American record producer and songwriter
Dann Huff
Birth name Dann Lee Huff Born (1960-11-15 ) November 15, 1960 (age 63) Origin
Nashville, Tennessee , U.S.
[1] Genres Occupation(s) Record producer songwriter Instrument(s) Years active 1976–present Formerly of
Musical artist
Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer, studio musician and songwriter.
[3] For his work as a producer in the
country music genre, he has won several awards, including the Musician of the Year award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the
Country Music Association Awards and the Producer of the Year award in 2006 and 2009 at the
Academy of Country Music .
[4] He is the father of American singer and songwriter
Ashlyne Huff , a member of
Giant and
White Heart and brother of drummer David Huff.
Career
Huff grew up in Nashville and attended
Brentwood Academy .
[5] His father, Ronn Huff, was an arranger, composer and conductor who wrote orchestrations for film and television and was the pops conductor for the
Nashville Symphony .
[6]
[7] Huff began his career as part of the original Christian rock band
White Heart in which he played with his brother David Huff,
[8]
[9] and later in the melodic
hard rock band
Giant . He has since then been active as a session guitarist and producer in both
rock music and
country music with his first guitar recording debut for
Ron Haffkine and
Kyle Lehning . In the 1980s, Huff played guitar on albums for
Michael Jackson ,
Amy Grant ,
Scritti Politti ,
Whitesnake ,
Roger Hodgson ,
Steven Curtis Chapman ,
Doro Pesch ,
Juice Newton ,
Michael W. Smith ,
Whitecross ,
Peter Cetera and
George Benson ,
[10]
Whitney Houston 's debut album
Whitney Houston ,
Barbra Streisand ,
[11]
Kenny Rogers ,
[12]
Warren Hill and more.
[13]
[14] Since the 1990s, Huff has been working as a producer for various bands and artists, touring with Hank Williams, Jr, some of which include
Faith Hill ,
Megadeth ,
Rebecca St. James ,
Rascal Flatts
[15] and
Lonestar .
[16]
The songs Huff has played on include
Whitesnake 's 1987 US radio version of "
Here I Go Again "
[17] and
Michael W. Smith 's
Go West Young Man .
[18]
In 2012, Huff produced three songs with
Nathan Chapman for
Taylor Swift 's fourth studio album,
Red .
[19]
Collaborations
References
^ Dillon, Charlotte.
"Dann Huff biography" .
AllMusic . Retrieved July 25, 2011 .
^ Dunkerley, Beville (June 11, 2014).
"Dann Huff on Faith, Keith and Rock-Infused Country" . Rolling Stone . Retrieved April 5, 2021 .
^
"Producer Profile: Dann Huff" . Rolling Stone . June 11, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2015 .
^
"Winner" . Academy of Country Music . Retrieved December 16, 2016 . Enter Dann Huff in the search field.
^ "Eagles" Brentwood Academy Yearbook . Nashville: Brentwood Academy. 1978.
^ Bostick, Alan (January 23, 2000).
"Manchester at ease with orchestra" . The Tennessean . p. 10F. Retrieved March 21, 2018 .
^ Oermann, Rober K. (May 25, 1983).
"Tree signs Ronn Huff To Key Post" . The Tennessean . p. 1D. Retrieved March 21, 2018 .
^ Rosenthal, Traja (March 14, 1987).
"White Heart Beats" .
Lodi News-Sentinel . Lodi, California, USA. p. 5. Retrieved September 24, 2010 .
^
Cusic, Don (2009).
Encyclopedia of contemporary Christian music: pop, rock, and worship .
Greenwood Publishing Group . p. 461.
ISBN
978-0-313-34425-1 .
^
"20 20 by George Benson @ARTISTdirect" . ARTISTdirect . Archived from
the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2015 .
^
"Emotion by Barbra Streisand @ARTISTdirect" . ARTISTdirect . Archived from
the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2015 .
^
"What About Me by Kenny Rogers @ARTISTdirect" . ARTISTdirect . Archived from
the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2015 .
^
Songs and Albums on which Dann Huff played on
^
Biography of Giant/Dan Huff on Allmusic.com
^ Tucker, Ken (April 15, 2006).
"Hitting the high notes" .
Billboard .
e5 Global Media . p. 38. Retrieved September 4, 2010 .
^
"Lonely Grill - Lonestar - Credits - AllMusic" .
AllMusic . Retrieved August 29, 2016 .
^
Prown, Pete ;
Newquist, HP (1997).
Legends of rock guitar: The essential reference of rock's greatest guitarists .
Hal Leonard Corporation . p. 211.
ISBN
0-7935-4042-9 .
^
"1990 album: Go West Young Man" . Artist Direct. Archived from
the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2009 .
^
"Red - Taylor Swift | Credits" . AllMusic.
^
"Lead Me On - Amy Grant | AllMusic" . AllMusic.
^
"Jesus Freak - dc Talk | AllMusic" . AllMusic.
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