Among his credits as a producer are eight albums which he produced for
Mary Chapin Carpenter, as well as releases by
BeauSoleil,
John Gorka, and
Janis Ian. Jennings has played acoustic, electric, slide, lap, steel and baritone guitars, synthesizers, organ, piano and percussion, sung background vocals and/or produced albums for Carpenter, the
Indigo Girls, the
Rankin Family,
Niamh Kavanagh,
Cheryl Wheeler,
Iris DeMent,
George Jones and
Robin & Linda Williams, among many others. As a recording artist, he has five albums to his credit. After
Bill Danoff (of the Starland Vocal Band) introduced him to Mary Chapin Carpenter, they began performing together in the Washington, D.C., area. An album recorded to be sold at their shows was released by
Columbia Records as Carpenter's 1987 debut album,
Hometown Girl. He has been nominated for several Grammy awards, and has won more than 20 Wammie (Washington Area Music Association) awards over the last 20 years. ==Personal life==