Don Dixon (musician)

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Don Dixon
Born (1950-12-13) December 13, 1950 (age 73)
Lancaster, South Carolina, U.S.
Genres Alternative country
Rock music
Folk music
Jangle pop
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, producer, musician
Instrument(s)Vocals, bass, guitar
Years active1980s–present
Labels Enigma Records
Capitol Records
Gadfly Records
123 Records
Arcade Records
Sugar Hill Records
Dixon Archival Remnants

Don Alan Dixon [1] (born December 13, 1950) is an American record producer, songwriter, and musician. [2] He is considered to be one of the key producers of what is called the jangle pop movement of the early 1980s, including working with R.E.M. and The Smithereens. [3] [4]

Contents

Early life

Dixon was born in Lancaster, South Carolina. [2] He says he learned to play the bass guitar in junior high school "because of the control that it offered". [5] He said, "I bought a bass, one of those great Danelectro Silvertones, and I wish I had it back. From Sears for $79. Then a few months later I really liked upright, so I found an old upright in a church in Charlotte, and just was sort of self-taught on those things, but I could read music." [5] At the age of fifteen, he made his first recording, playing upright bass with jazz musician Louis McGloughn in Charlotte, North Carolina. [3] [5] He also sang in church. [3]

Dixon attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill), where his roommate was the writer Bruce Brooks. [3] [2]

Career

Arrogance

Dixon and several fellow freshmen at the UNC-Chapel Hill formed the band Arrogance. [6] He shared lead vocals, played the bass, and also wrote songs. [6] Arrogance recorded six albums and helped create a local music scene. [7] [6] [8] Before breaking up in 1983, Arrogance became North Carolina's top local act. [9] Dixon spent thirteen years as a member of Arrogance and learned the essence of record production during this time, producing all of the band's independent albums. [9] He says, "Even though Arrogance never made it big nationally, we did play all over the eastern part of the country and we did release six albums. In fact, we really did help pioneer the independent approach to putting out albums in the '70s. …We took it upon ourselves to play original music in clubs, to force club owners and audiences to realize that new music doesn't have to come from someplace else." [9]

Producer

Dixon was still playing with Arrogance in 1982 when Mitch Easter asked him to co-produce R.E.M.'s debut LP Murmur and their 1984 follow–up LP Reckoning. [9] Dixon and Easter are credited in the Reckoning liner notes as "Machinists". [9] Dixon says, "We thought R.E.M. had a neat, unique thing, and we wanted to protect it and allow it to grow without putting it in that pressure to sell as many records as possible. We didn't feel we had to change their arrangements that much, because they were eccentric enough already. We did add an underpinning, a substrata to hold it together and make it sound like something more than just another guitar, bass and drums band. There's all kinds of found art on those records: slowed-down tapes of them playing pool, noises coming in and out, additional guitars. It's not like we sat around and talked about it for months; we did it as we did it, which is still my approach to producing." [9]

Dixon then spent several years producing artists such as Chris Stamey (formerly of The dB's), The Smithereens, Fetchin Bones, Richard Barone (formerly of The Bongos), Guadalcanal Diary, and Marshall Crenshaw. [9] [10] Tommy Keene's Run Now EP is considered to be a highlight of this era of Dixon's work. [4]

Dixon met with Nirvana as a potential producer for Nevermind . [11] According to Dixon, both the label and the band were agreeable to the collaboration. [11] Dixon said, "I loved these demos that he [ Gary Gersh of Geffen Records] sent me and I flew out days after I got my first cassette. They still didn’t have words for ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit.’ ‘Lithium’ was done and it was almost exactly like it is on the record. They sent me four or five songs, I loved them and I thought it was great. So I went out and spent some time in Tacoma. It looked like it was going to happen and then I asked for too much money—well, me and my people did." [11] However, Dixon concludes, “I was really sad that I didn't get to make the record, because I liked those songs, but I think Butch [Vig] probably made a better record than I would have. I wouldn't have made him doubletrack his voice." [11]

Working with Easter at Fidelitorium Recordings in Kernersville, North Carolina, Dixon produced Mixed Reality , the sixth studio album by American alternative rock band Gin Blossoms. [12] It was released on June 15, 2018, on Cleopatra Records. [12]

Solo artist

Dixon became a solo performer in 1983. [8] In 1985, success as a producer led to Dixon's solo debut Most of the Girls Like to Dance But Only Some of the Boys Like To, a collection of early demos. [13] This album reflected his love of classic pop melodies and spiky, Nick Lowe-inspired word play. [14] In 1987, Dixon recorded Romeo at Juilliard described as Big Star–style power pop. Chi-Town Budget Show (1988) was a recording of a Chicago's Park West nightclub broadcast. [13] In 1989, his album EEE featured the Uptown Horns. [14]

In 1992 Restless Records released a Don Dixon "Best Of" album entitled (If) I'm A Ham, Well You're A Sausage. [13] In 1995, after taking time off to raise a family, Dixon released Romantic Depressive , a somewhat darker–themed album. [14] In 1996, he produced the original cast recording of King Mackerel & The Blues Are Running (Songs And Stories of the Carolina Coast) which featured Bland Simpson (Red Clay Ramblers) and author/composer Jim Wann. [15]

After four years, he released The Invisible Man (2000), an album about mortality, with songs from the viewpoints of people of various ages. [16] Note Pad #38 in 2001 was an odds–and–ends collection of unreleased material from his solo career. [14] In 2006, he released The Entire Combustible World in One Small Room, a concept album revolving around rooms in a house. [17] In 2014, Dixon released High & Filthy & Borderline, based on the lives of a male and a female assassin. [11] [18]

Collaborations

Dixon and wife Marti Jones released the download-only album Lucky Stars: New Lullabies for Old Souls in 2008. [19] A departure from their previous sound, this project began as a request from a friend who was putting together an album of lullabies to sell in hospitals to new parents. [19] The album featured six songs with vocals and five instrumentals. [19]

Although Dixon and his wife Marti Jones have collaborated on each other's albums for years, in 2011 they released Living Stereo, their first proper duet album. [11] On June 23, 2011, they played a five-song set together on NPR's Mountain Stage . [20] Dixon says, "It's really a pleasure working with Marti because we have a lot of common sensibilities. When we get a nice creative thing going, it keeps on going without little stumbling blocks. It ends up being challenging without being frustrating." [9]

In 2008, Dixon released The Nu-Look with The Jump Rabbits, his bandmates of more than 20 years: Jamie Hoover of The Spongetones and Jim Brock. [21] [8]

Around 2009, Dixon began playing bass with Mary Chapin Carpenter’s touring band. [22] [20]

Acting

Publications

In 2009, a book of his song lyrics, Songs 101: the Lyrics of Don Dixon, was published by VanZeno Press. [25]

Personal life

While producing for A&M Records, Dixon met singer/artist Marti Jones who was from Uniontown, Ohio. [22] Dixon said, "We became friends while working on her first album, Unsophisticated Time. Good platonic friends, not just professional friends. Later on, after that first record was released, I realized that I wanted to be with her all the time." [22] They married in 1988. [26] The couple have a daughter, born in 1991. [22] The family lives in Canton, Ohio. [22]

In 2001, Dixon suffered a heart attack while running with his wife near their home in Canton. As he was uninsured, having purposely let it lapse a few months earlier, Dixon incurred a sizeable medical bill from his hospital visit. [27] In July 2001, an R.E.M. tribute show at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, North Carolina, doubled as a benefit for Dixon, to help defray the medical costs. [28]

Discography

Studio albums

Compilations

Live album

Arrogance

Don Dixon and Marti Jones

Don Dixon & the Jump Rabbits

Performs on

Production credits

As producer

ArtistTitleLabelYearReference
Rod Abernethy SoloAvanti
The Accelerators Leave My Heart Dolphin Records 1983 [35]
The Accelerators The Accelerators Profile Records 1987 [35]
Chris AllenGoodbye Girl and the Big Apple CircusRosa
Chris AllenThings UnbrokenRosa
Mark & Micah Atkinson Land of Broken AngelsIndependent2017 [7]
The Backsliders Southern Lines Mammoth Records 1999 [7]
John BareLassie James Songbook Vol. I2019 [36]
Richard Barone Primal DreamParadox/MCA Records 1990 [33]
Matt BarrettThe RuseMoonlight
Beat Rodeo Staying Out Late with Beat RodeoZensor/IRS
Bell & Cooper Forty Words for FearGaff2003 [7]
Bell & CooperPostcards Out of the BlueDogjaw2008 [7]
Jim BrockTropic AffaireReference1989 [7]
Brotherhood Of Peace Cuttin' Loose Avanti Records 1976 [37]
Mark Bryan 30 On A Rail Atlantic Records 2000 [7]
The Buzz of Delight Sound Castles DB Records 1984 [38]
Kim Carnes Gypsy Honeymoon EMI 1993 [7]
The Carpenter Ants Picnic with the LordAlpo Records2000
The Carpenter AntsInsect BallAlpo Records2004
The Carpenter AntsAnts in Your Pants Alpo Records2005 [39]
The Carpenter AntsAnts & UnclesAlpo Records2012 [39]
Andrew Cash BoomtownIsland Canada1989 [7]
David Childers and the Modern Don JuansRoom 23Silver Meteor/Ramseur Records2011 [40]
David ChildersRun Skeleton RunRamseur Records2017 [41]
John Cody Duke Street Records/MCA Canada2012
The Connells Darker Days TVT Records 1985 [7]
Contenders The ContendersGadfly2002 [7]
Marshall Crenshaw Mary Jean & 9 Others Warner Bros. 1987 [7]
Kyle DavisRaising Heroes N2K Encoded Music 1998 [7]
Pat DiNizio Songs And Sounds VelVel/BMG Records 1997
Don DixonMost of The Girls Like To Dance...But Only Some of the Boys DoMega DK / Demon UK / Enigma US1985 [13] [7]
Don DixonRomeo at Juilliard Enigma Records 1987 [13] [7]
Don DixonChi-Town Budget ShowEnigma Records1988 [7]
Don Dixon EEE Enigma Records1989 [13] [7]
Don DixonIf I'm a Ham, Well You're a Sausage Restless Records 1993 [7]
Don DixonNotepad #38Dixon Archival Records2001 [13]
Don DixonThe Entire Combustible World in One Small Room 125 Records 2006 [13] [7]
Dumptruck Positively Dumptruck Enigma Records1986 [7]
The Edison Project Do You Remember Rock and Rock? Edison Project 2007 [42] [43]
emmet swimming Arlington To Boston Epic Records/Sony 1996 [7]
The Fabulous Knobs The Fabulous KnobsMoonlight1980 [44]
Fast Annie Unsafe at Any Speed Chelsea Records 1976
Dip Ferrell Unplugged House Party CB Baby / Patman & Robin2012 [7]
Dip Ferrell & The TruetonesCentral Avenue Arcade Records 2009 [7]
Fetchin Bones Cabin Flounder DB Records 1984 [7]
Fetchin Bones Bad Pumpkin Capitol 1985
Fetchin BonesGalaxie 500DB Records / Capitol1987 [7]
Moxy Früvous ThornhillBottom Line / BMG Records1999 [7]
Ruth Gerson Fools & KingsOrc2000 [7]
Gin Blossoms Mixed Reality Cleopatra Records 2018 [7]
The Graphic People in Glass Dolphin Music 1984
GreerBetween Two WorldsSugarbush1973
Guadalcanal Diary Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man DB Records1984 [7]
Guadalcanal Diary2x4 Elektra 1987 [7]
Guadalcanal DiaryFlip-FlopElektra1989 [7]
The Hangups Second Story Restless Records / BMG Records 1999 [7]
Hey Mavis Red WineSelf-Release2010 [45]
Hey MavisHoney ManSelf-Release2013 [45]
Mary Hott & The Carpenter AntsDevil in the Hills: Coal Country ReckoningMary Hott2021 [7]
Hootie & the Blowfish "City By A River"
Hootie & the BlowfishScattered Covered & SmotheredAtlantic Records2000 [7]
Hootie & the Blowfish"Use Me"Atlantic Records2000
In Tua Nua The Long AcreVirgin UK1988 [7]
Marti Jones Unsophisticated Time A&M Records 1985 [4] [30]
Marti JonesMatch Game A&M Records 1986 [30]
Marti JonesUsed Guitars A&M Records 1988 [30]
Marti JonesAny Kind of LieRCA Records1990 [30]
Marti JonesLive at Spirit SquareSugar Hill Records1996 [30]
Marti Jones My Long-Haired Life Sugar Hill Records1996 [30]
Marti JonesMy Tidy Doily Dream Dixon Archival Remnants2002 [30]
Tommy KeenePlaces That Are GoneDolphin Music1984
Tommy KeeneBack Again...TryDolphin Music1984
Tommy Keene Songs from the Film Geffen Records 1986 [7]
Tommy KeeneRun NowGeffen Records1986 [4] [7]
Tommy Keene The Real Underground Alias Records 1993 [7]
Tommy KeeneTommy Keene You Hear Me: A Retrospective 1983 – 2009 Second Motion Records 2010 [7]
The Killer Whales The Killer WhalesMoonlight1981
Kevin LeeReslessMCA1993 [7]
GB Leighton Shake Them GhostsCC Entertainment / MTM Music 2007 [7]
Let's Active CypressIRS1984 [7]
Little Eden Back to...Little EdenParlophone / Warner2012 [7]
Michael McDermott GethsemaneSBK1993 [7]
James McMurtry Where'd You Hide The BodyColumbia/Sony1995 [7]
Jeff O'Kelley Just Passing ThroughBuddy Dog Records2004 [7]
Dottie Pearson A House Made of LoveGrapevine2003 [7]
The Pinetops Above Ground And VerticalSoundproof/Monolyth2000 [7]
The Pressure Boys RangledoonRoot-a-Doot1984 [46]
Red Clay Ramblers YonderRCR Records2001 [7]
The Reivers SaturdayDB/Capitol1987 [7]
R.E.M. Murmur I.R.S. Records 1983 [4] [7]
R.E.M. Reckoning I.R.S. Records1984 [7]
R.E.M. Dead Letter Office I.R.S. Records1987 [7]
R.E.M. Eponymous I.R.S. Records1988 [7]
R.E.M. Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982 – 2011 Warner Bros.2011 [7]
Rosavelt The Story of GasolineGaff2004 [7]
Kelley RyanTwistCB Baby / Manatee2010 [7]
Kelley RyanTelescopeManatee Records2017 [7]
Sid Selvidge I Should Be Blue Archer Records 2010 [7]
Bland Simpson Follow You All Over the WorldGaff2003 [7]
The Smithereens Especially for You Enigma1986 [7]
The Smithereens Green Thoughts Capitol1988 [7]
The Smithereens A Date with the Smithereens RCA 1994 [32]
The Smithereens Attack of the Smithereens Capital1995 [7]
The Smithereens God Save the Smithereens Velvet / Koch1999 [7]
The Smithereens From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology Capital2004 [7]
The Smithereens 2011 E1 Music 2011 [7]
SnagglepussThe Country Club Sessions2001 [47]
SnagglepussParading Around in the AltogetherCoolidge Records2003 [47]
SnagglepusThe Sound ReportCoolidge Records2007 [47]
SneakersSneakersCarnivorous1976 [7]
SneakersIn The RedCarnivorous1978 [7]
SneakersNonsequitur of Silence Collector's Choice Music 2007 [7]
The Spongetones Where-Ever-LandPermanent Press Records1987 [7]
Treva Spontaine S'il Vous PlaitMoonlight1982
Chris Stamey It's a Wonderful LifeDB Records1983 [29] [7]
Chris StameyInstant ExcitementCoyote / TwinTone / A & M1984 [48]
Surfaholics Tiki-A-Go-GoPixler Discs2020
Matthew Sweet Inside Columbia1986 [7]
TrevaBetter Late than NeverAvert1999 [7]
US Secret ServiceUS Secret ServiceMoonlight1980
Volatile Baby Traveling LightSilverMeteor2006 [7]
Jim Wann Sings Johnny Mercer; Pardon My Southern Accent vol 1Creekmore2002 [49]
Wednesday Week What We HadEnigma1987 [7]
The WindbreakersTerminalMark Records / Minotauro1985 [4]
X-teens Big Boy's DreamMoonlight1980 [50]
X-teensEponymousDolphin Music1982 [50]
X-teensLove & PoliticsDolphin Music1984 [50]
Original Cast Recording King Mackerel & The Blues Are Running Sugar Hill Records1996
various artistsJesus: The Epic Mini-series (soundtrack)Sparrow / Capitol2000 [7]
various artistsFour Decades of Folk Music Time-Life Music 2007 [7]
various artistsA Very Special Christmas Playlist Plus Hip O Records / Universal2008 [7]
various artistsThe Del Shannon Tribute: Song Writer, vol. 1Rockbeat Records2013 [7]
various artistsStrum & Thum: The American Jangle Underground 1983–1987 Captured Tracks 2021 [7]

Additional credits

ArtistTitleLabel, Other notesDateContributionReference
Arrogance Rumors Vanguard Records 1976arrangements [7]
Arrogance Suddenly Warner Bros. 1980engineer [7]
Arrogance The 5'11" Record Gaff Music2002engineer [7]
austroPuppees You Win the BrideHightone1996engineer, mixing [7]
John BareLassie James Songbook Vol. I2019composer [51]
Blood Incarnation Timewave Zero Century Media Records 2022cover art [7]
Bop Dead Where Robots Go to DieFishhead Records1997mixing [7]
Rosanne Cash She Remembers Everything Blue Note Records 2018photography [7]
David Clayton-Thomas A Blues for the New WorldILS Group2013cover photo [7]
David Clayton-ThomasCanadianaAntoinette / Linus Entertainment 2016photography [7]
Joe Cocker Night Calls Capital Records 1992composer [7]
Joe Cocker Heart & Soul EMI 2004composer [7]
Marshall Crenshaw Live: My Truck is My Home Razor & Tie 1994composer [7]
Counting Crows August and Everything After: Live at Town Hall Eagle Records 2011composer [7]
Mike Cross Bounty Hunter Sugar Hill Records 1979engineer, remixer [7]
Escape from EarthThree Seconds TestCupcake2004cover art [7]
FeedbagStickfigureMonolyth1998mixer [7]
Gee Dawg 'n' Joe Boy They Don't UnderstandMenace Entertainment1996engineer [7]
The Golden Palominos Blast of Silence Charly Records 1986composer [7]
The Golden PalominosSurrealistic SurferDressed to Kill2001composer [7]
The Golden PalominosRun Pony Run: An Essential CollectionFull 20002002composer [7]
Michael Kaeshammer Something New Linus Records 2018photography [7]
Michael KaeshammerNo FilterIdia2017photography [7]
Fred Koller Sweet Baby FredAppaloosa1998composer [7]
Bill MullsDreamland The Orchard 1999composer [7]
Amy Rigby Little Fugitive Signature Sounds Recordings 2005audio engineer, mixing [7]
Robin Rogers Treat Me Right Blind Pig Records 2008horn arrangements [7]
Ronnie Spector Unfinished Business Lemon Recordings1987composer [7]
The Spongetones Odd FellowsGadfly Records2000sequences [7]
Sally Spring Made of StarrsSniffinpup Record2010tray photographs [7]
Sue Thompson Golden ClassicCollectibles1995composer [7]
Daniel Whittington Taking You HomeDaniel Whittington / Rhodes2010mixing [7]

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