Emerson Swinford, a native of Chicago, is a Los Angeles-based guitarist, composer/songwriter and producer. He is currently a guitarist in the Rod Stewart band, and was formerly a member of the band Drill, a precursor to industrial- nu metal group Static-X.

Career

Swinford's guitar work can be heard on the 2018 album release by Stewart, called '' Blood Red Roses'', the 2015 release '' Another Country'' and 2013's ''

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''. ''Blood Red Roses'' and ''Time'' both went to number 1 on the UK Albums Chart. ''Another Country'' has since reached Platinum sales and ''Time'' has achieved Double Platinum sales status there. ''Time'' also went to number 7 on the US Billboard chart. Emerson has numerous co-writing credits with Stewart including "Honey Gold", "Vegas Shuffle", as well as co-writing "The Drinking Song". Along with writer/producer Kevin Savigar and Rod Stewart, Emerson co-wrote two songs on the ''

'' album, "Finest Woman" and the title track "Time". In 2016 he released a self-titled album available on his website and on iTunes. Emerson's theme and under-score music composed for the hit comedy ''

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'' won him ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards in 2011, 2012, and 2014. He is also a composer for the TV Land network comedy series ''

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'' and has had many TV and film song placements including ''The Hills'', '' The Ghost Whisperer,'' and ''

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''. As a session guitarist, Emerson has recorded with a diverse roster of artists such as Jennifer Love Hewitt,

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, Rod Stewart,

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and many others, as well as performing on the soundtracks for the movies '' Just Like Heaven,'' ''

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'' and ''

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''. His guitar work is also featured on several national TV commercial spots including St. Ives and Coors Light. Emerson is a co-writer of the hit single "

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" for actress and singer Jennifer Love Hewitt. He was the musical director and touring guitarist for Tony award-winning actress and singer

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, famous for her roles in Disney's ''Frozen'', Broadway's ''

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'' and ''

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,'' and the TV show ''Glee''.

Selected discography

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References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Swinford, Emerson Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Songwriters from Illinois American male composers 21st-century American composers Record producers from Illinois Guitarists from Chicago American male guitarists James B. Conant High School alumni 21st-century American male musicians American male songwriters