Players & Singers

Nashville Studio Live works with A-list musicians and singers across multiple genres including country, pop, rock and jazz.

Above and beyond our engineering and production experience, a big part of the reason our recordings have gone on to industry success is that we use the absolute best session musicians and singers available in the industry. It’s not an exaggeration to say that on your recording you could have the Grammy-winning guitarist from Bonnie Raitt’s band, the Academy of Country Music’s bass player of the year and Kelly Clarkson’s keyboard player. Many of the singers we’ve used (Gretchen Wilson, Jimmy Wayne, and Chris Barron [lead singer for the Spin Doctors] to name a few) have gone on to major label /multi-platinum careers themselves.

The Singers

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    Listen to a few of the male singers we work with to see which voice best fits your song

    Tim Buppert

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    Matt Dame

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    Dillon Dixon

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    Luc Doppler

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    Ken Johnson

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    Red Marlowe

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    Kevin McGee

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    Erika Chambers

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    Christye Cornelius

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    Melissa Cusick

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    Megan James

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    Stephanie Jones

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    Shelly Rann

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    Britt Savage

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    Hillary Wicht

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The Players

  • guitar
    • Pat Buchanan – (ACM Guitarist of the year) Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, Ray Davies
    • Mark Gillespie – Trace Adkins
    • George Marinelli – Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Hornsby, James Taylor
    • Mike Severs – Alabama, Don McLean
    • Kenny Vaughn – Lucinda Williams
  • pedal steel
    • Bruce Bouton – Garth Brooks
    • Russ Pahl – Rascal Flatts, Vince Gill
  • mandolin
    • Mark Gillespie – Trace Adkins
    • Andy Leftwich – Ricky Skaggs
  • piano/hammond organ
    • Steve Conn – Bonnie Raitt, Sonny Landreth
    • Catherine Marx – Reba McEntire, Kelly Clarkson
  • bass
    • Charlie Chadwick – Shelby Lynne, David Lee Roth
    • Dave Francis – Pam Tillis, Trisha Yearwood, Lee Roy Parnell
    • Byron House – Emmylou Harris, Sam Bush
    • Steve Mackey – Dolly Parton
    • Dave Pomeroy – Vince Gill, Steve Winwood, Larry Carlton
  • drums/percussion
    • Nick Buda – Taylor Swift
    • Glen Caruba – Jimmy Buffett, Raul Malo
    • Fred Eltringham – The Wallflowers, Jakob Dylan
    • John Gardner – The Dixie Chicks
    • Paul Griffith – John Prine, Todd Snider
    • Bob Mater – Brenda Lee, The Everly Brothers
    • Vinnie Santoro – Johnny Cash, Shania Twain
  • strings
    • John Catchings – Ben Folds, Lady Antebellum, Faith Hill
    • Peter Hyrka – Keith Urban, Duane Eddy
    • Andy Leftwich – Ricky Skaggs
    • Jonathan Yudkin – (ACM String Player of the year) Taylor Swift
    • Andrea Zonn – Lyle Lovett, James Taylor
  • horns/woodwinds
    • Jim Hoke – Mark Knopfler, Alan Jackson
    • Neil Rosengarden – Aretha Franklin, Cab Calloway