Favored Nations Entertainment is a record label founded in 1999 by guitarist Steve Vai and Ray Scherr, former owner of Guitar Center. The first album released by the label was '' Coming to Your Senses'' by guitarist Frank Gambale in 2000. Soon after, a variety of artists were signed, such as

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, Peppino D'Agostino, Marty Friedman, Johnny Hiland,

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, Eric Johnson, Stanley Jordan,

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, John Petrucci, Eric Sardinas, Neal Schon, Andy Timmons, Dave Weiner, The Yardbirds, and Dweezil Zappa. Favored Nations was followed by the creation of separate branches, Favored Nations Acoustic in 2002 and Favored Nations Cool in 2004. Pro-Found is a sister label that promotes Favored Nations artists through the Favored Nations and ProFound websites.

Notable artists

Favored Nations

* Eric Johnson * Eric Sardinas * Andy Timmons * Steve Vai *

* The Yardbirds * Tony Macalpine * Mattias Eklundh

Favored Nations Acoustic

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* Peppino D'Agostino * Pierre Bensusan * Tommy Emmanuel *

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* Adrian Legg *James Robinson

Favored Nations Cool

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featuring Stanley Jordan

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control American independent record labels Record labels established in 1999 Rock record labels 1999 establishments in California