and was produced by Jay Joyce. The album was certified Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada” and in US by the “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Eric Church – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Bryan Sutton– bass-banjo, bouzouki, slide dobro, dobro, 12-string acoustic guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, octave mandolin, percussion, piano
  • T. Corenflos– electric guitar
  • Jeff Hyde – banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Jay Joyce– baritone guitar, bass guitar, drums, electric guitar, white noise generator, omnichord, Hammond C-3 organ, percussion, piano, pump organ, sound effects, synth mandolin, Wurlitzer, backing vocals
  • Lee Hendricks – bass guitar, baritone guitar, percussion, backing vocals
  • Craig Wright – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Barry Green – trombone
  • Roy Agee – trombone
  • Joanna Cotten, Jason Hall– backing vocals
  • Jason Sellers – backing vocals
  • Matthew Wheeler – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. The Outsiders – Eric Church, Casey Beathard
  2. A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young – Eric Church, Jeremy Spillman
  3. Cold One – Eric Church, Lynn Hutton, Jeff Hyde
  4. Roller Coaster Ride – Eric Church, Jeff Hyde, Ryan Tyndekk
  5. Talladega – Eric Church, Luke Laird
  6. Broke Record – Eric Church, Jeff Hyde
  7. Like a Wrecking Ball – Eric Church, Casey Beathard
  8. That’s Damn Rock & Roll – Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Michael P. Heeney
  9. Dark Side – Eric Church, Travis Meadows Spillman
  10. Devil, Devil (Prelude: Princess of Darkness) – Eric Church, Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell
  11. Give Me Back My Hometown – Eric Church, Luke Laird
  12. The Joint – Eric Church, Casey Beathard

Cage The Elephant: Thank You, Happy Birthday

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On January 11, 2011, “Jive” label released “Thank You, Happy Birthday”, the second Cage the Elephant studio album.  It was recorded in 2010, at the “Tragedy Studios” in Nashville, and was produced by Jay Joyce.

Personnel:

  • Matt Shultz– vocals
  • Nick Bockrath – lead guitar
  • Matthan Minster – guitar, keyboards
  • Brad Shultz- rhythm guitar
  • Daniel Tichenor – bass
  • Jared Champion- drums
  • Jay Joyce – recording, mixing
  • Jason Hall – recording
  • Andrew Schubert – engineer
  • Brad Townsend – engineer
  • Matt Wheeler – engineer assistant
  • Chris Lord Alge – mixing
  • Keith Armstrong – mixing assistant
  • Nik Karpen – mixing assistant
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Meghan Foley – art direction
  • R Clint Colburn – artwork, illustration
  • Sandy Kim – photography

Track listing:

  1. Always Something
  2. Abardeen
  3. Indy Kidz
  4. Shake Me Down
  5. 2024
  6. Sell Yourself
  7. Rubber Ball
  8. Right Before My Eyes
  9. Around My Head
  10. Sabertooth Tiger
  11. Japanese Buffalo
  12. Flow