Roger Greenawalt

Roger Greenawalt (born February 13, 1960 in Washington, DC) is an American music producer known for discovering singer "Ben Kweller". A high-profile account featuring Greenawalt's efforts to get Kweller signed to a major label appeared in a New Yorker profile on April 7, 1997.

A fixture in the Williamsburg, Brooklyn music scene for the past ten years, Greenwalt's Shabby Road studios recently produced The Pierces, highly-regarded "13 Tales Of Love And Revenge' reviewed favorably in magazines such as Rolling Stone, Spin and Blender.

Greenawalt studied at Berklee School of Music in Boston in the early 1980s. His new-wave "death disco" band The Dark gained a loyal following and drew the interest of local musician "Ric Ocasek" who produced their first EP in 1982.

Since relocating to New York, in the early 1990s, Greenawalt has produced a wide variety of musicians. He has also performed on records made by "Nils Lofgren", "Ric Ocasek", "Rufus Wainwright" and others.

Greenawalt currently owns and operates Shabby Road studios. Recent productions include new recordings by "The Pierces," "Julian Velard," "Frankpollis" and others.

Recordings

* Darkworld by The Dark. Produced by "Ric Ocasek" (Released by Ambiguous Records, 1982)
* "Beatitude" by the Ric Ocasek (Released by Geffen Records, 1982. Session guitarist.
* Session guitarist and drum programmer at Shakedown Studios, primarily on Arthur Baker dance remixes such as "Bruce Springsteen" "Dancing In The Dark", "Cindy Lauper" "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", dozens others.
* Co-founder, Co-producer, composer, The Poppies, Columbia Records, 1990. Warners UK 1991.
* Producer, Engineer, Eve's Plum, 1992, Epic Records.
* Producer, Engineer, bass, programming "The Manson Family, An Opera", featuring "Iggy Pop" and "Terri Roche", by John Moran, 1992, Point Records.
* Guitar, "Sophie B. Hawkins" "Damn I Wish I Were Your Lover", Columbia Records, 1993.
* Composer, "Frankenhooker" , Glickenhaus films 1992.
* Producer, Engineer, bass, The Murmurs, MCA Records, 1994.
* Producer, Engineer, bass, "Nils Lofgren", "Damaged Goods", Rounder Records, 1995.
* Engineer, guitar, remix of "Don't Speak", "No Doubt", Interscope Records, 1997.
* Producer, Engineer, "Radish", led by 15 year old " Ben Kweller", Mercury Records, 1997.
* Dozens of TV commercials and various theme music for television, including "Sky TV", "Coca Cola", "Ford", "Croc Hunter", "National Geographic TV".
* Producer, Engineer, Composer"Ashley MacIsaac", London Records, 2003.
* Banjo, ukulele, "Rufus Wainwright", "Want Two", Dreamworks Records, 2004.
* Producer "Ben Kweller", "Albert Hammond, Jr." "Wait" 40th Anniversary of Beatles Rubber Soul, ATO Records, 2005.
* Producer, Engineer, "What I Like About Jew by Sean Altman, 2006.
* Producer, Engineer, Slide Guitar, Aberfeldy, "I Think I'll Move" Rough Trade, 2006.
* Producer "The Movies Without You", Julian Velard, EMI UK 2007
* Ukulele "Call an Ambulance", Albert Hammond, Jr., Rough Trade, 2006.
* Producer, The Pierces, "13 Tales Of Love And Revenge' Lizard King, 2007.

Recent work with Albert Hammond, Jr., Rhett Miller, Adam Green, Aberfeldy, Washington Social Club,Airspace.

* Also appeared on the Judge Mathis television show in 2001 as the defendant in a lawsuit over unreimbursed veterinarian bills; presented his defense in musical form, bringing out an acoustic guitar to perform a song he wrote to honor his deceased cat.

External links

* http://www.booknoise.net/johnseabrook/stories/culture/bigben/index.html A profile of Greenawalt’s role in the discovery of Ben Kweller. From The New Yorker April 7 1997
* http://amplifiermagazine.com/amplified/the_pierces.php