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Adam Ollendorff

About Me

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Performed and/or recorded with Jeff Allen, The Wheels, Danielle Peck, King Wilkie (Rounder Records), The Deadstring Brothers (Bloodshot Records), Madi Diaz & Kyle Ryan (Cherry Lane), Craig Jackson, Larissa Maestro (Little Thrill Records), James Farrell, Megan Burtt, Jesse Terry, Sam Wahl, Mike Reeb, Kevin Byrne, Moock, J.E. Borgen and others.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 20/05/2006
Band Members: I've been lucky to work with a number of fantastic artists and musicians, including:
Jeff Allen, The Wheels, Danielle Peck, Mike Willis, Craig Jackson, King Wilkie (Rounder Records), The Deadstring Brothers (Bloodshot Records), Sam Wahl, Madi Diaz & Kyle Ryan (Cherry Lane), Larissa Maestro, James Farrell, Megan Burtt, Justin Levinson, Christina Martin, Rayland Baxter.

Recordings With: Madi Diaz, Craig Jackson, Matt Ammerman, Blake Thomas & The Downtown Brown, Minky Starshine & The New Cardinals, Larissa Maestro, Jesse Terry, Justin Levinson.

Produced/Recorded by: Ken Stringfellow (R.E.M.), "The" George Massenberg (Emmylou, Linda Ronstadt), Leanne Ungar (Leonard Cohen), Steve Hunt (Allan Holdsworth), Armsted Christian, Martin Cooke, Frank Charlton (Madi Diaz), Dave Piper, Eric Masse, Ted Pennington, Adam Popick.

I've been very fortunate to share the stage with the likes of:
John Sands (Aimee Mann), Lorne Entress (Lori McKenna), Bryan Owings (Buddy Miller), Steve Bowman (Counting Crowes), Robert Reynolds (The Mavericks), Jimmy Ryan (Jimmy Ryan).
Influences: Some of my favorite instrumentalists include:
Greg Leisz, Dan Dugmore, Tom Bukovac, Ben Keith, Mike Campbell, Derek Trucks, Albert King, Kevin Barry, Duke Levine, Bill Frisell, Mark Knopfler, Jerry Garcia, Kyle Ryan, David Lindley, John Sands, and Michael Lockwood.

Some of my favorite artists include:
Ryan Adams, Aimee Mann, Jon Brion, Ethan Johns, Calexico, Radiohead, Neil Young, The Smiths, The Beatles, Wilco, Kathleen Edwards, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Daniel Lanois.
Sounds Like: Things With Strings
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

"Moment of Closure," James Farrell and Asher Guitars

The first tune on my current playlist "Moment of Closure," written and beautifully performed by James Farrell for Martin Cooke's MP-461 project at Berklee College of Music.I'm playing an Asher Electro...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:16:00 GMT

Artist Credits on "Adam's Reel"

"Fate" by Stephen Canfield; "The Wash" by Matt Scheiner; "Keep All The Money" by Charlie Hutto; Pedal Steel Improvisation by Adam Ollendorff; "Sink Me" by Larissa Maestro; "Everybody Knows" performed ...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:27:00 GMT

Upcoming Sessions

I'm looking forward to playing steel guitar the recordings of some really great songwriters in the next few weeks, including: Caitlin Frame, Megan Burtt, Stephen Canfield, Kati O'Toole, and Kevin Byrn...
Posted by on Sat, 20 May 2006 14:52:00 GMT