Jim Ed Norman

Among the modern Nashville scene’s most prolific companies, Jim Ed Norman also played an integral role within the advancement of the Western world Coast country-rock audio from the 1970s. Blessed Oct 16, 1948 in Fort Edwards, Florida, he initial surfaced playing keyboards within the little-known clothing the Felicity, which performed the Texarkana circuit through the middle-1960s and released their lone one “Hurtin'” in 1967. The group, which also included upcoming Eagles frontman Don Henley on drums, evolved into Shiloh in 1969, shortly relocating towards the Los Angeles region, where they helped pioneer country-rock making use of their self-titled 1970 debut LP. Shiloh shortly disbanded, and some years afterwards Norman resurfaced as an arranger and pianist on Eagles albums including 1974’s In the Border and its own follow-up, Among These Nights; following that, he shifted to also use Linda Ronstadt and Nation Joe MacDonald. Norman’s creation career began through the past due 1970s on albums from the brand new Riders from the Crimson Sage, the Coon Elder Music group and Rains & Harris; in 1979, he teamed with Anne Murray on her behalf LP New Sort of Sense, followed 2 yrs afterwards by her Xmas Wishes. Materials for Glenn Frey, Mickey Gilley, Jennifer Warnes, Michael Martin Murphey and Johnny Lee implemented during the initial fifty percent of the 1980s, and in 1986 Norman started a lengthy cooperation with Hank Williams Jr. which yielded some strike LPs including 1987’s Blessed to Boogie, 1988’s Crazy Streak, 1990’s Lone Wolf and 1991’s Pure Hank. Norman’s concurrent achievement with performers which range from Kenny Rogers to Beth Nielsen Chapman to Kathie Lee Gifford ultimately resulted in his session as leader of Warner/Reprise’s Nashville offices.