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Born	January 14, 1987 (age 33) Memphis, Tennessee
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Matt Ross-Spang is an American record producer, engineer, and mixer. His credits include such artists as Jason Isbell, Margo Price, John Prine and Elvis Presley.

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Life and career[edit]

Matt Ross-Spang, born in Memphis, Tennessee, began working at the Legendary Sun Studio when he was just 16, working his way from an intern to the Chief Engineer. Wanting to capture what made Sun Studio great, Ross-Spang championed hard to find, install, and use the same period equipment that Sam Phillips engineered with from the 1950s.^[1] His 11 years of dedication to Sun, and its signature sound, garnered national attention when it was featured by Lester Holt on NBC's Nightly News^[2] and the Today Show, as well as NPR's All Things Considered.^[3]

In 2015, Ross-Spang left Sun Studio to venture out on his own as an engineer and producer. His first project post-Sun was to engineer and mix Jason Isbell's 'Something More Than Free' for acclaimed Producer Dave Cobb.^[4] This record earned him his first Grammy Award.^[5] The record broke several records debuting at #1 on the Country, Rock, Folk, and Indie Charts. It also broke Americana Radio chart records, staying #1 for over 25 weeks. The record won Grammys for Best Americana Album and Best Americana Song for (24 Frames).

Ross-Spang has continued engineering for Dave Cobb on records by Mary Chapin Carpenter, Chris Isaak, The Rival Sons, Corb Lund, Lori Mckenna, Brett Dennen and the album 'Southern Family.'

Other recent releases include the latest Sheepdogs record, 'Future Nostalgia,'^[6] and the debut album by Margo Price. Price's album, entitled 'Midwest Farmer's Daughter', it was recorded in 2014 at Sun Studio^[7] and released on Third Man records. Engineered, mixed and co-produced by Ross-Spang,^[8] the record debuted this year in the top 10 Billboard country charts to critical acclaim.

In 2016, Ross-Spang was hired by Sony Records to mix 18 previously unreleased songs by Elvis Presley from his historic 1976 sessions from the Jungle Room at Graceland.^[9]

Later that year, Ross-Spang mixed and engineered the Lori McKenna album, The Bird and the Rifle, which later went on to be nominated for a Grammy Award for Best American Roots Album and Best American Roots Song by the Recording Academy.

2017 has seen the release of Sean Rowe's new album, Lore, which Ross-Spang produced and engineered. American Songwriter magazine gave the record 4 out of 5 stars.^[10]

In September 2018, Ross-Spang participated in Amazon Music's first 'Produced By' series, which asks producers to develop music exclusively for Amazon customers. His contributions include tracks from Al Green, Margo Price, John Prine, Erin Rae, and William Bell. ^[11]

Awards and recognition[edit]

Matt Ross-Spang worked as the engineer on The Fluffy Jackets' debut album 'Fighting Demons' featuring producer/ guitarist Manny Charlton (Nazareth) and bassist Neil Murray (Whitesnake). The album won the Best Studio Album of the Year Award for 2014, voted by listeners of The Blues Hour show in UK and France.

One year later, Ross-Spang won a Grammy Award for Jason Isbell's, 'Something More Than Free' in 2015.

The City of Memphis named him one of its '30 under 30' Memphians in 2015^[12]

In 2016, Ross-Spang was awarded the Key to the City of Memphis.^[13]

He was featured on the Working Class Audio podcast with Matt Boudreau.^[14] Legends casino yakima washington.

For their January/February 2017 issue, Tape Op magazine interviewed Ross-Spang about his past and the future of music production.^[15]

At the 2018 Grammy Awards, Ross-Spang received a Grammy for his work on Jason Isbell and the 400 unit's album, The Nashville Sound. The album received a Grammy Awards for Best Americana Album. Additionally, 'If We Were Vampires' won the Grammy for Best American Roots Song.

At the 2018 UK Americana Awards, Emily Barker's album, Sweet Kind of Blue, was nominated for Best Album of the Year.^[16] The dark knight rises slot rtp download.

Selected discography[edit]

Year	Album	Artist	Credits
2020	Getting into Knives	The Mountain Goats	Production, engineering, mixing
2020	The Unraveling	Drive-By Truckers	Mixing, Recording
2020	Bone Structure	Ron Pope	Mixing
2020	Josh Ritter & The Milk Carton Kids	Josh Ritter, The Milk Carton Kids	Mixing
2019	Down To The River	The Allman Betts Band	Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2019	99 Cent Dreams	Eli 'Paperboy' Reed	Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2019	The International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, August 23, 1969	Elvis Presley	Mixing
2019	Call Me Lucky	Dale Watson	Mixing
2019	Front Porch	Joy Williams	Engineer
2019	The Flood In Color	Joe Pug	Engineer
2019	The Dream And The Dreamer	Jeremy Ivey	Mixing
2019	Years To Burn	Calexico, Iron & Wine	Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2019	In League with Dragons	The Mountain Goats	Engineer
2018	The Tree of Forgiveness	John Prine	Engineer
2018	Lonesome as a Shadow	Charley Crockett	Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2018	Don't Let The Devil Ride	Paul Thorn	Engineer, Mixing
2018	Ancient Noise	Patrick Sweany	Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2018	To Rise You Gotta Fall	Nicki Bluhm	Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2018	Elvis Presley: The Searcher (Original Soundtrack)	Elvis Presley	Mastering, Mixing
2018	Encore	Anderson East	Engineer
2018	Among The Ghosts	Lucero	Engineer, Co-Producer, Mixing
2018	To The Sunset	Amanda Shires	Engineer
2018	Once In A Blue Moon	McKenna Bray	Engineer, Mixing
2018	Elvis Was A Love Affair	Dale Wat

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