Jim Keltner

James Lee Keltner (born April 27, 1942) is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work. He was characterized by Bob Dylan biographer Howard Sounes as "the leading session drummer in America".Howard Sounes. ''Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan'' Doubleday. 2001 p329.

Career

Keltner was inspired to start playing because of an interest in jazz, but the popularity of jazz was declining during the late 1950s and early 1960s, and it was the explosion of pop/rock in the mid-1960s that enabled him to break into recording work in Los Angeles. His first gig as a session musician was recording " She's Just My Style" for the pop group Gary Lewis and the Playboys.

Keltner's music career was hardly paying a living, and for several years at the outset he was supported by his wife. Toward the end of the 1960s, he finally began getting regular session work and eventually became one of the busiest drummers in Los Angeles. His earliest credited performances on record were with Gabor Szabo on the 1968 album '' Bacchanal''.

In 1968, Keltner was also working in a music shop in Pasadena just down the street from the old Ice House coffeehouse when he was recruited to play drums in a "psychedelic" vocal group named "MC Squared" along with Michael Crowley, Michael Clough, Linda Carey, (all from the folk group The Back Porch Majority) and session guitarist/bassist Randy Cierley Sterling. They were signed by Mo Ostin and recorded an album for Warner/Reprise originally titled "MC Squared" which has later been re-mastered and re-released in 2012 with the album title "Tantalizing Colors." They appeared live that same year on the Hugh Hefner / Playboy Magazine television show Playboy After Dark playing two songs: an original by MC Squared members Michael Clough and Michael Crowley titled "I Know You" and a version of the Fred Neil song Everybody's Talkin'. Both Playboy After Dark performances with Keltner playing drums can currently be viewed on YouTube.

It was his work with Leon Russell playing on Delaney & Bonnie's ''Accept No Substitute'' that attracted the attention of Joe Cocker, who recruited Russell and everyone else he could out of the Delaney & Bonnie band for his '' Mad Dogs & Englishmen'' tour. Playing with Joe Cocker led to work in 1970 and 1971, on records by Carly Simon (''No Secrets''), Barbra Streisand ('' Barbra Joan Streisand''), Booker T. Jones (''Booker T. & Priscilla''), George Harrison (''The Concert for Bangladesh'') and John Lennon (''Imagine'').

Former Beatles

Keltner is well known for his session work on solo recordings by three members of the Beatles, working with George Harrison, John Lennon (including Lennon solo albums, as well as albums released both by the Plastic Ono Band and Yoko Ono), and Ringo Starr.

Keltner played on many key former Beatle solo releases, including Harrison's 1973 album ''Living in the Material World'' and Lennon's 1974 album ''Walls and Bridges''. When Ringo Starr recorded his first full-fledged pop album, '' Ringo'', Keltner was featured on several tracks. Following this, Keltner joined George Harrison on his 1974 tour of the United States.

In 1974 Keltner played on the Lennon-produced Harry Nilsson album ''Pussy Cats'' alongside Ringo (and Keith Moon) on "Rock Around the Clock". Keltner was featured on the Nilsson albums '' Son of Schmilsson'' with Harrison, Starr and Beatles associate Klaus Voormann as well as ''Duit on Mon Dei'' with Starr and Voormann.

Keltner's relationship with the former Beatles was such that his name was used to parody Paul McCartney on albums released by Harrison and Starr in 1973. Early that year, McCartney, the only Beatle not to have worked with Keltner, included a note on the back cover of his ''Red Rose Speedway'' album, encouraging fans to join the "Wings Fun Club" by sending a "stamped addressed envelope" to an address in London. Later that year, both Harrison's ''Living in the Material World'' and Starr's '' Ringo'' contained a similar note encouraging fans to join the "Jim Keltner Fan Club" by sending a "stamped undressed elephant" to an address in Hollywood.

Keltner played the role of the judge in the music video for George Harrison's 1976 Top 30 hit, "This Song".

In 1989, Keltner toured with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band.

Equipment

Keltner is an endorser of DW drums, hardware and pedals, Ahead drumsticks/gloves/griptape, Paiste Cymbals, Remo drumheads and world percussion and Roland electronics.

Little Village

In 1987, Keltner, along with guitarist Ry Cooder and bassist Nick Lowe's '' Bring the Family''. Four years later the four musicians reunited as the band Little Village, recording an eponymous album.

Traveling Wilburys

Keltner played drums on both albums released by the 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys, playing under the pseudonym "Buster Sidebury".

Ry Cooder

Keltner became Ry Cooder's go-to drummer, recording with him on many of his albums for over 40 years, including the following, as well as playing with him in Little Village.

*''Boomer's Story'' (1972)
*'' Paradise and Lunch'' (1974)
*''Chicken Skin Music'' (1976)
*'' Bop till You Drop'' (1979)
*'' Borderline'' (1980)
*''The Slide Area'' (1982)
*''Get Rhythm'' (1987)
*'' Chávez Ravine'' (2005)
*'' My Name Is Buddy'' (2007)
*''I, Flathead'' (2008)
*'' Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down'' (2011)

List of artists

Keltner, as a freelance drummer, has worked with a long list of artists.

1970s

Jim Keltner recorded two albums with his band Attitudes for George Harrison's Dark Horse label. The band also included Danny Kortchmar, David Foster and Paul Stallworth, and recorded ''Attitudes'' in 1975 and ''Good News'' in 1977.

He is featured on Carly Simon's 1971 album, ''Anticipation''.

He played on various tracks on Randy Newman's albums '' Sail Away'' and '' Little Criminals'', including "You Can Leave Your Hat On", "Short People", and "Jolly Coppers On Parade".

He also played drums on the Bee Gees 1973 album ''Life in a Tin Can''.

He played on 5 songs on Jackson Browne’s “For Everyman” album recorded in 1973 including the song “These Days.”

In 1973, he was the session drummer on Bob Dylan's ''Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid'', which includes the hit "Knockin' on Heaven's Door". He described that session as "a monumental session for me because it was such a touching song, it was the first time I actually cried when I was playing".

In 1974, he played on most tracks on the Jack Bruce album '' Out of the Storm''.

Other demonstrations of his style and range can be found in "Jealous Guy" on John Lennon's Imagine, the hit single "Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright, and "Watching the River Flow" by Bob Dylan.

Keltner is the drummer on the Steely Dan tune " Josie" (released in 1977). In the DVD "Steely Dan - Classic Albums: Aja", Donald Fagen states that in the bridge of the tune, Keltner overdubbed a 16th note based pattern played on a metal trash can lid.

Keltner is credited as the drummer on the 1979 album by Roy Clark and Gatemouth Brown, ''Makin' Music''.

Keltner appears on Marc Jordan's 1979 album "Blue Desert" on tracks "Twilight" and "Lost in The Hurrah".

1980s

Keltner specialized in R&B, and developed a deceptively simple drumming style that melds a casual, loose feel with extraordinary precision. He is said to have influenced Jeff Porcaro and Danny Seraphine of Chicago.

Keltner played on the '' Saved'' and ''Shot of Love'' albums by Bob Dylan.

Keltner performed on many classic recordings by J. J. Cale and often worked with bassist Tim Drummond.

He played on most of the tracks on Roy Orbison's swansong ''Mystery Girl''.

He played on four Richard Thompson albums: '' Daring Adventures'' (1986), '' Amnesia'' (1988), ''Rumor and Sigh'' (1991) and '' you? me? us?'' (1996).

Keltner played drums on the song "Now We're Getting Somewhere" from the hit album ''Crowded House'' (1986).

Also, he was a session drummer for the reunited Pink Floyd on the album ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason''.

1990s

In the mid-1990s, Keltner joined the London Metropolitan Orchestra on its recording of "An American Symphony" on the movie soundtrack for '' Mr Holland's Opus''.

In 1992, he played (together with Booker T. & the M.G.'s) at Bob Dylan's The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration.

In 1993, he toured with Neil Young and Booker T. & the M.G.'s.

He played on Brian Wilson's 1995 album, ''I Just Wasn't Made for These Times''.

He guested on Sheryl Crow's 1996 self-titled album, on the track "The Book".

He played on Gillian Welch's album '' Revival'', on the track "The Only One and Only".

Keltner played on the 1997 Bill Frisell album '' Gone, Just Like a Train'' with Viktor Krauss and toured as a member of the trio in support of the album. He also played on the 1999 Frisell album ''Good Dog, Happy Man'' and is pictured in the CD leaflet and back cover (Nonesuch 79536-2).

2000s

In 2000, Keltner toured with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young on their "Tour of America".

In 2000 he was the drummer on Neil Young's album ''Silver & Gold''.

In 2000, Keltner collaborated with Charlie Watts, drummer of the Rolling Stones, on an instrumental album entitled ''The Charlie Watts–Jim Keltner Project''. Watts played drums for each track, while Keltner contributed sequenced sounds and percussion. Tracks were named after famous drummers.

In 2002, he briefly joined Bob Dylan's band during the European gigs while its main drummer, George Receli, recuperated from a hand injury. Later in the year, Keltner played in Concert For George, a tribute to George Harrison a year following his death. Wearing a sweatshirt with a Bob Dylan logo, he reprised his role as the Wilburys' drummer, joining Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne for " Handle with Care." During that project and performance, he worked with Paul McCartney along with other percussionists, including Ringo Starr.

In 2003, he toured with Simon & Garfunkel in their ''Old Friends'' tour.

In 2004, he was one of the "Hot Licks" on Dan Hicks' ''Selected Shorts'' CD.

In 2006, he toured with T-Bone Burnett in '' The True False Identity'' tour and was featured on Jerry Lee Lewis's album '' Last Man Standing''. He played on Mavis Staples's album ''We'll Never Turn Back'', produced by Ry Cooder.

He also lent his drumming skills to the tracks on Richard Shapero's full-length album entitled ''Wild Animus: The Ram'', recorded the same year.

In 2007, he appeared with Lucinda Williams on ''West''. The album was listed No. 18 on ''Rolling Stones list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007. He also played on Phish keyboardist's self titled debut album Page McConnell, released in 2007.

In 2008, Keltner appeared on ''Break up the Concrete'' by The Pretenders, on '' One Kind Favor'' by B. B. King and on Oasis's "The Boy with the Blues", a non-album-track from ''Dig Out Your Soul''.

Also in 2008, Keltner participated in the production of the album ''Psalngs'', the debut release of Canadian musician John Lefebvre.

In 2009, Keltner played drums on singer/songwriter Todd Snider's Don Was-produced album, '' The Excitement Plan''.

2010s

In 2010, Keltner produced Jerry Lee Lewis's ''Mean Old Man'' duets CD. He played drums on Fistful of Mercy's debut album, ''As I Call You Down'', which one of the band's members, Dhani Harrison, described in an interview as the first project of his that he felt worthy to bring to Keltner, who was an old family friend (Dhani is the son of George Harrison). Keltner also played on '' The Union'' by Leon Russell and Elton John, produced by T-Bone Burnett and released on October 10, 2010. He also appeared on the eponymous Eric Clapton album, on 8 of the 14 tracks.

Joseph Arthur's 2011 album, ''The Graduation Ceremony'', features Keltner on drums, reprising a partnership that began with the Fistful of Mercy project.

He has recorded twice with the indie band She & Him, on 2011's '' A Very She & Him Christmas'' and 2014's '' Classics''.

He played drums on Michael Buble’s 2011 “Christmas” album. The tracks are “All I Want for Christmas is You,” and “Blue Christmas.”

For the 2012 release, ''Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International'', Keltner sat in a studio with Outernational covering Dylan's "When the Ship Comes In".

In 2012, he also played drums on John Mayer's "Something Like Olivia", the fifth track of the album '' Born and Raised''.

That same year, he recorded with Italian instrumental band Sacri Cuori on their second record, ''Rosario''.

In 2013, Keltner appears on the track "If I Were Me" from '' Sound City: Real to Reel'' with Dave Grohl, Jessy Greene and Rami Jaffee. Also, on "Our Love Is Here To Stay", a classic Gershwin jazz standard recorded by Eric Clapton for his album, ''Old Sock''.

In 2014, Keltner played on Peter Himmelman's album ''The Boat That Carries Us''.

In 2016, Keltner recorded drums for Neil Young's thirty-seventh studio album, ''Peace Trail''.
In 2016, Keltner also appeared on the Rolling Stones' CD "Blue & Lonesome", playing percussion on "Hoo Doo Blues."

In 2017, Keltner played drums and percussion as well as co-producing Conor Oberst's '' Salutations'' album. Oberst described Keltner's production as "flawless".

In 2018, he played drums and percussion on Boz Scaggs' 19th album, '' Out of the Blues,'' and Eric Clapton's '' Happy Xmas''.

In 2019, Keltner played drums along with bassist Mike Watt for guitarist Mike Baggetta's ''Wall of Flowers'' album released in March. Keltner played drums on the original soundtrack for the movie "The Irishman". The music was written by Robbie Robertson.

Keltner plays drums on the song included on Mike Viola's 2020 album ''The Best of Mike Viola''. Manga artist Naoki Urasawa, who wrote the original song, also performs on it and drew a short manga of the experience for his "Musica Nostra" series that features Keltner.

Collaborations

With John Lennon
* ''Imagine'' (Apple Records, 1971)
* ''Mind Games'' (Apple Records, 1973)
* ''Walls and Bridges'' (Apple Records, 1974)
* ''Rock 'n' Roll'' (Apple Records, 1975)

With Mick Jagger
* '' Wandering Spirit'' (Atlantic Records, 1993)
* ''Goddess in the Doorway'' (Virgin Records, 2001)

With Nerina Pallot
* ''Fires'' (Idaho Records, 2005)

With Dion DiMucci
* '' Born to Be with You'' (Phil Spector Records, 1975)

With Patti Scialfa
* ''Rumble Doll'' (Columbia Records, 1993)

With Debby Boone
* ''Surrender'' (Sparrow Records, 1983)

With Livingston Taylor
* '' Three Way Mirror'' (Epic Records, 1978)

With Bruce Cockburn
* '' Nothing but a Burning Light'' (True North Records, 1991)

With J. D. Souther
* ''Black Rose'' (Asylum Records, 1976)

With Keb' Mo'
* '' The Door'' (Epic Records, 2000)

With Rob Thomas
* '' Cradlesong'' (Atlantic Records, 2009)
* ''Someday'' (Atlantic Records, 2010)

With Indigo Girls
* ''Nomads Indians Saints'' (Epic Records, 1990)

With Robbie Robertson
* ''How to Become Clairvoyant'' (429 Records, 2011)
* ''Sinematic'' (UME, 2019)

With Jessie Baylin
* ''Little Spark'' (Blonde Rat, 2012)

With Kim Carnes
* ''Kim Carnes'' (A&M Records, 1975)

With Bob Bennett
* ''Non-Fiction'' (Star Song, 1985)

With Neil Young
* ''Silver & Gold'' (Reprise Records, 2000)
* ''Peace Trail'' (Reprise Records, 2016)

With Judy Collins
* '' Hard Times for Lovers'' (Elektra Records, 1979)

With Bee Gees
* ''Life in a Tin Can'' (RSO Records, 1973)

With Diana Krall
* ''Wallflower'' (Verve Records, 2015)

With Delbert McClinton
* ''One of the Fortunate Few'' (Rising Tide, 1997)

With Delaney & Bonnie
* '' The Original Delaney & Bonnie & Friends'' (Elektra Records, 1969)
* ''Motel Shot'' (Atco Records, 1971)

With Ted Gärdestad
* ''Blue Virgin Isles'' (Polar, 1978)

With Michel Polnareff
* ''Michel Polnareff'' (Atlantic Records, 1975)

With Gillian Welch
* '' Revival'' (Almo Sounds, 1996)

With Steely Dan
* '' Aja'' (ABC Records, 1977)

With Lesley Gore
* ''Love Me By Name'' (A&M Records, 1976)

With Melissa Etheridge
* ''Breakdown'' (Island Records, 1999)

With Wayne Watson
* ''Field of Souls'' (Warner Alliance, 1995)

With Shannon McNally
* ''Jukebox Sparrows'' (Capitol Records, 2002)

With Donovan
* ''Slow Down World'' (Epic Records, 1976)
* '' Beat Cafe'' (Appleeseed Records, 2004)

With Richie Furay
* ''Seasons of Change'' (Myrrh Records, 1982)

With Dave Mason
* '' Alone Together'' (Blue Thumb Records, 1970)
* '' It's Like You Never Left'' (Blue Thumb Records, 1973)

With Arlo Guthrie
* ''Hobo's Lullaby'' (Reprise Records, 1972)
* '' Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys'' (Reprise Records, 1973)
* ''Arlo Guthrie'' (Reprise Records, 1974)

With Jenny Lewis
* '' On the Line'' (Warner Bros. Records, 2019)

With Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks
* ''Buckingham Nicks'' (Polydor, 1973)

With Céline Dion
* ''Taking Chances'' (Columbia Records, 2007)

With Eye to Eye
* ''Eye to Eye'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1982)

With Jill Sobule
* ''California Years'' (Pinko Records, 2009)

With Willis Alan Ramsey
* ''Willis Alan Ramsey'' (Shelter Records, 1972)

With Carlene Carter
* '' I Fell in Love'' (Reprise Records, 1990)
* '' Carter Girl'' (Rounder Records, 2014)

With Melody Gardot
* '' The Absence'' (Decca Records, 2012)

With Frank Black
* ''Fast Man Raider Man'' (Cooking Vinyl, 2006)

With Joseph Arthur
* ''Come to Where I'm From'' (Virgin Records, 2000)
* ''The Graduation Ceremony'' (Lonely Astronaut Records, 2011)
* '' The Ballad of Boogie Christ'' (Lonely Astronauct Records, 2013)

With Smokey Robinson
* '' Smokey & Friends'' (Verve Records, 2014)

With John Lee Hooker
* '' Mr. Lucky'' (Virgin Records, 1991)

With Delaney Bramlett
* ''Sounds From Home'' (Zane, 1998)

With Johnny Rivers
* ''Home Grown'' (United Artists Records, 1970)
* ''Outside Help'' (Big Tree Records, 1977)
* ''Not a Through Street'' (CBS, 1983)

With Joe Henry
* '' Tiny Voices'' (Anti-, 2003)

With Lonnie Mack
* ''Second Sight'' (Alligator Records, 1986)

With Mavis Staples
* ''We'll Never Turn Back'' (Anti-, 2007)

With Tanita Tikaram
* '' Lovers in the City'' (East West Records, 1995)

With Beth Nielsen Chapman
* '' Sand and Water'' (Reprise Records, 1997)

With Phoebe Bridgers
* ''Punisher'' (Dead Oceans, 2020)

With Rosie Vela
* '' Zazu'' (A&M Records, 1986)

With Rhett Miller
* '' The Instigator'' (Elektra Records, 2002)

With Marshall Crenshaw
* ''Jaggedland'' (429 Records, 2009)

With Kiki Dee
* ''Stay With Me'' (Rocket, 1978)

With Diana DeGarmo
* '' Blue Skies'' (RCA Records, 2004)

With George Harrison
* ''Living in the Material World'' (Apple Records, 1973)
* '' Dark Horse'' (Apple Records, 1974)
* '' Extra Texture (Read All About It)'' (Apple Records, 1975)
* ''Somewhere in England'' (Dark Horse Records, 1981)
* ''Gone Troppo'' (Dark Horse Records, 1982)
* '' Cloud Nine'' (Dark Horse Records, 1987)
* '' Brainwashed'' (Dark Horse Records, 2002)

With The Pretenders
* ''Break Up the Concrete'' (Shangri-La Music, 2008)

With Karen Alexander
* ''Voyager'' (Elektra Records, 1978)

With A. J. Croce
* '' A. J. Croce'' (Private Music, 1993)
* '' That's Me in the Bar'' (Private Music, 1995)

With Bonnie Raitt
* ''Takin' My Time'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1973)

With Cracker
* '' Cracker'' (Virgin Records, 1992)

With John Mayer
* '' Born and Raised'' (Columbia Records, 2012)
* '' The Search for Everything'' (Columbia Records, 2017)

With Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
* ''Long Way Home'' (Verve Records, 1995)

With Melissa Manchester
* '' Don't Cry Out Loud'' (Arista Records, 1978)

With Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
* '' Damn the Torpedoes'' (MCA Records, 1979)
* ''Southern Accents'' (MCA Records, 1985)

With Keith Carradine
* ''Lost & Found'' (Asylum Records, 1979)

With Beth Orton
* '' Daybreaker'' (Heavenly Records, 2002)

With Matthew Sweet
* '' In Reverse'' (Volcano, 1999)

With Denny Doherty
* ''Waiting for a Song'' (Ember Records, 1974)

With Peter Allen
* ''Taught by Experts'' (A&M Records, 1976)

With Joe Cocker
* '' Joe Cocker'' (A&M Records, 1972)
* '' Civilized Man'' (Capitol Records, 1984)
* '' Night Calls'' (Capitol Records, 1991)
* '' Organic'' (550 Music, 1996)
* '' Hymn for My Soul'' (EMI, 2007)

With Albert King
* '' Lovejoy'' (Stax Records, 1971)

With Shawn Colvin
* '' Fat City'' (Columbia Records, 1992)
* ''Cover Girl'' (Columbia Records, 1994)

With Ringo Starr
* '' Ringo'' (Apple Records, 1973)
* '' Goodnight Vienna'' (Apple Records, 1974)
* ''Ringo's Rotogravure'' (Polydor Records, 1976)
* '' Stop and Smell the Roses'' (RCA Records, 1981)

With Alison Krauss
* ''Forget About It'' (Rounder Records, 1999)

With Linda Ronstadt
* ''Feels Like Home (Linda Ronstadt album), Feels Like Home'' (Elektra Records, 1995)
* ''We Ran'' (Elektra Records, 1998)

With Michelle Branch
* ''Everything Comes and Goes'' (Reprise Records, 2010)

With Rickie Lee Jones
* ''Flying Cowboys'' (Geffen, 1989)
* ''Traffic from Paradise'' (Geffen, 1993)

With Richard Thompson
* '' Daring Adventures'' (Polydor Records, 1986)
* '' Amnesia'' (Capitol Records, 1988)
* ''Rumor and Sigh'' (Capitol Records, 1991)
* ''You? Me? Us?'' (Capitol Records, 1996)

With B.B. King
* ''B.B. King in London'' (ABC Records, 1971)
* ''There Is Always One More Time'' (MCA Records, 1991)
* ''Deuces Wild (B.B. King album), Deuces Wild'' (MCA Records, 1997)
* '' One Kind Favor'' (Geffen, 2008)

With Dan Fogelberg
* ''Twin Sons of Different Mothers'' (Epic Records, 1978)

With Brian Wilson
* ''I Just Wasn't Made for These Times'' (MCA Records, 1995)
* ''No Pier Pressure'' (Capitol Records, 2015)

With Don Henley
* ''Building the Perfect Beast'' (Geffen, 1984)
* ''The End of the Innocence (album), The End of the Innocence'' (Geffen, 1989)

With Little Feat
* ''Hoy-Hoy!'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1981)

With Warren Zevon
* ''Mr. Bad Example'' (Giant, 1991)
* ''The Wind (Warren Zevon album), The Wind'' (Artemis Records, 2003)

With Marc Cohn
* ''The Rainy Season'' (Atlantic Records, 1993)
* ''Join the Parade'' (Decca Records, 2007)

With Lauren Wood
* ''Lauren Wood (album), Lauren Wood'' (Capitol Records, 1979)

With Elton John and Leon Russell
* '' The Union'' (Mercury Records, 2010)

With Yoko Ono
* ''Fly (Yoko Ono album), Fly'' (Apple Records, 1971)
* ''Feeling the Space'' (Apple Records, 1973)

With Curtis Stigers
* ''Brighter Days'' (Columbia Records, 1999)

With Patti Dahlstrom
* ''Your Place or Mine'' (20th Century Records, 1975)

With Jackson Browne
* ''For Everyman'' (Asylum Records, 1973)
* ''Lives in the Balance'' (Asylum Records, 1986)
* ''I'm Alive (Jackson Browne album), I'm Alive'' (Elektra Records, 1993)
* ''Standing in the Breach'' (Inside Recordings, 2014)

With Aaron Neville
* ''Warm Your Heart'' (A&M Records, 1991)

With Maria Muldaur
* ''Maria Muldaur (album), Maria Muldaur'' (Reprise Records, 1973)

With Bill Withers
* ''Just as I Am (Bill Withers album), Just as I Am'' (Sussex Records, 1971)

With Colin James
* ''Limelight (Colin James album), Limelight'' (MapleMusic Recordings, 2005)

With Roy Orbison
* ''Mystery Girl'' (Virgin Records, 1989)
* ''King of Hearts (Roy Orbison album), King of Hearts'' (Virgin Records, 1992)

With Van Dyke Parks
* ''Clang of the Yankee Reaper'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1976)
* ''Jump! (album), Jump!'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1984)

With Christine Lakeland
* ''Reckoning'' (Virgin Records, 1993)

With Howdy Moon
* ''Howdy Moon'' (A&M Records, 1974)

With Michael Penn
* ''March (Michael Penn album), March'' (RCA Records, 1989)
* ''Free-for-All (Michael Penn album), Free-for-All'' (RCA Records, 1992)

With Adam Cohen (musician), Adam Cohen
* ''Adam Cohen'' (Columbia Records, 1998)

With Conor Oberst
* ''Salutations (album), Salutations'' (Nonesuch Records, 2017)

With Boz Scaggs
* ''Come On Home (album), Come On Home'' (Virgin Records, 1997)
* '' Out of the Blues'' (Concord Records, 2018)

With Bob Dylan
* '' Saved'' (Columbia Records, 1980)
* ''Shot of Love'' (Columbia Records, 1981)
* ''Empire Burlesque'' (Columbia Records, 1985)
* ''Time Out of Mind (Bob Dylan album), Time Out of Mind'' (Columbia Records, 1997)

With Jann Arden
* ''Time for Mercy'' (A&M Records, 1993)
* ''Happy? (Jann Arden album), Happy?'' (A&M Records, 1997)

With Bill Wyman
* ''Stone Alone'' (Atlantic Records, 1976)

With Tim Easton
* ''Break Your Mother's Heart'' (New West Records, 2003)

With Tom Petty
* ''Full Moon Fever'' (MCA Records, 1989)

With Pops Staples
* ''Peace to the Neighborhood'' (Pointblack Records, 1992)
* ''Father Father'' (Pointblack Records, 1994)

With Sam Phillips (musician), Sam Phillips
* ''Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)'' (Virgin Records, 1996)
* ''Fan Dance (album), Fan Dance'' (Nonesuch Records, 2001)
* ''A Boot and a Shoe'' (Nonesuch Records, 2004)

With Fiona Apple
* ''When the Pawn...'' (Epic Records, 1999)
* ''Extraordinary Machine'' (Epic Records, 2005)

With Susanna Hoffs
* ''Susanna Hoffs (album), Susanna Hoffs'' (London Records, 1996)

With Freddie King
* ''Woman Across the River'' (Shelter Records, 1973)

With Neil Finn
* ''One Nil'' (Parlophone Records, 2001)

With Carly Simon
* ''No Secrets (Carly Simon album), No Secrets'' (Elektra Records, 1972)
* ''Hotcakes (album), Hotcakes'' (Elektra Records, 1974)
* ''Another Passenger'' (Elektra Records, 1976)
* ''Christmas Is Almost Here'' (Rhino Records, 2002)
* ''Christmas Is Almost Here Again'' (Rhino Records, 2003)

With The Manhattan Transfer
* ''Coming Out (album), Coming Out'' (Atlantic Records, 1976)

With Ryan Adams
* ''Gold (Ryan Adams album), Gold'' (Lost Highway Records, 2001)

With Vonda Shepard
* ''The Radical Light'' (Reprise Records, 1992)

With Ron Davies (songwriter), Ron Davies
* ''Silent Song Through the Land'' (A&M Records, 1970)

With Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt
* ''Trio II'' (Asylum Records, 1999)

With William Lee Golden
* ''American Vagabond'' (MCA Records, 1986)

With Rufus Wainwright
* ''Rufus Wainwright (album), Rufus Wainwright'' (DreamWorks Records, 1998)
* ''Poses (album), Poses'' (Dreamworks Records, 2001)
* ''Unfollow the Rules'' (BMG, 2020)

With Pink Floyd
* ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'' (Columbia Records, 1987)

With Matraca Berg
* ''The Speed of Grace'' (MCA Records, 1994)

With Crowded House
* ''Crowded House (album), Crowded House'' (Capitol Records, 1986)

With Aimee Mann
* ''Whatever (Aimee Mann album), Whatever'' (Geffen, 1993)

With Neil Diamond
* ''Beautiful Noise'' (Columbia Records, 1976)
* ''Heartlight (album), Heartlight'' (Columbia Records, 1982)

With Pat McLaughlin
* ''Pat McLaughlin'' (Capitol Records, 1988)

With Loudon Wainwright III
* ''Unrequited (album), Unrequited'' (Columbia Records, 1975)
* ''Here Come the Choppers'' (Sovereign Records, 2005)

With Randy Newman
* '' Sail Away'' (Reprise Records, 1972)
* ''Good Old Boys (Randy Newman album), Good Old Boys'' (Reprise Records, 1974)
* '' Little Criminals'' (Reprise Records, 1977)
* ''Randy Newman's Faust'' (Reprise Records, 1995)

With Jimmy Cliff
* ''Follow My Mind'' (Reprise Records, 1975)
* ''Give Thankx'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1978)

With Perfume Genius
* ''Set My Heart on Fire Immediately'' (Matador Records, 2020)

With Joni Mitchell
* ''Turbulent Indigo'' (Reprise Records, 1994)

With José Feliciano
* ''And the Feeling's Good'' (RCA Victor, 1974)
* ''For My Love... Mother Music'' (RCA Victor, 1974)

With Eric Clapton
* ''Journeyman (album), Journeyman'' (Reprise Records, 1989)
* ''From the Cradle'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1994)
* ''Me and Mr. Johnson'' (Reprise Records, 2004)
* ''Clapton (2010 album), Clapton'' (Reprise Records, 2010)
* ''Old Sock'' (Polydor Records, 2013)
* '' Happy Xmas'' (Polydor Records, 2018)

With Ted Hawkins
* ''The Next Hundred Years'' (DGC, 1994)

With Janice Robinson
* ''The Color Within Me'' (Columbia Records, 1999)

With Tonio K.
* ''Note from the Lost Civilization'' (A&M Records, 1988)

With Sara Bareilles
* ''Amidst the Chaos'' (Epic Records, 2019)

With David Pomeranz
* ''It's in Every One of Us'' (Arista Records, 1975)

With Shivaree (band), Shivaree
* ''I Oughtta Give You a Shot in the Head for Making Me Live in This Dump'' (Capitol Records, 1999)

With Claudia Lennear
* ''Phew!'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1973)

With Hanne Boel
* ''Dark Passion'' (Medley Records, 1990)

With Michael Des Barres
* ''Somebody Up There Likes Me'' (MCA Records, 1986)

With Jude Cole
* ''Start the Car'' (Reprise Records, 1992)

With Toto (band), Toto
* ''Fahrenheit (Toto album), Fahrenheit'' (Columbia Records, 1986)
* ''The Seventh One'' (Columbia Records, 1988)
* ''Kingdom of Desire'' (Relativity Records, 1992)

With Ry Cooder
* ''Boomer's Story'' (Reprise Records, 1972)
* '' Paradise and Lunch'' (Reprise Records, 1974)
* ''Chicken Skin Music'' (Reprise Records, 1976)
* '' Bop till You Drop'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1979)
* '' Borderline'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1980)
* ''The Slide Area'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1982)
* ''Get Rhythm'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1987)
* '' Chávez Ravine'' (Nonesuch Records, 2005)
* '' My Name Is Buddy'' (Nonesuch Records, 2007)
* ''I, Flathead'' (Nonesuch Records, 2008)
* '' Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down'' (Nonesuch Records, 2011)

With Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers
* ''Spirit of Music'' (Elektra Records, 1999)

With Don Felder
* ''American Rock 'n' Roll'' (BMG, 2019)

With Hoyt Axton
* ''Life Machine'' (A&M Records, 1974)
* ''Fearless'' (A&M Records, 1976)
* ''Free Sailin (MCA Records, 1978)

With Murray Attaway
* ''In Thrall'' (Geffen, 1993)

With Cher
* ''Stars (Cher album), Stars'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1975)

With Leon Russell
* ''Leon Russell and the Shelter People'' (Shelter Records, 1971)
* ''Carney (Leon Russell album), Carney'' (Shelter Records, 1972)
* ''Stop All That Jazz'' (Shelter Records, 1974)
* ''Will O' the Wisp (album), Will O' the Wisp'' (Shelter Records, 1975)

With Leonard Cohen
* ''Death of a Ladies' Man (album), Death of a Ladies' Man'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1977)

With Ivan Neville
* ''If My Ancestors Could See Me Now'' (Polydor Records, 1988)

With Toni Childs
* ''House of Hope (album), House of Hope'' (A&M Records, 1991)

With Martha Reeves
* ''Martha Reeves'' (MCA Records, 1974)

With Nick Lowe

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