English record producer, songwriter, and musician
Musical artist
Ethan Thomas Robert Johns (born 1969 in
Merton , London, England)
[1] is an English record producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Johns has worked with artists including
Ryan Adams ,
Kings of Leon ,
Paul McCartney ,
Ray LaMontagne ,
Tom Jones ,
Kaiser Chiefs ,
Rufus Wainwright ,
The Boxer Rebellion ,
Crowded House ,
Turin Brakes ,
Lauren Hoffman ,
The Vaccines ,
Laura Marling ,
The Staves , and
Crosby, Stills and Nash .
[2] In 2012, he won the
Brit Award for Best British Producer.
[3]
Although Johns is primarily a record producer, mixer and engineer, the multi-instrumentalist has also toured with acts including
Emmylou Harris ,
Ryan Adams ,
Ray LaMontagne and Tom Jones.
[4] He owns the indie record label Three Crows Music. Johns also runs Three Crows Records within
Warner/Atlantic .
[5] Johns is the son of notable record producer and engineer
Glyn Johns (
The Rolling Stones ,
Eric Clapton ,
Led Zeppelin and
The Who ).
[6]
[7]
Johns released his debut solo album Independent Years (1991) followed by
If Not Now Then When? on vinyl in November 2012,
[8] which was later released in other formats in February 2013.
[9]
[10] His second album titled The Reckoning was released in mid-2014, and was produced by
Ryan Adams .
[11] His third album
Silver Liner was released in November 2015.
[12] His fourth and most recent album Anamnesis was released in 2018. Johns spent 15 years in Los Angeles as a record producer and musician, but currently lives and continues to make records in England.
[4]
Discography
Solo discography
Selected production credits
As musician
Drums, guitar,
mandolin on
John Hiatt 's Stolen Moments (1990)
Drums on
Fish's
Internal Exile (1991)
Guitar on
Mike Peters & The Poets of Justice "Exodus Tour" (1992)
Guitar, Drums, Producer, on Andy Stine's Time Waits (1993).
Electric and acoustic guitar, drums, percussion, and
mandocello on
Crosby, Stills and Nash 's
After the Storm (1994)
Drums on Joe Satriani – Joe Satriani "Luminous Flesh Giants" (1995)
Guitar, drums, percussion,
omnichord ,
EBow , mandocello on
Emmylou Harris "Red Dirt Girl" (2000)
Guitar, drums, percussion, mandocello, marksaphone, optigon, dulcimer, synth bass on Emmylou Harris/Linda Ronstadt "Western Wall, The Tucson Sessions" (1999)
Drums, bass, mandolin, mandocello, keyboards, percussion and guitars on
Whiskeytown 's
Pnenmonia (2001) – also producer
Drums, guitar, mandocello, percussion,
Hammond organ , vocals on
Ryan Adams Gold (2001) – also producer
Drums and guitar on
Luthea Salom Out of Without (2001)
Guitar, percussion on
Tift Merritt Bramble Rose (2002) – also producer
Percussion, piano, drums, harmonium, bass and additional guitars on
Ray Lamontagne Trouble (2004) – also producer
Drums on
Dave Palmer's
Romance (2006) – also producer
Drums on
Ryan Adams
29 (2005) – also producer
Drums in the Backing band for the
Ray Lamontagne Tour for
Gossip in the Grain
Hammond organ,
celesta , mandolin,
mellotron , omnichord, electric and acoustic guitars,
ukulele ,
dobro , mandocello, bass,
tic tac bass ,
optigan , percussion on
Paolo Nutini
Sunny Side Up (2009) – also producer
Drums on
Howard Eliott Payne "Bright Light Ballads" (2009) – also producer
Conductor of
BBC Concert Orchestra on
BBC Music 's cover of
God Only Knows (2014) (also producer)
Drums, Guitar, Guitar (12 String Electric), Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Leslie), Musician, Shaker, Slide Guitar, Tiple, Vocal Harmony on Benmont Tench / You Should Be So Lucky (2014)
References
External links
International National Artists