Vance Powell

Vance Powell is an American six-time Grammy Award winning record producer, engineer and mixer. His credits include Phish, Chris Stapleton, Jack White, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown, The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather, The White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys, Wolfmother, Deadly Apples, Seasick Steve, Black Prairie, The Revivalists, Tinariwen, JEFF the Brotherhood, Illiterate Light, Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes, and Martina McBride, among many others.

Life and career Powell made his start in live sound, touring with local Missouri bands as a front of house engineer. In 1986, he conducted his first professional studio recording session as an engineer at Rick Massey's 'Massey Studio', stepping in for the main engineer who was sick at the time. That same year he became the studio's engineer.

In 1998, he started a long relationship with Jars of Clay; he took a front of house position that continued through 2002. During that time several recording projects with them emerged, including their full length 2002 release (and 2003 Grammy Award winner) "The Eleventh Hour". The single room semi-private facility soon became an eight-room world class facility hosting projects such as Neil Young's “Heart of Gold” motion picture soundtrack and The Dixie Chicks' six time Grammy Award-winning “Taking the Long Way”. Powell remained the Chief Engineer at Blackbird for seven years.

Powell is the co-owner of Sputnik Sound, a recording and mixing facility he set up in 2006 together with producer/engineer Mitch Dane. Powell met White for the first time in 2006, when he worked on Danger Mouse and Daniel Luppi's Rome album, on which White guested.

Jars of Clay - The Eleventh Hour (Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album 2002), engineer. The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely (Best Engineered Album, non-classical 2009), engineer & mixer - shared with Joe Chiccarelli and Jack White. Buddy Guy - Living Proof (Best Contemporary Blues Album 2011), engineer. Chris Stapleton - "Traveller" (Best Country Album 2015), engineer & mixer.

In 2015, Chris Stapleton's album "Traveller" won three Country Music Association Awards (CMAs) including "Album of The Year" and "New Artist of The Year". The album also received Grammy nominations for Album Of The Year, Best Country Song, Best Country Album (win), Best Country Solo Performance (win). The album was engineered and mixed by Powell.

Year Artist Album Label Producer Engineer Mixer 2022The Bobby LeesBellevueIpecacChris ShiflettLong, Long YearEast Beach Records & Tapes 2020PhishSigma Oasis JEMP Records 2018 Clutch Book of Bad Decisions Weathermaker Music 2015 Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown The Wayside Vervatos/Republic The Revivalists Men Amongst Mountains Wind-Up Chris Stapleton Traveller Mercury JEFF the Brotherhood Wasted on the Dream Infinity Cat Elle King "America's Sweetheart" from Love Stuff RCA Seasick Steve Sonic Soul Surfer BMG The Whistles & The Bells The Whistles & The Bells +180 2014 Tinariwen Emmaar ANTI- Daniel Ellsworth & The Great LakesKid TigerDeer Head Black Prairie Fortune Sugar Hill The Dirty Guv'nahs Hearts on Fire Summertown Peter Bradley Adams The Mighty Storm I Me Mine Bobby Bare, Jr. Undefeated Bloodshot Dirk Powell Walking Through Clay Bloodshot 2013 The Almost Fear Inside Our Bones Tooth & Nail Insane Clown Posse Forgotten Freshness, Vol. 5 Psycopathic Sturgill Simpson High Top Mountain High Top Mountain De StaatI Con Cool Green Records Seasick Steve Hubcap Music Third Man Moon Taxi Mountains Beaches Cities BMG LeAnn Rimes Spitfire Curb Kings of Leon Live At The O2 (DVD) RCA Various Artists The Great Gatsby O.S.T. Interscope Caitlin Rose The Stand-In ATO Red Fang Whales and Leeches Relapse North Mississippi Allstars World Boogie Is Coming Songs of the South Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown Wild Child Carved Leagues You Belong Here Bufalatone 2012 Jack White Blunderbuss Third Man The Whigs Enjoy the Company New West Keb' Mo' Keb Mo/Keep It Simple Sony Andrew Osenga Leonard, the Lonely Astronaut 1010 Distribution Andrew Peterson Light for the Lost Boy Centricity Buddy Guy Live at Legends RCA The Kicks Tonight Changes Everything The Kicks Pujol United States of Being Saddle Creek 2011 Red Fang Murder the Mountains Relapse Deadly Apples Petty Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi Rome Rome Chris Thile Sleep with One Eye Open Nonesuch Wanda Jackson The Party Ain't Over Bobby Bare, Jr. A Storm, A Tree, My Mother's Head Thirty Tigers Johnny Gimble Celebrating with Friends CMH 2010 The Whigs In the Dark ATO/Red Buddy Guy Living Proof Jive The Dead Weather Sea of Cowards Warner Bros. John Cowan The Massenburg Sessions Koch Karen Elson The Ghost Who Walks XL Andrew Belle The Ladder 101 Distribution The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights Warner Bros. Hillsong Yahweh EMI 2009 The Dead Weather Horehound Independent Seasick Steve Man from Another Time Rykodisc John Rich Son of a Preacher Man Warner Bros. Jars of Clay The Long Fall Back to Earth Provident Willie Nelson Willie and the Wheel Bismeaux 2008 Jessica Simpson Do You Know Epic Jewel Perfectly Clear Valory Jack White & Alicia Keys "Another Way to Die" from Quantum of Solace O.S.T. Capitol 2007 Jars of Clay Christmas Songs Nettwerk The White Stripes Conquest Warner Bros. Caedmon's Call Overdressed Ino/Columbia 2006 Poor Rich Folk Love Is A Bullet Independent Matt Dusk Back in Town Decca 2005 Big & Rich Comin' to Your City Warner/Reprise