Dave Cobb

Cobb was born in Savannah, Georgia, to Mary Cobb (née Floyd) and David Cobb, Sr.. He attended The Cottage School in Roswell. Cobb said his family was very religious and was active in the Pentecostal faith (his maternal grandmother was a minister). == Career ==

Cobb's career in music began as a session musician in Atlanta, sometimes working with producers Dallas Austin and Jermaine Dupri. In the late 1990s he joined Britpop band The Tender Idols, featuring Ian Webber (vocals), Danny Howes (guitar), Guy Strauss (drums), and Joe Jones (bass), with Cobb on guitar and bass. The band signed with New York record label Emagine and released three LPs, the second of which Dave Cobb co-produced. Cobb's involvement in the recording process got him interested in working in the recording studio and led to him recording and producing other bands he was friends with. In 2011 Cobb moved to Nashville, Tennessee After meeting Sturgill Simpson at a Billy Joe Shaver concert, Cobb produced Simpson's debut studio album High Top Mountain (2013) and its follow-up, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014). Recorded at Cobb's Low Country Sound studio in only four days, Cobb used many different vintage recording techniques, avoiding any electronic recording approaches for this particular album. The same year, Cobb helmed Early Morning Shakes, the third studio album from Whiskey Myers. Cobb met singer-songwriter Anderson East at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe, and Cobb ended up producing East's 2015 album Delilah, which was recorded at FAME Studios in North Alabama's Muscle Shoals. Rodney Hall from FAME allowed the pair into the archives, where they found George Jackson's song, "Find 'Em, Fool 'Em, Forget 'Em," which was covered on Delilah. The video for "Find 'Em" was shot at FAME. In 2015, Cobb founded Low Country Sound (LCS), an imprint of Elektra with distribution from Atlantic Records. The debut project for Low Country Sound was Delilah. The same year, Cobb co-produced Chris Stapleton's debut studio album Traveller at the historic RCA Studio A on Nashville's Music Row, which was slated for demolition. and won the Best Country Album. In 2016, the collaborative album Southern Family was released on the Low Country Sound imprint. Produced and curated by Cobb, the concept album was inspired by White Mansions, with themes centered on family values and the artist's experiences growing up in the South. Among those taking part were Zac Brown, Anderson East, Jason Isbell, Shooter Jennings, Jamey Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Morgane, and Chris Stapleton. RCA Studio A was saved from demolition, and in 2016, Cobb began a long-term residency at the studio. == Artistic approach ==

Cobb has said he focuses on the performer's voice, aiming for an end product which sounds natural. Cobb often plays guitar, and occasionally drums, on the records he produces. Current influences include Gabriel Roth (Daptone Records). Cobb also is known to not have a preference over analog recordings versus digital, instead believing the spontaneous nature of creativity as well as the inspiration derived from new discovery, predominantly drives the organic quality of a song. == Personal life ==

Cobb lives in the Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. Additionally, Cobb said he grew up with musician Butch Walker. Cobb has talked about the long-term passion that turned into a serious hobby where he explores different types of wine, especially from Paso Robles and other California vineyards. == Awards ==

• 2011: Grammy Award for Best Country Album (nominee) for Jamey Johnson's The Guitar Song • 2014: Americana Music Association, Producer of the Year • 2014: Grammy Award for Best Americana Album (nominee) for Sturgill Simpson's Metamodern Sounds in Country Music • 2015: Grammy Award for Producer of the Year (nominee) • 2015: Grammy Award for Best Country Album for Chris Stapleton's Traveller – as producer • 2015: Grammy Award for Best Americana Album for Jason Isbell's Something More Than Free – as producer • 2016: Americana Music Association, Album of the Year, Jason Isbell's Something More Than Free • 2016: Americana Music Association, Producer of the Year • 2016: Music Row awards, Producer of the Year • 2017: Country Music Awards, Chris Stapleton's From A Room: Volume 1 • 2017: Country Music Awards, Producer of the Year • 2018: Grammy Award for Best Americana Album (nominee) for Brent Cobb Shine On Rainy Day • 2018: Grammy Award for Best Americana Album for Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit's The Nashville Sound – as producer • 2018: Grammy Award for Best Country Album for Chris Stapleton's From A Room: Vol. 1 – as producer • 2019: Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song for Brandi Carlile's "The Joke" – as co-writer, producer • 2019: Grammy Award for Best Americana Album for Brandi Carlile's By the Way, I Forgive You – as producer • 2022: Grammy Award for Best Country Album for Chris Stapleton's Starting Over - as producer • 2022: Grammy Award for Best Country Song for Chris Stapleton's "Cold" - as songwriter and producer • 2023: Grammy Award for Best Americana Album for Brandi Carlile's In These Silent Days - as producer == Equipment ==

• Console / board: HELIOS by Dick Swettenham (Abbey Road Studios) • Converters: Burl Audio B80 Mothership and the B32 Vancouver == Selected discography ==

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