Jeff White

Jeff White (born August 2, 1957) is an American bluegrass guitarist/mandolinist, songwriter, record producer and sound mixer. Jeff White has performed and produced albums with many artists including: Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, The Chieftains, Lyle Lovett, Tim O'Brien, The Travelin' McCourys, Michael Cleveland and The Earls Of Leicester. White won the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, for Best Bluegrass Album with The Earls of Leicester. One of Jeff's key mentors is award-winning fiddler Michael Cleveland. Jeff and Michael have earned four International Bluegrass Music Awards for Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year. Jeff produced several of Michael Cleveland's albums. Jeff has toured with legendary banjo player Earl Scruggs. He has produced and released three solo albums: in 1996 The White Album, in 1999 The Broken Road and in 2016 Right Beside You.

Biography Jeff White was born in Syracuse, New York; at 13 his family moved to North Manchester, Indiana. Jeff's first interest in bluegrass and country music came from seeing the Hee Haw television show that started in 1971. Jeff started to play guitar in high school and joined the high school bluegrass band, the "Suburban Grass". The band played at schools, coffeehouses and then local bars. In college Jeff discovered his love for bluegrass from a dorm mate that played mandolin. Jeff's dorm mate introduced Jeff to Doc Watson, a pioneer of bluegrass music. Jeff studied Dan Crary, Norman Blake, Don Reno, Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Foggy Mountain Boys and The Stanley Brothers. After listening to and learning from the classics, Jeff studied the new bluegrass artists such as Sam Bush and JD Crowe. The next band Jeff joined was The Johnsons. Jeff White and The Johnsons came in 1st place in the Best Bluegrass Band in America contest, put on by KFC in Louisville, Kentucky in 1979. Winning the contest earned them a free recording session in RCA's Nashville studio on Music Row. Tom Collins, an album producer with Real Music City Records, helped them make two singles. In 1981 Jeff White and The Johnsons where named the Best New Bluegrass Band. The Johnsons Band was made up of: Dave Johnson, Dan Anderson, Melody Johnson and Jeff White. White departed the group and returned to Indiana to attend graduate school. But, Jeff returned to bluegrass and moved to Beanblossom, Indiana, there he joined up with a new and upcoming bluegrass fiddler Alison Krauss. In 1987, Jeff join Alison Krauss band the Union Station. Union Station recorded two albums while he was a member: in 1989 Two Highways and in 1990 I've Got That Old Feeling. A seaside resort in Japan wanted a bluegrass music band, so Jeff joined other bluegrass artists: Scott Vestal, Jeff Autry, Dave Peters, and Gena Britt in 1991 and play for a year. Jeff moved to Nashville in 1992, he played bluegrass at the Station Inn with Tim O'Brien. Jeff broke into professional music when Vince Gill took Jeff on the road with George Jones and Conway Twitty. Vince Gill had Jeff sing When I Call Your Name at the Grand Ole Opry. Vince Gill got Jeff a job playing with Lyle Lovett. Jeff's next job was playing with the traditional Irish band formed in Dublin The Chieftains. Looking to cross Celtic music with bluegrass and country, Paddy Moloney looked to Jeff to help with the new sound. Jeff toured, performed and helped produce the 2002 The Chieftains album Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions and in 2003 Further Down the Old Plank Road. Jeff's next project was working with bluegrass fiddle player Michael Cleveland on his albums. Jeff is also a songwriter and has written songs for The Del McCoury Band, Alison Krauss, Dan Tyminski, Dale Ann Bradley, Stringdusters and Dan Tyminski. Jeff sometimes plays guitar with the Nashville bluegrass band The Travelin' McCourys. Jeff currently plays mandolin for The Earls of Leicester, a band that plays tribute to Flatt and Scruggs. Jeff is married to country music fiddler, guitarist, singer and songwriter, Laura Weber White. Jeff and Laura live in Nashville and were married on March 12, 2017.

Discography

Jeff White's discography:

Albums Solo albums

Year Album Note 1996 The White Album 1999 The Broken Road 2016 Right Beside You

Albums Albums Jeff has performed on and/or helped produce: Year Album Artist Note 1987 Too Late to Cry Alison Krauss & Union Station Guitar 1989 Two Highways Alison Krauss & Union Station Guitar, vocals, Grammy Nominated 1990 Bluegrass Class of 1990 Various Artist Guitar, vocals 1990 Breathe the Moonlight Kimberly M'Carver Guitar, vocals 1990 I've Got That Old Feeling Alison Krauss & Union Station Guitar, vocals, Grammy Awards of 1991 won Best Bluegrass Recording. 1992 Son of Rounder Banjo Various Artist Guitar, vocals 1993 On a Roll Pete Wernick Guitar, vocals 1994 Inherited Road Kimberly M'Carver Guitar, vocals 1994 When Love Finds You Vince Gill Vocals 1995 In the Falling Dark David Mallett Vocals 1995 All of This Love Pam Tillis Vocals 1995 Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics Various Artist Vocals 1995 Moonlighter Claire Lynch Guitar, vocals 1995 Now That I've Found You: A Collection Alison Krauss Guitar, vocals 1995 Top of the Hill Bluegrass Various Artist Guitar, vocals 1996 High Lonesome Sound Vince Gill Guitar, vocals 1996 Sisters Beth & April Stevens Guitar 1996 Sweet Harmony The Whitstein Brothers Guitar 1996 The Cold Hard Facts Del McCoury Band Composer 1996 Trouble with the Truth Patty Loveless Vocals 1997 Live in Indianapolis Gospel Music Workshop of America Bass Guitar 1997 So Long So Wrong Alison Krauss & Union Station Composer 1997 Songs of the Louvin Brothers Various Artist Guitar 1997 Steel Rails: Classic Railroad Songs, Vol. 1 Various Artist Vocals 1997 The Long Road Pam Gadd Guitar 1998 A Tribute to Tradition Various Artist Guitar 1998 Brother Jukebox Paul Craft Guitar 1998 Long Way Home Amy Gallatin Vocals 1998 The Key Vince Gill Vocals 2000 Sad Songs & Waltzes Keith Whitley Guitar 2000 Carry Me Across the Mountain Dan Tyminski Composer 2000 Dead Grass Feat: Vassar Clements Dead Grass Vocals 2000 Doobie Shea Essential Sampler Various Artist Composer 2000 Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye Vince Gill Vocals 2000 Ready to Go Bryan Sutton Composer 2000 The Chain Gang Jimmy Bowen & Santa Fe Composer 2001 Blue Trail of Sorrow: 16 Top Bluegrass Gems Various Artists Composer 2001 Cool Blue Rocks: Rock 'N' Roll in the Bluegrass Tradition Various Artists Vocals 2001 Mountain Soul Patty Loveless Vocals 2001 O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection Various Artists Guitar 2001 Songcatcher Various Artists Original Soundtrack Guitar, vocals 2001 Two Journeys Tim O'Brien Vocals 2002 Bluegrass Greats Various Artists Producer, vocals, guitar, composer 2002 Delayed but Not Denied The Bonner Brothers Engineer, Audio Engineer, Composer 2002 O Sister 2: A Women's Bluegrass Collection Various Artists Guitar 2002 Second Son Jim Hurst Vocals 2002 The Angels Are Singing: A Women's Bluegrass Gospel Collection Various Artists Vocals 2002 The Singer-Songwriter Collection Various Artists Vocals 2002 Flame Keeper Michael Cleveland Producer, mixer, vocals 2003 Blue Ridge Mountain Mandolin Various Artists Guitar 2003 Bluegrass Today Various Artists Producer, mixer, vocals 2003 Chartbuster Karaoke: Bluegrass, Vol. 16 Various Artists Composer 2003 Comfort of Her Wings Charley Pride Guitar 2003 Further Down the Old Plank Road The Chieftains Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin, Associate Producer 2003 Love Goes OnAndrea Zonn Vocals 2003 Next Big ThingVince Gill Vocals 2003 White Dove: The Bluegrass Gospel Collection Various Artists Vocals 2004 Bluegrass Number 1's Various Artists Vocals 2004 High Lonesome and Blue Del McCoury Composer 2004 Live - The Bonner Brothers The Bonner Brothers Composer 2004 Emily Watson EP Human Hands Vocals 2004 Melonie Cannon Melonie Cannon Vocals 2005 Georgia Hard Robbie Fulks Guitar, vocals 2005 Live from Dublin: A Tribute to Derek Bell The Chieftains Guitar 2005 Fired Up Michael Cleveland Mixer, producer 2005 New Standards for Flatpicking Guitar Various Artists Composer, Artist 2005 Catch TomorrowDale Ann Bradley Guitar, Vocal Harmony 2006 Day in the Country Butch Baldassari Guitar 2006 Let Er Go BoysMichael Cleveland Mixer, producer, vocals 2006 The Essential ChieftainsThe Chieftains Guitar 2006 These DaysVince Gill Guitar, Vocal 2007 A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection Alison Krauss Guitar 2007 Giant Bear Giant Bear Guitar 2007 It's Not Big It's Large Lyle Lovett Vocals 2007 The Slow Transmission The Swivel Chairs Audio Production 2008 The Infamous Stringdusters The Infamous Stringdusters Composer 2009 By Request Del McCoury Composer 2009 I am Stranger Jeremy Garrett Composer 2009 Celebrating 50 Years of Del McCoury Del McCoury Composer 2009 Way Up on a Mountain '''

Audio Production 2011

Vocals 2011

Composer 2011

Composer 2013

Engineer 2013

Associate Producer 2013

Guitar 2015

Vocals 2015

Vocals 2015

Lap Steel Guitar 2016

Vocals, Guitar 2016

Vocals, Mandolin, Group Member 2016

Guitar, vocals, mixer, producer, Grammy Nomination 2018

Mandolin, Vocal 2018

Mandolin, Vocal 2018

Vocals, Mandolin 2019

Vocals 2019

Producer 2021

Acoustic Guitar 2021 Michael Carpenter And The Banks Brothers – Introducing…'' Michael Carpenter Acoustic Guitar

Performances Selected: Tours, Performances and Events.

Awards Selected Jeff White Awards:

Year Album Album Artist Award 2006 Let Er Go Boys Michael Cleveland Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year, produced by Jeff White & Michael Cleveland 2009 Flamekeeper Michael Cleveland Song:Jerusalem Ridge Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year, produced by Jeff White & Michael Cleveland