John Leventhal

John Leventhal
Background information
Born December 18, 1952 (1952-12-18) (age 59)
New York City, New York
United States
Genres Country
Occupations Musician,
Composer
Record producer
Instruments Guitar, bass guitar, keyboard instruments, drums, Audio engineer
Associated acts Rosanne Cash

John Leventhal (born December 18, 1952) is a Grammy Award-winning musician, producer, songwriter, and recording engineer who has produced albums for Michelle Branch, Rosanne Cash, Marc Cohn, Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowell, Jim Lauderdale, Joan Osborne, Loudon Wainwright, The Wreckers and many others. As a musician he has worked with all of the above as well as artists such as Jackson Browne, Willie Nelson, Bruce Hornsby, Elvis Costello, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Charlie Haden, David Crosby, Levon Helm, Edie Brickell, Paul Simon, Patty Larkin, Susan Tedeschi, Steve Forbert, Kelly Willis and Johnny Cash. As a songwriter he has had over 100 songs recorded by various artists. In 1998 he won a Grammy Award for Record and Song of the year for producing and co-writing the song "Sunny Came Home" (a 1997 hit for Colvin). Albums he has produced have been nominated for a total of 11 Grammy Awards.[1] In 2005 he composed the score for the film Winter Solstice.[2]

Leventhal lives with his wife Rosanne Cash and their children in New York City.

References

  1. ^ "All Music". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p98008. Retrieved 2010-01-26. 
  2. ^ "Winter Solstice". TVGuide.com. http://movies.tvguide.com/winter-solstice/cast/137907. Retrieved 2010-01-26. 

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