Adam Bednarik (born October 1, 1982) is an American producer, audio engineer, and bassist. He is known for his long-term work with the American singer, songwriter, and guitar player Justin Townes Earle. [1] [2] Bednarik has also worked with artists including Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection, J. D. Simo, William Tyler, Steelism and Carl Broemel of My Morning Jacket, Tchad Blake, Coupler, Kort, Cortney Tidwell, Hands Off Cuba, Meadownoise, Luella and the Sun [3] and Thrift Wig.
Bednarik was the house engineer at the Nashville-based historical House of David Recording Studio from 2002 to 2012. [2]
In 2010, Bednarik recorded, mixed, and produced Behold the Spirit by William Tyler [4] and in 2012 recorded and mixed Wanda Jackson's album Unfinished Business which was produced by Justin Townes Earle. [2]
In 2014 he recorded and co-produced Justin Townes Earle's companion albums, Single Mothers and Absent Fathers . [5] Bednarik also worked in an A&R capacity for Earle's 2017 release, Kids in the Street [6] and later went on to produce, record, and play bass on Earle's eighth album, The Saint of Lost Causes . [7]
In 2019, Bednarik produced the single "Cliff House Kids" for Meadownoise which was released by YK Records. [8] [9]
Bednarik produced, mixed, played bass and created the cover art for JD Simo's album Mind Control that was released in 2021. [10]
In August 2024, a posthumous release of Justin Townes Earle’s All In: Unreleased & Rarities (The New West Years), a compilation of unheard demos and rare material was released on New West Records. It was compiled and Produced by Bednarik and Kim Buie. [11] [12] [13]
| Year | Album | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | All In: Unreleased & Rarities (The New West Years) | Producer, engineer, electric bass, upright bass |
| 2021 | Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection | Electric bass, upright bass |
| 2019 | The Saint of Lost Causes | Producer, engineer, electric bass, upright bass |
| 2017 | Kids in the Street | A&R |
| 2016 | The Essential Gretchen Peters | Engineer |
| 2015 | Absent Fathers | Producer, engineer |
| 2014 | Single Mothers | Producer, engineer |
| 2014 | Lost in Alphaville | Engineer |
| 2014 | Dead Man's Town: A Tribute to Born in the U.S.A. | Engineer, mixing |
| 2012 | Unfinished Business | Engineer, mixing |
| 2012 | Sing the Delta | Engineer |
| 2012 | Pas Tout La | Engineer |
| 2012 | Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now | Engineer, mixing |
| 2012 | Mercyland: Hymns for the Rest of Us | Assistant engineer |
| 2011 | Mine Is Yours | Assistant engineer |
| 2011 | Invariable Heartache | Upright bass |
| 2011 | I Love Tom T. Hall's Songs of Fox Hollow | Mixing |
| 2010 | Rain on the City | Assistant engineer |
| 2012 | Harlem River Blues | Engineer, mixing |
| 2010 | Crows | Assistant engineer |
| 2010 | Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine | Engineer, mixing |
| 2010 | Behold the Spirit | Producer, engineer, mixing, bass |
| 2010 | 35 Years Bear Family Records | Engineer |
| 2009 | Traces | Engineer |
| 2009 | Midnight at the Movies | Engineer |
| 2009 | Boys | Upright bass |
| 2008 | The Good Life | Engineer, mixing |
| 2008 | OH (Ohio) | Assistant engineer |
| 2008 | Mission Door | Assistant engineer |
| 2008 | Early | Assistant engineer |
| 2007 | Topaz City | Engineer |
| 2007 | Something in Between | Engineer, mixing |
| 2007 | Luminous | Engineer, mixing |
| 2007 | Don't Believe a Word | Assistant engineer |
| 2006 | The Rockin' Country Piano: Tribute to Toby Keith | Assistant engineer |
| 2006 | Pickin' on Josh Turner: The Bluegrass Tribute | Assistant engineer |
| 2006 | Pickin' on Billy Currtington | Assistant engineer |
| 2006 | My Other Band Vol. 1 | Engineer |
| 2006 | Human Condition | Engineer |
| 2006 | The Beatific Visions | Assistant engineer |
| 2005 | Tin Lily | Engineer |
| 2005 | The Art of Virtue | Engineer |
| 2005 | Palmhenge | Assistant engineer |
| 2005 | O Come Look at the Burning | Assistant engineer |
| 2005 | Made of Mud | Assistant engineer, bass |
| 2005 | John Davis | Assistant engineer |
| 2005 | In the Cool | Assistant engineer |
| 2004 | Dare to be Small | Assistant engineer, bass |
| 2004 | Tumblers and Grit | Assistant engineer |
| 2004 | The Portable Kate Campbell | Engineer |
| 2004 | Sing Me Out | Assistant engineer |
| 2004 | Plow to the End of the Row | Assistant engineer |
| 2004 | Pickin' On Trace Adkins: A Bluegrass Tribute | Assistant engineer |
| 2004 | A Songwriter's Tribute to George Strait, Vol. 1 | Assistant engineer |
| 2002 | Freedom's Child | Assistant engineer |
| 2002 | What We Lost | Assistant engineer |
| 2002 | Pools That Swell with the Rain | Assistant engineer |
| 2021 | Mind Control (2021 release) | Producer, mixing, bass, artwork |
| 2002 | It Don't Come Easy | Engineer |
| 2002 | In the Middle of It | Engineer |