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, Tom Jones,

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, Crowded House, Lauren Hoffman,

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, Laura Marling, The Staves, and Crosby, Stills and Nash. In 2012, he won the

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for Best British Producer. Although Johns is primarily a record producer, mixer and engineer, the multi-instrumentalist has also toured with acts including Emmylou Harris,

and Tom Jones. He owns the indie record label Three Crows Music. Johns also runs Three Crows Records within Warner/Atlantic. Johns is the son of notable record producer and engineer

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(

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, Eric Clapton,

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and

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). Johns released his debut solo album ''Independent Years'' (1991) followed by '' If Not Now Then When?'' on vinyl in November 2012, which was later released in other formats in February 2013. His second album titled ''The Reckoning'' was released in mid-2014, and was produced by

. His third album '' Silver Liner'' was released in November 2015. His fourth and most recent album ''Anamnesis'' was released in 2018. Johns spent 15 years in Los Angeles as a record producer and musician, but currently lives and continues to make records in England.

Discography

Solo discography

* ''Independent Years'' (1991) * '' If Not Now Then When?'' (2012) * ''The Reckoning'' (2014) * '' Silver Liner'' (2015) * ''Anamnesis'' (2018)

Selected production credits

As musician

* Drums, guitar, mandolin on

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's ''Stolen Moments'' (1990) * Drums on Fish's '' Internal Exile'' (1991) * Guitar on Mike Peters & The Poets of Justice "Exodus Tour" (1992) * Guitar, Drums, Producer, on Andy Stine's Time Waits (1993). * Electric and acoustic guitar, drums, percussion, and

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on Crosby, Stills and Nash's '' After the Storm'' (1994) * Drums on Joe Satriani – Joe Satriani "Luminous Flesh Giants" (1995) * Guitar, drums, percussion, omnichord,

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, mandocello on Emmylou Harris "Red Dirt Girl" (2000) * Guitar, drums, percussion, mandocello, marksaphone, optigon, dulcimer, synth bass on Emmylou Harris/Linda Ronstadt "Western Wall, The Tucson Sessions" (1999) * Drums, bass, mandolin, mandocello, keyboards, percussion and guitars on

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's Pnenmonia (2001) – also producer * Drums, guitar, mandocello, percussion, Hammond organ, vocals on

Gold (2001) – also producer * Drums and guitar on

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Out of Without (2001) * Guitar, percussion on Tift Merritt Bramble Rose (2002) – also producer * Percussion, piano, drums, harmonium, bass and additional guitars on

Ray Lamontagne Raymond Charles Jack LaMontagne (; born June 18, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. LaMontagne has released eight studio albums: ''Trouble'', ''Till the Sun Turns Black'', '' Gossip in the Grain'', '' God Willin' & the Creek Don ...

Trouble (2004) – also producer * Drums on Dave Palmer's ''

Romance Romance (from Vulgar Latin , "in the Roman language", i.e., "Latin") may refer to: Common meanings * Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings * Romance languages, ...

'' (2006) – also producer * Drums on

'' 29'' (2005) – also producer * Drums in the Backing band for the

Tour for Gossip in the Grain * Hammond organ, celesta, mandolin, mellotron, omnichord, electric and acoustic guitars,

ukulele The ukulele ( ; from haw, ukulele , approximately ), also called Uke, is a member of the lute family of instruments of Portuguese origin and popularized in Hawaii. It generally employs four nylon strings. The tone and volume of the instrumen ...

, dobro, mandocello, bass, tic tac bass, optigan, percussion on

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'' Sunny Side Up'' (2009) – also producer * Drums on Howard Eliott Payne "Bright Light Ballads" (2009) – also producer * Conductor of

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's cover of

God Only Knows "God Only Knows" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1966 album '' Pet Sounds''. Written by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher, it is a Baroque-style love song distinguished for its harmonic innovation and its subversion of typi ...

(2014) (also producer) *Drums, Guitar, Guitar (12 String Electric), Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Leslie), Musician, Shaker, Slide Guitar, Tiple, Vocal Harmony on Benmont Tench / You Should Be So Lucky (2014)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Johns, Ethan Living people 1969 births Brit Award winners English audio engineers English record producers English songwriters Mixing engineers Date of birth missing (living people)