DAVE O’DONNELL

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 AlbumHe 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

Featured Audio

1. Bettye LaVette "Hard to Be A Human" - E, M

4:40

2. Lindsay Lou "Shame" - P, E, M

4:31

3. Lindsay Lou feat. Jerry Douglas "Nothing Else Matters" - P, E, M

3:20

4. James Maddock "Runaway" - E, M

4:45

5. Danielia Cotton "She Too" - P, E, M

3:33

6. Keith Richards "Wicked As It Seems (Live in London '92) - 2022 Remaster" (Virgin/BMG) - M

5:14

7. Stella Katherine Cole "Invincible" - P, E, M

4:10

8. Danielia Cotton "Super Cool" (Cottontown Records) - P, E, M

3:54

9. Josh Groban "I Can See Clearly Now" (Reprise Records) - E, M

4:51

10. Bettye LaVette "Things Have Changed" (Verve) - E, M

6:59

11. Boz Scaggs "Rich Woman" from A Fool to Care (429) - M

2:59

12. Clark Beckham "I Need" - M

4:59

13. Heart "Stairway to Heaven" Live At the Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) - M

8:01

14. James Taylor "Today Today Today" (Concord) - P, E, M

3:09

15. James Taylor "Wichita Lineman" (Hear Music) - P, E, M

3:41

16. John Mayer "In Repair" (Columbia/Aware) - E

17. John Mayer "Waiting On The World To Change" (Columbia/Aware) - E

3:21

18. Katy Perry "Birthday" (Capitol) - E

19. Keith Richards "Amnesia" (Virgin EMI) - E, M

3:37

20. Sheryl Crow "Wouldn't Wanna Be Like You" - M

3:27

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