Shawn Colvin

vocal, acoustic guitar, guitar, performer, 12 string guitar, electric guitar, piano, body percussion, percussion, producer

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
John Leventhal instrument arranger, producer, vocal, acoustic guitar, bass, body percussion, clarinet, electric guitar, fiddle, guitar, harmonica, horn, keyboard, mandolin, organ, pedal steel guitar, percussion, strings 84,000 Different Delusions, A Matter of Minutes, Another Plane Went Down, Anywhere You Go, Bonefields, Bound to You, Climb On (A Back That’s Strong), Get Out of This House, I Want It Back, I'll Say I'm Sorry Now, If I Were Brave, Mr. Levon, New Thing Now, Nothing Like You, Nothin’ on Me, One Small Year, Polaroids, Roger Wilco, Suicide Alley, Sunny Came Home, Tennessee, The Facts About Jimmy, Trouble, Whole New You, Wichita Skyline, You and the Mona Lisa
Joe Ferla mix All Through the Night, All the Pretty Li’l Horses, Christmas Time Is Here, Close Your Eyes, Evening Is a Little Boy / The Night Will Never Stay, In the Bleak Mid-Winter, Little Road to Bethlehem, Love Came Down at Christmas, Now the Day Is Over, Rocking, Seal Lullaby, Silent Night, The Christ Child’s Lullaby, Windy Nights
Doug Petty (pianist, orchestrator, arranger, producer) producer All Through the Night, All the Pretty Li’l Horses, Christmas Time Is Here, Close Your Eyes, Evening Is a Little Boy / The Night Will Never Stay, In the Bleak Mid-Winter, Little Road to Bethlehem, Love Came Down at Christmas, Now the Day Is Over, Rocking, Seal Lullaby, Silent Night, The Christ Child’s Lullaby, Windy Nights
Larry Klein producer, programming, vocal, acoustic bass guitar, bass, body percussion, drum machine, electric guitar, electronic instruments, keyboard, organ, percussion, piano Climb On (A Back That’s Strong), I Don’t Know Why, Kill the Messenger, Monopoly, Object of My Affection, Orion in the Sky, Polaroids, Round of Blues, Set the Prairie on Fire, Tenderness on the Block, Tennessee
Viktor Krauss bass All Fall Down, American Jerusalem, Anne of the Thousand Days, Change Is on the Way, Fall of Rome, I Don’t Know You, Knowing What I Know Now, On My Own, Seven Times the Charm, The Neon Lights of the Saints, Up on That Hill

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
John Leventhal instrument arranger, producer, vocal, acoustic guitar, bass, body percussion, clarinet, electric guitar, fiddle, guitar, harmonica, horn, keyboard, mandolin, organ, pedal steel guitar, percussion, strings 84,000 Different Delusions, A Matter of Minutes, Another Plane Went Down, Anywhere You Go, Bonefields, Bound to You, Climb On (A Back That’s Strong), Get Out of This House, I Want It Back, I'll Say I'm Sorry Now, If I Were Brave, Mr. Levon, New Thing Now, Nothing Like You, Nothin’ on Me, One Small Year, Polaroids, Roger Wilco, Suicide Alley, Sunny Came Home, Tennessee, The Facts About Jimmy, Trouble, Whole New You, Wichita Skyline, You and the Mona Lisa
Joe Ferla mix All Through the Night, All the Pretty Li’l Horses, Christmas Time Is Here, Close Your Eyes, Evening Is a Little Boy / The Night Will Never Stay, In the Bleak Mid-Winter, Little Road to Bethlehem, Love Came Down at Christmas, Now the Day Is Over, Rocking, Seal Lullaby, Silent Night, The Christ Child’s Lullaby, Windy Nights
Doug Petty (pianist, orchestrator, arranger, producer) producer All Through the Night, All the Pretty Li’l Horses, Christmas Time Is Here, Close Your Eyes, Evening Is a Little Boy / The Night Will Never Stay, In the Bleak Mid-Winter, Little Road to Bethlehem, Love Came Down at Christmas, Now the Day Is Over, Rocking, Seal Lullaby, Silent Night, The Christ Child’s Lullaby, Windy Nights
Larry Klein producer, programming, vocal, acoustic bass guitar, bass, body percussion, drum machine, electric guitar, electronic instruments, keyboard, organ, percussion, piano Climb On (A Back That’s Strong), I Don’t Know Why, Kill the Messenger, Monopoly, Object of My Affection, Orion in the Sky, Polaroids, Round of Blues, Set the Prairie on Fire, Tenderness on the Block, Tennessee
Viktor Krauss bass All Fall Down, American Jerusalem, Anne of the Thousand Days, Change Is on the Way, Fall of Rome, I Don’t Know You, Knowing What I Know Now, On My Own, Seven Times the Charm, The Neon Lights of the Saints, Up on That Hill
Shawn Pelton drums, percussion 84,000 Different Delusions, Get Out of This House, I Want It Back, If I Were Brave, Nothin’ on Me, Suicide Alley, Sunny Came Home, The Facts About Jimmy, Trouble, Wichita Skyline, You and the Mona Lisa
Buddy Miller (Nashville singer-songwriter, married to Julie Miller) mix, producer, vocal, guitar, melodica All Fall Down, American Jerusalem, Anne of the Thousand Days, Change Is on the Way, Fall of Rome, I Don’t Know You, Knowing What I Know Now, On My Own, Seven Times the Charm, The Neon Lights of the Saints, Up on That Hill
Mike Poole recording, vocal All Fall Down, American Jerusalem, Anne of the Thousand Days, Change Is on the Way, Fall of Rome, I Don’t Know You, Knowing What I Know Now, On My Own, Seven Times the Charm, The Neon Lights of the Saints, Up on That Hill
Dan Marnien engineer, mix Climb On (A Back That’s Strong), I Don’t Know Why, Kill the Messenger, Monopoly, Object of My Affection, Orion in the Sky, Polaroids, Round of Blues, Set the Prairie on Fire, Tenderness on the Block, Tennessee
Gordon Hammond engineer All Fall Down, American Jerusalem, Anne of the Thousand Days, Change Is on the Way, Fall of Rome, I Don’t Know You, Knowing What I Know Now, On My Own, Seven Times the Charm, The Neon Lights of the Saints, Up on That Hill
Brian Blade drums All Fall Down, American Jerusalem, Anne of the Thousand Days, Change Is on the Way, Fall of Rome, I Don’t Know You, Knowing What I Know Now, Seven Times the Charm, The Neon Lights of the Saints, Up on That Hill
John Deaderick accordion, keyboard All Fall Down, American Jerusalem, Change Is on the Way, Fall of Rome, I Don’t Know You, Knowing What I Know Now, On My Own, The Neon Lights of the Saints, Up on That Hill
Michael Rhodes bass 84,000 Different Delusions, Get Out of This House, I Want It Back, If I Were Brave, Nothin’ on Me, Suicide Alley, Sunny Came Home, The Facts About Jimmy
Bill Frisell guitar All Fall Down, American Jerusalem, Anne of the Thousand Days, Fall of Rome, I Don’t Know You, Seven Times the Charm, Up on That Hill
Lucy Kaplansky vocal Knowing What I Know Now, Return of the Grievous Angel, Secret Journey, Troubles & Trials, Wall of Death
Russ Pahl pedal steel guitar Anne of the Thousand Days, Change Is on the Way, On My Own, Seven Times the Charm, Up on That Hill
Mary Chapin Carpenter vocal Climb On (A Back That’s Strong), One Cool Remove
Rick Depofi bass clarinet, clarinet, piccolo, recorder, tenor saxophone 84,000 Different Delusions, If I Were Brave, The Facts About Jimmy, You and the Mona Lisa
David Lindley Hawaiian guitar, bouzouki, lap steel guitar I Don’t Know Why, Object of My Affection, Polaroids
Robert Rinehart viola Get Out of This House, If I Were Brave, Wichita Skyline
Alex Acuña body percussion, percussion Object of My Affection, Polaroids, Tennessee
Sandra Park violin Get Out of This House, If I Were Brave, Wichita Skyline
Eugene J. Moye cello Get Out of This House, If I Were Brave, Wichita Skyline
Steuart Smith electric guitar Kill the Messenger, Orion in the Sky, Round of Blues
Stuart Duncan fiddle, zither American Jerusalem, Change Is on the Way, Knowing What I Know Now
Carol Webb violin Get Out of This House, If I Were Brave, Wichita Skyline
Larry Campbell (worked with Bob Dylan and Phil Lesh & Friends) fiddle, pedal steel guitar, zither Polaroids, Tennessee
Larry Farrell trombone The Facts About Jimmy, You and the Mona Lisa
Ann McCrary vocal All Fall Down, The Neon Lights of the Saints
Denny Fongheiser drums Tenderness on the Block, Tennessee
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer) drums Climb On (A Back That’s Strong), Orion in the Sky
Emmylou Harris vocal American Jerusalem, Up on That Hill
Mike Shipley mix Orion in the Sky, Tennessee
Regina McCrary vocal All Fall Down, The Neon Lights of the Saints
Bill Payne organ Orion in the Sky, Tennessee
Carolyn Rosenfeld vocal All Fall Down, The Neon Lights of the Saints
Greg Leisz pedal steel guitar Orion in the Sky, Round of Blues
Booker T. Jones Hammond organ Set the Prairie on Fire, Tenderness on the Block
David Leonard (US producer and engineer) mix Climb On (A Back That’s Strong), Round of Blues
John Magnie vocal, accordion Object of My Affection, Tenderness on the Block
Steve Amedée vocal, tambourine Object of My Affection, Tenderness on the Block
Alison Krauss vocal I Don’t Know You, Seven Times the Charm
The Subdudes performer Object of My Affection, Tenderness on the Block
Tommy Malone vocal, electric guitar, slide guitar Object of My Affection, Tenderness on the Block
Kate Markowitz vocal Sunny Came Home, You and the Mona Lisa
Johnny Ray Allen bass Object of My Affection, Tenderness on the Block
Jeff Pevar electric guitar I Don’t Know Why
Jim Hoke clarinet The Neon Lights of the Saints
Jim Keltner drums Set the Prairie on Fire
Bruce Hornsby vocal, piano Climb On (A Back That’s Strong)
Joni Mitchell body percussion, percussion Object of My Affection
Judith Owen vocal Suicide Alley
Julie Kavner vocal He’s the Man
Julie Miller vocal On My Own
Béla Fleck banjo Tennessee
Kenny White (New York based musician) arranger, producer, vocal, keyboard I Don’t Know Why
Chris Botti trumpet You and the Mona Lisa
Chris Whitley resonator guitar Set the Prairie on Fire
Lyle Lovett vocal The Facts About Jimmy
Marc Cohn vocal Cinnamon Road
Marc Greene (engineer) engineer When the Rainbow Comes
Marc Tanner producer When the Rainbow Comes
Mark Plati bass You and the Mona Lisa
Michael H. Brauer (engineer) mix I Don’t Know Why
Curtiss King vocal I Don’t Know Why
Danny Ferrington vocal You and the Mona Lisa
Milt Grayson vocal I Don’t Know Why
Patty Griffin vocal Cinnamon Road
David Kahne producer I Don’t Know Why
Richard Thompson (US funk guitarist for BT Express) electric guitar, guitar Tennessee
Richie Hayward brushes Object of My Affection
Robin Batteau vocal I Don’t Know Why
Sammy Merendino programming I Don’t Know Why
Bill Drescher engineer, mix When the Rainbow Comes
Stephen Barber (US composer, arranger and musician) instrument arranger If I Were Brave
Fonzi Thornton vocal I Don’t Know Why
Steve Herman cornet The Neon Lights of the Saints
Billy Straus arranger, producer O Little Town of Bethlehem
T-Bone Wolk arranger, producer O Little Town of Bethlehem
Bob Carlisle (french hornist) French horn The Facts About Jimmy
Hank Azaria vocal He’s the Man
Tony Berg producer Fly
Tony Kadleck flugelhorn The Facts About Jimmy
Valerie Carter vocal Climb On (A Back That’s Strong)
Harry Shearer vocal He’s the Man
Jakob Dylan vocal Fall of Rome
Vinnie Zummo electric guitar I Don’t Know Why
Yeardley Smith vocal He’s the Man

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Suzanne Vega vocal Book of Dreams, Luka, Men in a War, Rusted Pipe
Mary Chapin Carpenter vocal I Want to Be Your Girlfriend, The Better to Dream of You
Albert Moses vocal Save the Country
Paul Westerberg vocal Born for Me
Razorblade Dancefloor vocal, guitar You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
Skozey Fetisch performer, vocal All Would Envy
Stephen Fearing vocal The Finest Kind
Barrett Strong vocal I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Warren Haynes vocal Wanderlust
Kapelle Radegundis performer One Day She'll Love Me
Lisa Loeb vocal Falling in Love
Low 500 performer Come on Come On
Adela González-Campa vocal Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna Fall
Omni vocal Single Girl, Married Girl