Jon Randall

Randall's music career began as a guitarist for Emmylou Harris’ Nash Ramblers.[13]

In 1992, Randall won a Grammy award under the winner name 'Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers (Larry Altamanuik, Sam Bush, Roy Huskey, Jr., Al Perkins, Jon Randall Stewart)' for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.[1] The award was for the album Live at the Ryman.[14]

In 2017, Harris, Randall, Bush and Perkins reunited at The Ryman Auditorium for a 25th anniversary concert of the "Live at the Ryman" album .[2][15]

Between 1995 and 2005 Randall released four solo albums, What You Don't Know, Cold Coffee Morning, Willin' and Walking Among the Living. The singles "Cold Coffee Morning" and "This Heart" both made appearances on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Charts.[16]

On February 19, 2021, Stewart released his first single in over 15 years, "Keep On Moving", co-produced, engineered and mixed by Brandon Bell.[11] On April 2, 2021, Stewart released a four-track solo project called Neon Texas.[12]

On March 4, 2021, "In His Arms" was released collaboratively with Miranda Lambert and Jack Ingram. The single was accompanied by an announcement that the artists would be releasing a joint project called The Marfa Tapes on May 7, 2021, from which "In His Arms" was the first single. The project is a collection of raw live recordings from a trip to Marfa, Texas.[17]

On March 12, 2021, The Marfa Tapes track "Tin Man" was released,[18] followed by the release of "Am I Right or Amarillo" on March 26, 2021.[19]

The Marfa Tapes received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Country Album at the 64th Annual GRAMMY® Awards [20]

Randall is also a member of 18 South, a culmination of acclaimed songwriters and Nashville's best session musicians consisting of Jessi Alexander, Jimmy Wallace, Mike Bub, Larry Atamanuik and Guthrie Trapp.[21] In 2010 they released their debut album Soulful Southern Roots Music.[22]

Randall co-wrote the song "Whiskey Lullaby" with Bill Anderson, which was released by Brad Paisley as a duet with Alison Krauss in 2004. The song received multiple award nominations, won the 2005 CMA Song Of The Year Award, and peak at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, and No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100.[23][24] As of July 2015, "Whiskey Lullaby" was certified 2× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[25]

Randall produced Dierks Bentley's Up on the Ridge (2010) and The Mountain (2018).[5]

Up on the Ridge was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Album,[6] and nominated for the ACM and CMA Album Of The Year.[9][26] The album debuted at No. 9 on the U.S. Billboard 200, No. 2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Bluegrass Albums charts.[27][28][29] The second single from the album, "Draw Me a Map" was co-written by Bentley and Randall, and peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs.[30]

Co-produced with Ross Copperman, The Mountain was nominated for both the ACM and CMA Album of the Year.[7][8] Their production on The Mountain's "Burning Man ft. Brothers Osborne" also earned them the 2019 ACM Award for Music Event of the Year.[10] The Mountain debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums and No. 3 on the Billboard 200 charts.[31][32]

In 2017 Miranda Lambert released "Tin Man" which Stewart co-wrote with Lambert and Jack Ingram. The song won the 2018 ACM Song of the Year Award,[4] and was also nominated for the 2017 CMA Song of the Year and 2018 Grammy Award for Best Country Song.[33][1] As of February 2019, "Tin Man" received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America.[25]

In 2021 Miranda Lambert released her single, "If I Was A Cowboy" which was co-produced by Randall and Luke Dick.[34]

Randall produced Jack Ingram's last two albums, Midnight Motel (2016) and Ridin' High... Again (2019).[5]

Ridin' High... Again also includes Ingram's rendition of "Tin Man", written by Randall, Ingram, and Miranda Lambert, which was previously released by Lambert and earned the three writers the 2018 ACM Song of the Year Award.[4] Ingram and Randall also co-wrote "Where There's a Willie" and "Everybody Wants to Be Somebody" (along with Todd Snider).[35][36]

In 2020, Randall produced Parker McCollum’s EP Hollywood Gold, with the lead single "Pretty Heart" achieving platinum certification.[25] He also co-wrote "Love You Like That" with Parker McCollum and Billy Montana.[37] In 2021, Parker McCollum released his current record "Gold Chain Cowboy" which was produced by Jon Randall.

On February 26, 2021, Chase Bryant released "Upbringing" the lead single from his upcoming album of the same name. The song was written by Bryant, Randall and Stephen Wilson, produced by Randall and recorded at Arlyn Studios in Austin, TX.[38][39][40]