Matt Ross-Spang

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Matt Ross-Spang
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Born (1987-01-14) January 14, 1987 (age 37)
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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Matt Ross-Spang is an American Grammy award winning record producer, engineer, and mixer. His credits include such artists as Jason Isbell, Margo Price, Al Green, John Prine and Elvis Presley.

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Life and career

Matt Ross-Spang, born in Memphis, Tennessee, began working at the 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 record 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 ("24 Frames").

Ross-Spang 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 , 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]

Ross-Spang has been a regular collaborator with The Mountain Goats, engineering their album In League With Dragons (2019), and producing both Getting Into Knives (2019) [12] and Dark in Here (2021). [13]

In 2020, Ross-Spang's mid century modern home was featured in Memphis Magazine, "From the tile floors to the original light fixtures, the 1957 home is remarkably preserved." [14]

In 2021, Ross-Spang opened Southern Grooves, his 3,000-square-foot recording studio. The building process started in August 2020, with acousticians Steven Durr and Matt Schlachter. The studio occupies space, on the second floor of Crosstown Concourse. The studio consists of a live room, control room, a long hallway (for reverb) echo chamber, a lounge, office, tech shop and an EMT plate reverb room. [15] "The undulating ceiling and lack of 90-degree angles or parallel surfaces in the live room reportedly give the impression that the space is a lot bigger than it is". [15] Memphis Business Journal quoted, "One of the most distinctive features of Southern Grooves is the small, closet-sized echo chamber. The walls are designed at odd angles, and they're heavily plastered". [16] “I knew I didn’t want acoustic tile,” Ross-Spang says, opting instead for the burlap-and-wood design favored by such iconic Memphis facilities as Stax Records and Ardent Studios. “I also knew I wanted an angled ceiling, because Sam Phillips did that at Sun and Phillips Recording. I’ve always loved that look and sound.” [17]

Awards and recognition

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 [18]

In 2016, Ross-Spang was awarded the Key to the City of Memphis. [19]

He was featured on the Working Class Audio podcast with Matt Boudreau. [20]

For their January/February 2017 issue, Tape Op magazine interviewed Ross-Spang about his past and the future of music production. [21]

At the 2017 Grammy Awards, Lori McKenna's The Bird & The Rifle (engineered and mixed by Ross-Spang) was nominated for Best American Roots Album, Best American Roots Performance, and Best American Roots Song. [22]

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. [23]

At the 2019 Grammy Awards, John Prine's The Tree of Forgiveness (engineered by Ross-Spang) was nominated for Best Americana Album, Best American Roots Song,

At the 2020 Grammy Awards, Iron & Wine / Calexico received two nominations with their Ross-Spang produced album Years to Burn. [24] That same year, Don Bryant received a nomination for Best Traditional Blues Album forYou Make Me Feel, mixed by Ross-Spang. [25]

At the 2024 Grammy Awards, Ross-Spang had seven nominations, and earned two trophies during the ceremonies. He co-produced Blind Boys of Alabama's "Echoes of the South" which won in the Best Roots Gospel Album. Ross-Spang also co-engineered Jason Isbell’s “Weathervanes” LP, which won for Best Americana Album, while the track "Cast Iron Skillet" won for Best American Roots Song. [26]

Selected discography

YearAlbumArtistCredits
2024Psychopath Morgan Wade Mixing
2024Dr. Dog Dr. Dog Mixing
2024Soul Provider Elizabeth King Co-Write, Mixing, Guitar
2024Peacemaker Vera Sola Mixing, Engineer
2024The Hypos The Hypos Mixing
2024Vanity Project Cyrena Wages Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2023Echoes of the South Blind Boys of Alabama Co-Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2023Jubilee Old Crow Medicine Show Co-Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2023Who Can See Forever Iron & Wine Mixing
2023Weathervanes Jason Isbell & the 400 UnitCo-Engineer
2023Come Back to MePeter OneCo-Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2023Angels in Science Fiction St. Paul and The Broken Bones Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2023Lori Iron & Wine Engineer, Mixing
2023Elvis on Tour Elvis Presley Mixing
2023Twenty on HighDrayton FarleyEngineer, Mixing
2023Should've Learned by Now Lucero Co-Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2022Whatever You NeedJohnny Ray DanielsGuitar
2022WellswoodThomas DollbaumMixing
2022Welcome to Club XIII Drive-By Truckers Mixing
2022The Devil Don't Like ItDedicated Men of ZionGuitar
2022The Alien Coast St. Paul and The Broken Bones Producer, Mixing, Additional Engineering
2022Made in Muscle Shoals, Vol. 2 The Revivalists Recording
2022I Got a LoveElizabeth KingGuitar
2022 Paint This Town Old Crow Medicine Show Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Recording
2022Avondale DriveNicki BluhmComposer
2022This Mess We're In Arlo McKinley Producer, Mixing, Engineer
2021Never Too Late to Call Paul Thorn Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2021When You Found Me Lucero Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2021Living in the Last DaysElizabeth KingGuitar, Mixing
2021HeadwatersAlexa RoseMixing
2021Dark in Here The Mountain Goats Producer, Engineer
2020From Elvis in Nashville Elvis Presley Mixing
2020You Make Me Feel Don Bryant Mixing
2020Waiting Out the StormJeremy IveyMixing
2020Tiny Little Movies Will Hoge Mixing
2020Live at Alice Tully Hall (January 27, 1973 - 2nd Show) Lou Reed Mixing
2020Die Midwestern Arlo McKinley Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Mixing
2020The Unraveling Drive-By Truckers Engineer, Mixing
2020The New Ok Drive-By Truckers Engineer, Mixing
2020Nobody Lives Here AnymoreCut WormsProducer, Engineer, Mixing
2020Made in Muscle Shoals The Revivalists Engineer
2020 Getting into Knives The Mountain Goats Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2020The Unraveling Drive-By Truckers Mixing, Recording
2020Bone Structure Ron Pope Mixing
2020Josh Ritter & The Milk Carton Kids Josh Ritter, The Milk Carton Kids Mixing
2019Down To The River The Allman Betts Band Producer, Engineer, Mixing
201999 Cent Dreams Eli "Paperboy" Reed Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2019The International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, August 23, 1969 Elvis Presley Mixing
2019Call Me Lucky Dale Watson Mixing
2019Front Porch Joy Williams Engineer
2019The Flood In Color Joe Pug Engineer
2019The Dream And The Dreamer Jeremy Ivey Mixing
2019Years 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
2018Elvis Presley: The Searcher (Original Soundtrack) Elvis Presley Mastering, Mixing
2018Encore Anderson East Engineer
2018Among The Ghosts Lucero Engineer, Co-Producer, Mixing
2018To The Sunset Amanda Shires Engineer
2018Once In A Blue Moon McKenna Bray Engineer, Mixing
2018Elvis Was A Love Affair Dale Watson Mixing, Recording
2018Produced By: Matt Ross-Spang Erin Rae, Margo Price, John Prine, Al Green, William Bell Producer
2017 The Nashville Sound Jason Isbell Engineer
2017 All American Made Margo Price Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2017New Lore Sean Rowe Producer, Engineer
2017 Walk into a Storm The Lone Bellow Engineer
2017Sweet Kind of Blue Emily Barker Producer, Mixing
2017Love Light Orchestra Love Light Orchestra Producer
2017639 Madison Susan Marshall Producer
2017Weakness Margo Price Producer
2017This Son Is A Stranger To You Rich Minus Producer, Tracking
2017Paper Cowboy Margo Price Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2017West Coast Town Chris Shiflett Mixing, Recording
2017Eli Paper Boy Reed Meets High & Mighty Brass Band Eli Paper Boy Reed Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2016 The Bird and the Rifle Lori McKenna Engineer, Mixing
2016 American Band Drive By Truckers Engineer
2016 Hollow Bones Rival Sons Engineer
2016 Midwest Farmer's Daughter Margo Price Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Wah Wah Guitar
2016 Por Favor Brett Dennen Engineer, Mixing, Recording
2016 Southern Family Various ArtistsEngineer, Mixing, Recording, Stomping
2016 Way Down in the Jungle Room Elvis Presley Mixing
2016Memphis Ukulele Band Memphis Ukulele Band Producer, Mixing, Ukulele [Baritone], Mellotron, Percussion
2016My Piece Of Land Amanda Shires Engineer
2016Ain't Who I Was Bonnie Bishop Engineer, Mixing
2016Shine On Rainy Day Brent Cobb Mixing, Recording
2016The Things That We Are Made Of Mary Chapin Carpenter Mixing, Recording
2015 Future Nostalgia The Sheepdogs Engineer
2015 Things That Can't Be Undone Corb Lund Engineer
2015 Something More Than Free Jason Isbell Engineer
2015Decorations Of Red Susan Marshall Producer, Engineer
2015Trinity My Dear Mark Edgar Stuart Engineer
2015First Comes The Night Chris Isaak Engineer
2014Fighting Demons (Sun Studio Session)The Fluffy JacketsEngineer
2014Hillbillies and Holy RollersJason D. WilliamsEngineer, Mixing
2014Scaredy Cat Grace Askew Engineer
2014If You.... Dale Watson & Hillbilly Casino Engineer
2013The Sun Studio Session The Howlin' Brothers Engineer
2013Grey Goose: A Tribute To Leadbelly Daniel Eriksen, Sting Sjøstrøm Engineer
2013Let It Rock: The Chuck Berry Tribute The Refreshments Engineer
2012Live From The Legendary Sun Studio Grace Potter & The Nocturnals Engineer, Mixing
2012Monsters Onward, Soldiers Mixing
2012The Sun Session Grand Marquis Engineer
2012Neptune City Nicole Atkins Engineer
2011The Sun SessionsThe Texas Two/Dale Watson Engineer
2011ShilohSean MartinEngineer, mixing [27]
2011Beyond The Sun Chris Isaak Assistant Engineer
2011The Sun Session The Border Blasters Recording, Engineer [28]
2009Glass Half Full David Brookings Producer
2007 Obsessed David Brookings Assistant Engineer
2007EP The Splints Engineer
2005Chorus Verses The Bridge David Brookings Engineer

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