PRODUCER | ENGINEER | MIXER
Dave O’Donnell is a Grammy Award winning Producer, Mixer, and Engineer best known for his work with James Taylor, Keith Richards, John Mayer, Keith Urban, Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow, Keb Mo, Lyle Lovett, Smokey Robinson, and Ray Charles.
Biography
Dave began his career at the world-renowned Power Station working in a wide range of genres. The skill, experience, and dedication he brings to every project has led to long-lasting relationships with many of the artists with whom he has worked.
Dave co-produced, engineered and mixed James Taylor’s latest release, American Standard (Concord), which won the 2021 Grammy award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. He received the Best Jazz Vocal Album Grammy for Kurt Elling’s Dedicated To You, earned three nominations in the Best Engineered Album category (James Taylor’s Before This World, Aaron Neville’s Nature Boy and Deborah Cox’s Destination Moon) and an Album of the Year nomination for John Mayer’s Continuum. He’s also accrued five TEC Awards, and received two Emmy nominations for mixing The Kennedy Center Honors and the 2009 Official Inaugural Celebration.
Dave produced, recorded and mixed James Taylor’s Before This World (Concord), which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart, was nominated for three Grammys, and won the TEC Award for Outstanding Record Production/Album. He also engineered and mixed Keith Richards’ critically acclaimed album Crosseyed Heart (Virgin EMI), Bettye LaVette’s albums Things Have Changed and Blackbirds (Verve) both of which received Grammy nominations, and her latest 2023 release, LaVette! (Jay-Vee). Dave also mixed American Idol finalist Clark Beckham’s single “Need You”, and mixed and engineered Sheryl Crow’s 2019 album Threads (Big Machine).
More recently he’s been working on several independent productions, for artists including Lindsay Lou, Danielia Cotton, and Stella Katherine Cole.
Selected Discography
ARTIST
ALBUM
CREDITS
ARTIST
Bettye LaVette
ALBUM
LaVette! (Jay-Vee)
CREDITS
E, M
ARTIST
Lindsay Lou
ALBUM
Queen of Time (Kill Rock Stars)
CREDITS
P, E, M
ARTIST
Keith Richards
ALBUM
Winos Live in London '92 - 2022 Remaster (BMG)
CREDITS
M
ARTIST
James Maddock
ALBUM
Nightwork (Songs of Avenue C)
CREDITS
E, M
ARTIST
Danielia Cotton
ALBUM
"She Too" (Cottontown)
CREDITS
P, E, M
ARTIST
James Taylor
ALBUM
American Standard (Concord)
Grammy Award For Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, Non-Classical
CREDITS
P, E, M
ARTIST
Sheryl Crow
ALBUM
Threads (Big Machine)
CREDITS
E, M
ARTIST
Danielia Cotton
ALBUM
Good Day (Cottontown Records)
CREDITS
P, E, M
ARTIST
Bettye LaVette
ALBUM
Blackbirds (Verve)
CREDITS
E, M
ARTIST
Bettye LaVette
ALBUM
Things Have Changed (Verve)
CREDITS
E, M
ARTIST
Keith Richards
ALBUM
Crosseyed Heart (Virgin EMI)
CREDITS
E, M
ARTIST
James Taylor
ALBUM
Before This World (Concord)
CREDITS
P, E, M
ARTIST
Eric Clapton & Keith Richards
ALBUM
"Key to the Highway" from Crossroads Guitar Festival (Rhino)
CREDITS
M
ARTIST
Smokey Robinson
ALBUM
"Ain't That Peculiar" from Smokey & Friends (Verve)
CREDITS
co-P, E, M
ARTIST
John Mayer
ALBUM
Continuum (Columbia)
CREDITS
E
ARTIST
Katy Perry
ALBUM
"Birthday" from Prism (Capitol)
CREDITS
E
ARTIST
Heart
ALBUM
"Stairway to Heaven" from Live at Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)
CREDITS
M
ARTIST
Megan McCormick
ALBUM
Honest Words (Rykodisc)
CREDITS
P, E, M
ARTIST
Kelly Clarkson
ALBUM
"Why Don't You Try" from Stronger (RCA)
CREDITS
E
ARTIST
Boz Scaggs
ALBUM
"Rich Woman" from A Fool To Care (429)
CREDITS
M
*Credit Key: P – Producer, E – Engineer, M – Mixer
