ABOUT JACK

Jack Shawde is a Nashville based producer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist. He is one of the Southeast’s most in-demand performing and recording producer and musician. In addition to playing the electric guitar, nylon string and steel string acoustic guitar, Jack also plays the mandolin, resonator ‘Dobro’ style guitar, lap steel, dulcimer and banjo. He has a full production studio which runs ProTools Ultimate (HDX), with a large supply of top shelf preamps, compressors and microphones. His setup also includes a huge library of virtual instruments and sound samples, as well as hundreds of plug ins. Jack does full album productions in his studio, and tracks guitars and other instruments for many projects being produced all over the world. Jack also does guest lectures about guitar playing and production at the renowned Mike Curb School of Music at Belmont University.

Throughout his career, Jack has performed, recorded or toured with many legends including Bob Dylan, Dr. John, Paul Butterfield, Richie Havens, Stan Lynch (Tom Petty), Al Kooper (Blood Sweat & Tears), Bo Diddley, John Mayall, Chuck Berry and many more. For about a year during COVID times, Jack did full music productions for The Voice. Jack has performed all over the world, including accompanying Enrique Iglesias at the Latin Grammy Awards, which were televised live to a world-wide audience of 10 million.

Jack and Diane co-produced the new self-titled album by singer-songwriter Jamie Granger. Recorded in Jack’s studio in Nashville, it is a wonderful collection of acoustic based songs with Jamie’s very cool lyrical style and singing. Jamie played acoustic guitar, and Diane and Jack contributed  truck load of other instrumentation and Diane’s fantastic vocals. Jamie’s album is available from his website (www.jamiegrangermusic.com).

In 2024, singer-songwriter Darrell Arnold released his album “Portraits of the Blues” which Jack produced and played lots of cool instruments on, and Diane also contributes to the album. It’s a collection of classics where Darrell re-imagined several old classic blues songs, and he sang and played acoustic guitar, and I added some spice to the arrangements. Darrell also  wrote a book about the artists who originally performed those songs. The book is available for purchase together with the album or separately from Darrell’s website (www.darellarnold.com).

The latest album by Jack’s longtime musical partner Diane Ward, titled “Six”, was released to critical acclaim. Jack co-produced the album with Diane, and recorded & played multiple instruments on it. Mixed by John Merchant (Lenny Kravitz, BeeGees, Barbara Streisand, Celine Dion and many more) and mastered by Adam Ayan (Carrie Underwood, Nine Inch Nails, Foo Fighters and countless others) at Bob Ludwig’s Gateway Mastering, the album sounds terrific and is chock full of great Diane Ward songs!! Go to Diane’s website (www.dianeward.com) to order !!

Jack produced and recorded Jim Wurster’s latest Americana album “Life”. Produced and recorded by Jack in his studio, the album features 10 great new songs by Jim. The album has received extensive air play and critical acclaim from reviews in the US, Europe and Canada. Jack played almost every instrument on the album, which features guest appearances by Diane Ward on vocals and Bob Taylor on organ. It’s another collection of hard hitting songs that hit the bullseye in today’s political climate. Jack produced and recorded Jim’s prior album entitled “Straight To Me”.

Jack also co-produced, recorded & performed on Diane’s previous albums, including ‘Wonderlight’ which was mixed by John Merchant and mastered by legendary mastering guru, Bob Ludwig (Sheryl Crow, Shawn Colvin). ‘Wonderlight’ received airplay on AAA radio nationally. ‘Trampoline Hero’ was the #1 Single on Sirius OUT Q channel 109. ‘Unloving Game’ was a top 10 single on Sirius OUT Q channel 109.

Prior to ‘Wonderlight,’ Diane released her tour de force album ‘The Great Impossible.’ It was another co-production by Jack & Diane and mastered by Greg Calbi (Bruce Springsteen, Aimee Mann). Songs from Diane Ward’s CD ‘The Great Impossible’ were featured in the 2013 independent film, ‘Calloused Hands.’ Previously, MTV took notice of the album and licensed it in its entirety. The producers of the Academy Award nominated film ‘Crash’ featured one of Diane’s songs on the premier episode of their TV series, ‘Angela’s Eyes’ broadcast on the Lifetime Channel & several songs from ‘The Great Impossible’ were also featured in the Award-winning documentary ‘Blindsided’ which aired on HBO.

Jack’s recent production credits include Darrell Arnold’s latest album “Changing World” and Karen Feldner’s latest album, ‘Take My Heart and Run”,  and Jack plays numerous instruments on both projects. Jack is currently producing and playing on a batch on new Karen Feldner songs. Jack also appears on several tracks of the latest Edison Project CD featuring LA based songwriter, Karma.

Jack co-produced and performed on ‘Treachery, Lust & Misfortune – American Celtic,’ the latest album by the Celtic rock band, The Three Jacks. In 2011, The Three Jacks played a series of benefit concerts to raise money for A Better Life Foundation to help support their wonderful work with disabled kids in one of the world’s poorest countries, Burkina Faso…The Three Jacks headed south to Managua, Nicargua and played concerts to raise money for the Fabretto Organization, a charitable organization dedicated to improving the lives of disadvantaged children. This followed on the heels of The Three Jack’s successful fundraising concerts in Peru to raise money for those affected by the 2007 earthquake, and Miami for Jackson Memorial Hospital. The Three Jacks also performed at Gusman Center in Miami with million selling international pop star Alexander Rybak.

In addition to producing new projects and doing studio session work, Jack continues to play shows all over the country with Diane Ward, The Three Jacks, Karen Feldner, Darrell Arnold, Edan Archer, Magda Hiller, The Shackdaddy’s, Bonefish Johnny, Nicole Yarling, and many others.

Jack would like to thank Eric Zidovec at Indigo Amplifiers for providing such wonderful guitar amps, and to Cliff at Destroy All Guitars for providing other great amps by Little Walter Tube Amps, Todd Sharp Amps, Lazy J Amps, Glaswerks Amps, and Louis Electric Amps.  Jack also plays Carr amps and Welagen amps, as well as wonderful guitars by Collings, Dennis Fano, Charles Whitfill and Tom Anderson. And Sage Benado at Benado Effects makes some killer sounding effects pedal boards ! I am honored to be playing such outstanding gear, and thank you for including me in your families !! You make me sound good !!

If you are interested in using Jack’s services, please email him at jack@jackshawde.com or contact him thru Facebook.