Joey Huffman
Joey Huffman | |
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| Birth name | Joseph Rodney Huffman |
| Born | August 4, 1962 Pikeville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Keyboards, mandolin, guitar, bass, drums |
| Years active | 1980s-present |
| Website | www |
Joseph Rodney Huffman (born August 4, 1962) is an American record producer. Primarily known as a keyboard player, Huffman has performed as a member of the bands Witness, Drivin N Cryin and the Georgia Satellites.[1] He has been credited on albums such as Bowling for Soup's A Hangover You Don't Deserve, Skinny Molly's Here For A Good Time, Miranda Lambert's Kerosene, Soul Asylum's Let Your Dim Light Shine, After the Flood: Live from Grand Forks Prom, Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum and Silver Lining, Meat Puppets' No Joke, Matchbox Twenty's Live From Down Under DVD, Butch Walker's Letters, CeeLo Green's Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections, Collective Soul's Youth, Izzy Stradlin's Miami, Blackberry Smoke's New Honky Tonk Bootlegs to name a few. He has also toured with Isaac Hayes (1989), Michelle Malone and Drag the River (1990–1991), The Georgia Satellites (1992–2004), Drivin N Cryin (1994–2006), Izzy Stradlin (1993), Matchbox Twenty (1998) and Soul Asylum (1993–1997). In 2008, he performed live with Lynyrd Skynyrd, filling in for Billy Powell. In 2013, he joined Hank Williams Jr.'s touring band.[2]
In October 2013, Huffman was diagnosed with a brain tumor.[3][4] He had surgery on January 7, 2014. Not letting surgery set him back he was back on the road with Hank in March of the same year. After one and a half years he has fully recovered.
Joey is a partner in The Vault Recording Lounge in Marietta, Georgia, which opened in April 2014. Rick Richards, Peter Stroud, Cindy Wilson, Eddie (Cowboy) Long, Charlie Starr, and others have made guest appearances on records he has produced. Joey continues to do session work as well as write with the artists he produces. Joey was inducted into The Georgia Music Hall Of Fame with Drivin n Cryin on September 26, 2015.
On November 3, 2023, Izzy Miller released the three-track live extended play, A Triple in Bristol with Huffman and Sonny Tackett.[5]
Sources[edit]
- ^ "Joey Huffman". AllMusic. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
- ^ "Keyboardist Joey Huffman's Tips for Surviving on the Road". Performer magazine. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
- ^ "Hank Williams Jr.'s Keyboard Player For 10 Years Has A Major Health Concern". Kjug.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
- ^ "Concert benefit to help Joey Huffman – Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports | FOX 5". Myfoxatlanta.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
- ^ https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-triple-in-bristol-single/1710064517
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