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Jeff White
Jeff White with Earls of Leicester performing at MerleFest in 2015
Background information
Born	(1957-08-02) August 2, 1957 (age 67) Syracuse, New York
Origin	Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Genres	Bluegrass, Country, Folk
Occupation(s)	Singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, sound mixer
Instruments	Guitar Mandolin
Years active	1979–present
Labels	Rounder

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 banjo picking Earl Scruggs and Louise Scruggs. Jeff White has produced and released three solo albums: in 1996 The White Album, in 1999 The Broken Road and in 2016 Right Beside You.

Terrific musicianship, top-quality production, and astounding song selection – Right Beside You ought to be nominated for Recorded Event of 2016. Traditional bluegrass remains safe in these hands. Dick Bowden with Bluegrass Today.

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

Albums

• Albums Jeff has performed on and/or helped produce:

Performances

• Selected: Tours, Performances and Events.

Awards

Selected Jeff White Awards:

See also

• List of country musicians
• Mandolin playing traditions worldwide

References

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46. "Steel Rails: Classic Railroad Songs, Vol. 1 - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
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48. "A Tribute to Tradition - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
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58. "The Chain Gang - Jimmy Bowen, Jimmy Bowen & Santa Fe | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
59. "Blue Trail of Sorrow: 16 Top Bluegrass Gems - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
60. "Cool Blue Rocks: Rock 'N' Roll in the Bluegrass Tradition - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
61. "Mountain Soul - Patty Loveless | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
62. "O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
63. "Songcatcher - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
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66. "Bluegrass Greats [Rounder] - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
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68. "O Sister 2: A Women's Bluegrass Collection - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
69. "Second Son - Jim Hurst | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
70. "The Angels Are Singing: A Women's Bluegrass Gospel Collection - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
71. "The Singer-Songwriter Collection - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
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73. "Blue Ridge Mountain Mandolin - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
74. "Bluegrass Today - Various Artists | Album". AllMusic.
75. "Chartbuster Karaoke: Bluegrass, Vol. 16 - Karaoke | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
76. "Comfort of Her Wings - Charley Pride | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
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78. "Midnight Call - Don Rigsby | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
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80. "White Dove: The Bluegrass Gospel Collection - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
81. "Bluegrass Number 1's - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
82. "High Lonesome and Blue - Del McCoury | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
83. "Live - The Bonner Brothers | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
84. "Emily Watson EP - Human Hands | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
85. "Melonie Cannon - Melonie Cannon | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
86. "Georgia Hard - Robbie Fulks | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
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88. "Fired Up - Michael Cleveland, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Flamekeeper | Credits". AllMusic.
89. "New Standards for Flatpicking Guitar - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
90. "Catch Tomorrow - Dale Ann Bradley | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
91. "Day in the Country - Butch Baldassari | Album". AllMusic.
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95. "A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection - Alison Krauss | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
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97. "It's Not Big It's Large - Lyle Lovett, Lyle Lovett & His Large Band | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
98. "The Slow Transmission - The Swivel Chairs | Credits". AllMusic.
99. "The Infamous Stringdusters - The Infamous Stringdusters | Credits". AllMusic.
100. "By Request - Del McCoury | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
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102. "Celebrating 50 Years of Del McCoury - Del McCoury | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
103. "Way Up on a Mountain - Spring Creek | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
104. "Guitar Slinger". AllMusic.
105. "Somewhere South of Crazy - Dale Ann Bradley | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
106. "Life Goes On: Musicians Against Childhood Cancer - Various Artists | Credits". AllMusic.
107. "Oak Island - Nightlands | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
108. "Playlist: The Very Best of Patty Loveless - Patty Loveless | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
109. "The King's Gift - Trace Adkins | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
110. "The Blade - Ashley Monroe | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
111. "Pocket Full of Keys - Dale Ann Bradley | Releases". AllMusic.
112. "Valley of the Snake - Ruby the Hatchet | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
113. "Full Circle - Loretta Lynn | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
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External links

• Official website
• The Chieftains Official website
• youtube.com, Jeff White, "Run Little Rabbit Run", March 24, 2016
• Jeff White Video gallery
• youtube.com, Jeff White, "I Never Knew", 2012

v t e Loretta Lynn
Albums Singles Discography with Conway Twitty Awards and Nominations
Studio albums	Loretta Lynn Sings Before I'm Over You Songs from My Heart.... Blue Kentucky Girl Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be Hymns I Like 'Em Country You Ain't Woman Enough Country Christmas Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) Singin' Again Singin' with Feelin' Who Says God Is Dead! Fist City Your Squaw Is on the Warpath If We Put Our Heads Together Woman of the World/To Make a Man Here's Loretta Singing "Wings Upon Your Horns" Coal Miner's Daughter I Wanna Be Free You're Lookin' at Country One's on the Way God Bless America Again Here I Am Again Entertainer of the Year Love Is the Foundation They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy Back to the Country Home When the Tingle Becomes a Chill Somebody Somewhere I Remember Patsy Out of My Head and Back in My Bed We've Come a Long Way, Baby Loretta Lookin' Good I Lie Making Love from Memory Lyin', Cheatin', Woman Chasin', Honky Tonkin', Whiskey Drinkin' You Just a Woman Who Was That Stranger Honky Tonk Angels Making More Memories All Time Gospel Favorites Still Country Van Lear Rose Full Circle White Christmas Blue Wouldn't It Be Great Still Woman Enough
Compilation albums	Here's Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits Loretta Lynn Writes 'Em and Sings 'Em Alone with You Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits Vol. II Blue Eyed Kentucky Girl All-Time Greatest Hits
Live albums	On the Road with Loretta and the Coal Miners Live from the Wheeling Jamboree
Film, television & tributes	Coal Miner's Daughter Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn Country Music Patsy & Loretta
Related artists	Patsy Cline Dolly Parton Conway Twitty Ernest Tubb Jack White The Wilburn Brothers Tammy Wynette
Family	Crystal Gayle The Lynns Oliver Lynn Peggy Sue Jay Lee Webb
Related articles	Amateur Championship Butcher Hollow, Kentucky Grand Ole Opry Hurricane Mills, Tennessee Still Woman Enough Sissy Spacek
Category

• 1957 births
• American male singer-songwriters
• American country singer-songwriters
• Living people
• 21st-century American singer-songwriters
• American mandolinists
• American bluegrass musicians
• Record producers from Tennessee
• Production sound mixers
• 21st-century American male singers
• The Earls of Leicester (band) members
• Alison Krauss & Union Station members
• The Chieftains members
• Lyle Lovett and His Large Band members