Scott Billington (born October 27, 1951 in

Melrose, Massachusetts Melrose is a city located in the Greater Boston metropolitan area in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Its population, per the 2020 United States Census, is 29,817. It is a suburb located approximately seven miles north of Boston. I ...

) is an American record producer, songwriter, record company executive and

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musician.

Biography

Billington's career began in Boston in the early 1970s, when he managed the New England Music City record store and edited the music magazine Pop Top. He was a member of the Boston Blues Society, which staged concerts by Son House, Mance Lipscomb, Johnny Shines and other first-generation bluesmen. In the mid 1970s he joined the staff of

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, where he first worked in the

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's sales, promotion and art departments. In 1978, he and author Peter Guralnick edited live Boston Blues Society tapes to produce the

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' album, ''Hey-Ba-Ba-Re Bop''. He began producing for musicians in genres of music such as blues,

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, jazz and

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. His 1981 production of bluesman Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown won the first Grammy Award for Rounder Records. In the mid-1980s, he created the Modern New Orleans Masters Series for Rounder. Over the years, he has produced

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, Tangle Eye,

Girl Authority Girl Authority was an American cover pop girl group. The group consisted of nine girls, at the time, ranging in ages 8 to 13; Jacqueline Laviolette, Carly Grayson, Jessica "Jess" Bonner, Crystal Evans, Kate Barker, Zoë Virant, Jessica Tarr, Gin ...

among other artists on Rounder and other labels. His records have won a total of 3 Grammy® Awards and 11 Grammy® nominations. As a

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player, Billington has recorded with Irma Thomas, Boozoo Chavis, Sleepy LaBeef, Johnette Downing, Theryl deClouet and others. He has toured with Nathan Williams & the Zydeco Cha Chas, a Louisiana-based zydeco band, appearing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Efes Pilsen Blues Festival (Istanbul) and the Montreal Jazz Festival. He played harmonica on the soundtrack to the Henry Fonda/Myrna Loy ABC-TV film, Summer Solstice, and on the PBS-TV series Zoom and Nova. Billington's writing has appeared in Yankee, the Oxford American, Gambit and The Boston Globe. He has also written liner notes for many of his recordings. He has lectured at Harvard University, the New England Conservatory of Music, and Loyola University, as well as at several Grammy in the Schools events. As a graphic designer and art director, Billington created hundreds of album covers for Rounder and other labels. Billington is employed as vice president of A&R for Rounder/Concord Records. He lives in New Orleans with his wife, the children's musician and author Johnette Downing, with whom he performs as the duo Johnette and Scott.

Awards

2017 Grammy Award (Producer of Bobby Rush's Porcupine Meat) 2011 Offbeat (New Orleans) Lifetime Achievement Award 2010 Grammy nomination (co-producer of Woody Guthrie's My Dusty Road collection) 2007 Sweet Soul Music Award, awarded by the Porretta Soul Festival, Porretta Terme, Italy Grammy Award (producer of Irma Thomas's After the Rain) 2002 Keeping the Blues Alive Award for Producer, awarded by The Blues Foundation 1996 Offbeat Magazine (New Orleans) Best Producer Award (shared with Allen Toussaint) 1990 Nominated as Producer of the Year, Boston Music Awards 1989 Nominated as Producer of the Year, Boston Music Awards 1987 Communication Arts Magazine Award of Excellence 1985 Appointment as Colonel on the staff of Louisiana Governor Edwin W. Edwards 1984 Communication Arts Magazine Award of Excellence 1982 Grammy Award (co-producer of Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's Alright Again!)

Partial credits

For complete credits please see 2020 Waves, Burke Ingraffia (Producer, Harmonica) 2013 Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective,

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(Art Direction, Design, Executive Producer) Swamp People (Compilation Producer, Harmonica, Producer) American Radical Patriot,

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(Art Direction) 2012 Meet Me at Mardi Gras (Compilation Producer, Liner Notes) St. Peter & 57th St., Preservation Hall Jazz Band (Mixing) Twenty Dozen, The

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(Producer) Unlock Your Mind,

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(Producer) 2010 Live in Boston, 1982,

George Thorogood & the Destroyers George Lawrence Thorogood (born February 24, 1950) is an American musician, singer and songwriter from Wilmington, Delaware. His "high-energy boogie-blues" sound became a staple of 1980s rock radio, with hits like his original songs "Bad to the ...

(Producer) 2009 My Dusty Road,

(Art Direction, Reissue Producer) GRAMMY® NOMINEE The Soul Queen of New Orleans: 50th Anniversary,

(Compilation Producer, Composer, Harmonica, Producer, Remixing, Tambourine) 2008 Pretty Runs Out, Amanda Shaw (Composer, Producer) Simply Grand,

(Liner Notes, Photography, Producer) GRAMMY® NOMINEE 2007 City of Dreams: A Collection of New Orleans Music (Annotation, Editing, Liner Notes, Mixing, Producer) Road Trip,

(Composer, Harmonica, Mini Moog, Producer) 2006 After the Rain,

(Composer, Producer, Tambourine) GRAMMY® WINNER Girl Authority,

(Harmonica, Producer) Hang It High, Hang It Low, Nathan Williams & the Zydeco Cha Chas (Composer, Liner Notes, Producer) The Great Johnny Adams R&B Album,

(Compilation Producer, Mixing, Producer) 2005 A Celebration of New Orleans Music to Benefit the Musicares Hurricane Relief (Photography, Producer) Daily Bread,

Corey Harris Corey Harris (born February 21, 1969, in Denver, Colorado, United States) is an American blues and reggae musician, currently residing in Charlottesville, Virginia. Along with Keb' Mo' and Alvin Youngblood Hart, he raised the flag of acoustic ...

(Composer, Mixing, Producer) The Complete Library of Congress Recordings,

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(Project Coordinator) The Great Johnny Adams Blues Album,

(Producer) 2004 Alan Lomax's Southern Journey Remixed, Tangle Eye (Arranger, Beats, Composer, Cover Photo, Harmonica, Sounds, Wurlitzer) Sense of Light, Clarence Bucaro (Producer) Soul of the Night (Compilation Producer, Producer) The Essential Collection,

Bill Morrissey Bill Morrissey (November 25, 1951 – July 23, 2011) was a Grammy-nominated American folk singer-songwriter based in New Hampshire. Early life Morrissey was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Growing up in Connecticut and Massachusetts, he starte ...

(Art Direction, Compilation Producer, Producer) 2003 Box of the Blues (Art Direction, Liner Notes, Producer) 2002 Cajun Music: The Essential Collection (Art Direction, Compilation Producer, Design, Liner Notes, Mixing, Producer) Live! The Loom's Desire,

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(Editing, Mixing, Producer) Righteous! The Essential Collection,

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(Compilation Producer, Percussion, Producer) Zydeco: The Essential Collection (Art Direction, Compilation Producer, Harmonica, Liner Notes, Producer, Vocals, Background Vocals) 2001 Any Woman's Blues (Art Direction, Compilation Producer, Liner Notes, Producer) Down Home on Dog Hill,

Boozoo Chavis Wilson Anthony "Boozoo" Chavis (pronounced CHAY-viss) (October 23, 1930 – May 5, 2001) was an American accordion player, singer, songwriter and bandleader. He was one of the pioneers of zydeco, the fusion of Cajun and blues music developed ...

(Harmonica, Producer) If You Want It, Come and Get It,

(Art Direction, Compilation Producer, Design, Harmonica, Liner Notes, Mixing, Producer) Keep It Rollin': The Blues Piano Collection (Art Direction, Compilation Producer, Design, Mixing) Mardi Gras in New Orleans (Art Direction, Compilation Producer, Design, Mixing, Producer) Rockabilly Blues,

Sleepy LaBeef Thomas Paulsley LaBeff (July 20, 1935 – December 26, 2019), known professionally as Sleepy LaBeef, was an American singer and musician. Early life LaBeef was born in Smackover, Arkansas, the youngest of 10 children. The family name was origin ...

(Compilation Producer, Harmonica, Liner Notes, Mixing, Producer) Roots Music: An American Journey (Art Direction, Essay, Liner Notes, Mixing, Producer, Song Notes) The Best of

Beau Jocque Beau Jocque (born Andrus Espre; November 1, 1953 – September 10, 1999) was a Louisiana French Creole zydeco musician and songwriter active in the 1990s. Beau Jocque is known for his gruff vocals, his fusion of many musical styles into zyde ...

& The Zydeco Hi-Rollers, Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers (Annotation, Art Direction, Compilation Producer, Design, Producer) The Best of the Crawfish Years, 1985–1991,

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(Compilation Producer, Mixing) The Houseman Cometh!,

Theryl DeClouet Theryl DeClouet (September 17, 1951 – July 15, 2018), also known as House Man, was an American soul/ R&B singer, best known as the one-time lead vocalist of the musical group Galactic. Born in Hollygrove, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, he ...

(Harmonica, Producer, Background Vocals) Wake up Call, Michelle Willson (Producer, Background Vocals) 2000 Best Kept Secret,

Chris Ardoin Chris Ardoin (born April 7, 1981 in Lake Charles, LouisianaChris and Sean Ardoin Interview, Blues & Soul Records Magazine No. 53, 2003) is a zydeco accordionist and singer. He is one of the young artists that helped form nouveau zydeco, a new st ...

& Double Clutchin' (Producer) Give Him Cornbread, Live!,

& The Zydeco Hi-Rollers (Liner Notes, Producer) Johnnie Billy Goat,

(Art Direction, Compilation Producer, Design, Engineer, Liner Notes) Let's Go, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas (Composer, Harmonica, Producer) My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn, Irma Thomas (Percussion, Producer) On the Prowl,

Walter "Wolfman" Washington Walter "Wolfman" Washington (December 20, 1943 – December 22, 2022) was an American singer and guitarist, based in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. While his roots were in blues music, he blended in the essence of funk and R&B to cre ...

(Producer) Swingin' the Blues, Claude "Fiddler" Williams (Producer) The Toughest Girl Alive,

Candye Kane Candice Caleb (November 13, 1961 – May 6, 2016), known professionally as Candye Kane, was an American blues singer, entertainer and adult film star. She loved to sing as a young girl and even appeared on "The Gong Show," as a kid. She dreame ...

(Percussion, Producer) The Ultimate Collection,

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(Producer) There Is Always One More Time,

(Art Direction, Design, Liner Notes, Producer) 1999 Allons en Louisiane: The Rounder Records Guide to Cajun Music, Zydeco & South Louisiana (Compilation Producer, Producer) Good Day for the Blues,

Ruth Brown Ruth Alston Brown (; January 12, 1928 – November 17, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and actress, sometimes referred to as the " Queen of R&B". She was noted for bringing a pop music style to R&B music in a series of hit songs for Atl ...

(Liner Notes, Producer) GRAMMY® NOMINEE Love Like Yours & Mine, Davell Crawford (Producer) The Whop Boom Bam, All That (Producer, Background Vocals) Tryin' to Make a Little Love, Michelle Willson (Art Direction, Design, Harmonica, Producer) Who Stole My Monkey?,

(Producer) 1998 Ain't No Funk Like N.O. Funk (Compilation Producer, Producer) B-3 and Me, Davell Crawford (Producer) Check It Out, Lock It In, Crank It Up,

& The Zydeco Hi-Rollers (Composer, Producer) Funk Is in the House,

(Producer) La Chanson Perdue, Geno Delafose (Liner Notes, Producer, Background Vocals) Man of My Word,

(Design, Producer) Modern New Orleans Masters (Design, Harmonica, Liner Notes, Mixing, Producer, Production Coordination) Sing It!,

Marcia Ball Marcia Ball (born March 20, 1949, Orange, Texas, United States) is an American blues singer and pianist raised in Vinton, Louisiana. Ball was described in ''USA Today'' as "a sensation, saucy singer and superb pianist... where Texas stomp-rock a ...

, Tracy Nelson (Producer, Tambourine) GRAMMY® NOMINEE To the Country, Bluerunners (Producer) Turn the Page,

(Producer) 1997 Funknicity, New Orleans Nightcrawlers (Producer) Gon' Be Jus' Fine,

& Double Clutchin' (Design, Producer) I'm a Zydeco Hog: Live at the Rock 'N' Bowl, New Orleans, Nathan Williams & the Zydeco Cha Chas (Composer, Liner Notes, Producer) Promised Land,

(Harmonica, Producer) R+B = Ruth Brown,

(Design, Producer) GRAMMY® NOMINEE Z-Funk, Li'l Brian & The Zydeco Travelers (Design, Harmonica, Producer, Background Vocals) 1996 Africa Worldwide: 35th Anniversary Album,

Tabu Ley Rochereau Pascal-Emmanuel Sinamoyi Tabu (13 November 1940 – 30 November 2013), better known as Tabu Ley Rochereau, was a leading African rumba singer-songwriter from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was the leader of ''Orchestre Afrisa Internation ...

(Design, Producer) Gonna Take You Downtown,

& The Zydeco Hi-Rollers (Design, Mixing, Photography, Producer) Mood Indigo, New Orleans C.A.C. Jazz Orchestra (Mixing, Producer) One Foot in the Blues,

(Design, Horn Arrangements, Liner Notes, Producer) That's What I'm Talkin' About!,

Geno Delafose Geno Delafose (born February 6, 1971) is an American zydeco accordionist and singer. He is one of the younger generations of the genre who has created the sound known as the nouveau zydeco. His sound is deeply rooted in traditional Creole music ...

(Composer, Design, Producer) The Barber's Blues,

Chuck Carbo Hayward "Chuck" Carbo (January 11, 1926 – July 11, 2008) was an American R&B singer, best known for his time as a vocalist in the New Orleans group The Spiders. Chuck Carbo was born in Houma, Louisiana, then moved with his family to the Zion ...

(Design, Producer) You'll Never Get to Heaven,

(Producer) 1995 Creole Crossroads, Nathan Williams & the Zydeco Cha Chas (Producer, Background Vocals) Fresh, Li'l Brian & The Zydeco Travelers (Design, Liner Notes, Percussion, Producer, Background Vocals) Git It, Beau Jocque!,

& The Zydeco Hi-Rollers (Design, Producer) La Toussaint, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys (Producer) Let Them Talk, Davell Crawford (Design, Producer) Right on Time, Little Buster and the Soul Brothers (Design, Producer) The Royal Family of Zydeco (Composer, Producer) The Verdict,

(Harmonica, Producer) Till the Night is Gone: A Tribute to

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(Producer) 1994 French Rockin' Boogie,

(Design, Liner Notes, Percussion, Producer) Live! At the Habibi Temple,

(Design, Producer) Muzina,

(Design, Producer) Pick Up on This!,

& The Zydeco Hi-Rollers (Composer, Design, Liner Notes, Percussion, Producer) Strange Things Happening,

(Design, Harmonica) Willing & Able, Dalton Reed (Design, Harmonica, Liner Notes, Producer) 1993 Beau Jocque Boogie,

& The Zydeco Hi-Rollers (Design, Producer) Blues Stay Away from Me,

John Delafose John Irvin Delafose (April 16, 1939 – September 18, 1994) was an American French-speaking Creole Zydeco accordionist from Louisiana. Early life Delafose was born in the unincorporated village of Duralde, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, near Mamo ...

& the Eunice Playboys (Design, Piano, Producer) Follow Me Chicken, Nathan Williams & the Zydeco Cha Chas (Composer, Harmonica, Liner Notes, Producer, Background Vocals) Good Morning Heartache,

(Design, Liner Notes, Producer) Jelly, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (Producer) Resurrection of the Bayou Maharajah: Live at the Maple Leaf Bar,

(Design, Imaging, Photo Imaging, Producer) Soul Street, The Holmes Brothers (Percussion, Producer) Spiders on the Keys: Live at the Maple Leaf Bar, James Booker (Design, Imaging, Liner Notes, Producer) Walk Around Heaven: New Orleans Gospel Soul,

(Design, Producer) 1992 Gonna Stick and Stay, Paul Kelly (Design, Liner Notes, Percussion, Producer) Jubilation,

(Producer, Background Vocals) Old World Beat,

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(Producer) Open Up: Whatcha Gonna Do for the Rest of Your Life?, The

(Producer) Pere Et Garcon Zydeco,

(Design, Producer) Pictures And Paintings,

(Producer) True Believer,

(Design, Producer) 1991 Johnny Adams Sings

: The Real Me,

(Design, Producer) Live! Simply the Best,

(Liner Notes, Producer) GRAMMY® NOMINEE Louisiana Soul Man, Dalton Reed (Composer, Harmonica, Percussion, Producer, Background Vocals) Mardi Gras Party (Art Direction, Compilation Producer, Editing, Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Percussion, Producer) Where It's At,

(Design, Hand Coloring, Producer) Wolf at the Door,

(Design, Liner Notes, Producer, Background Vocals) Your Mama Don't Know, Nathan Williams & the Zydeco Cha Chas (Composer, Design, Harmonica, Producer) 1990 In the Spirit,

(Design, Producer) Spanic Boys, Spanic Boys (Art Direction, Design, Producer) The New Orleans Album, The

(Producer) Zydeco Shootout at El Sid O's (Design, Producer) 1989 Steady Rock, Nathan Williams & the Zydeco Cha Chas (Art Direction, Composer, Design, Producer, Background Vocals) Voodoo, The

(Producer) Walking on a Tightrope: The Songs of

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(Art Direction, Design, Producer) Zydeco Live!, Vol. 1 (Design, Liner Notes, Producer) Zydeco Live!, Vol. 2 (Design, Liner Notes, Producer) 1988 Dreams of Love,

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(Design, Producer) Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden,

(Producer) Out of the Dark,

(Design, Producer) Room with a View of the Blues,

(Design, Producer) Steppin' Out, David Torkanowsky (Art Direction, Design, Producer) Swing,

Duke Robillard Michael John "Duke" Robillard (born October 4, 1948) is an American guitarist and singer. He founded the band Roomful of Blues and was a member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Although Robillard is known as a rock and blues guitarist, he also play ...

(Design, Producer) The Way I Feel,

(Design, Harmonica, Producer) You Got Me,

(Design, Producer, Vocal Harmony) 1987 A Few Old Memories,

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(Harmonica) Buckwheat's Zydeco Party,

(Art Direction, Compilation Producer, Design, Liner Notes, Producer) Graciously,

Alvin "Red" Tyler Alvin Owen "Red" Tyler (December 5, 1925 – April 3, 1998) was an American R&B and neo-bop jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger, regarded as "one of the most important figures in New Orleans R&B". Biography Born and raised in New Orleans, Ty ...

(Design, Producer) 1986 A Change Is Gonna Come,

(Design, Producer) Heritage,

(Design, Producer) The New Rules,

(Design, Producer) Wolf Tracks,

(Design, Producer) After Dark,

(Design, Producer) Hot Tamale Baby,

(Design, Producer) Live: Mardi Gras in Montreux, The

(Editing, Mixing) Nothin' But the Truth,

(Design, Harmonica, Producer, Background Vocals) 1985 Too Hot to Handle, Duke Robillard (Percussion, Piano, Producer) Waitin' for My Ya Ya, Buckwheat Zydeco Ils Sont Partis Band (Design, Producer) GRAMMY® NOMINEE From the Heart, Johnny Adams (Producer) New Orleans Piano Professor, Tuts Washington (Design, Photography, Producer) 1983 By the Sweat of My Brow, Hazel Dickens (Harmonica) Soul Alive!, Solomon Burke (Editing, Mixing) Turning Point, Buckwheat Zydeco (Design, Producer) GRAMMY® NOMINEE Classified, James Booker (Design, Editing, Liner Notes, Mixing, Producer) 1982 Electricity, Sleepy LaBeef (Harmonica, Producer) One More Mile, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (Design, Producer) GRAMMY® NOMINEE 1981 Alright Again!, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (Producer) GRAMMY® WINNER 1980 Hard Hitting Songs for Hard Hit People, Hazel Dickens (Harmonica) Mr. Blues is Back to Stay, Robert Jr. Lockwood and Johnny Shines (Design, Producer) 1979 Hangin' On, Robert Jr. Lockwood and Johnny Shines (Design, Production Assistance) 1978 Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop, Johnny Shines (Producer) Living on the Hallelujah Side, Joseph Spence (Engineer, Liner Notes)

References

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