Frank Liddell

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Frank Liddell
Birth nameFrank Austin Liddell III
Born (1963-11-13) November 13, 1963 (age 60)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Origin Nashville, Tennessee
Genres Country
Occupation(s) Record producer
Years active1990s-present
Spouse(s)
(m. 1999)

Frank Austin Liddell III (born November 13, 1963) [1] is an American record producer. A former artists and repertoire director at Decca Records, he founded Carnival Music in 1999. [2] Liddell is also married to singer Lee Ann Womack, [3] for whom he has produced. [4] Other acts that Liddell produces include Eli Young Band, David Nail, and the first six studio albums by Miranda Lambert. [5] [6]

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Liddell won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album in 2015 for Lambert's Platinum . He has also won the Academy of Country Music's Album of the Year award three times: for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend in 2008, [7] Revolution in 2010, [8] and for Four the Record in 2012. [9]

Production discography

Aubrie Sellers

David Nail

Eli Young Band

Kellie Pickler

Lee Ann Womack

Miranda Lambert

Pistol Annies

Others

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