David R. Ferguson

David R. "Fergie" Ferguson (born July 2, 1962, in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee) is an American recording engineer.

Career Ferguson's career began in 1980 when "Cowboy" Jack Clement hired him as a runner at Clement's Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa, in Nashville, Tennessee, where Ferguson worked as an engineer after a couple of years. It was while working at Clement's studio in 1982 that Ferguson first met Johnny Cash. Other artists that Ferguson worked with in the 1980s included Charley Pride, Eddy Arnold, Marty Stuart , and rock-n-roll band U2.

In 2012, he went on tour with Swedish singer-songwriter Anna Ternheim for whom he recorded her album The Night Visitor.

In April 2020, Years, a collaborative album between John Anderson, Dan Auerbach, and David Ferguson was released. In 2021, Ferguson recorded "The Housebuilding Song" for Rockstar Games' album The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2: The Housebuilding EP, a collection of tracks from the game Red Dead Redemption 2.

The Butcher Shoppe Studio In 1994, Furguson partnered with singer-songwriter John Prine to establish the Butcher Shoppe, a recording studio located next to a former meat packing plant on the Cumberland River in the Germantown neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. The Butcher Shoppe hosted recording sessions for such notable Americana artists as Tyler Childers, Margo Price, and Sturgill Simpson as well as Irish band Lúnasa. The studio was forced to close in 2020 when the property was sold, and Ferguson began operating a home recording studio.

Personal life Ferguson resides in nearby Goodlettsville, Tennessee, near his boyhood home.