Chuck Ainlay  | |
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| Born | Charles Ainley  | 
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, engineer, mixer | 
| Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1950–2006 | 
| Labels | |
Chuck Ainlay is an American record producer and audio engineer. He has worked with Mark Knopfler on much of Knopfler's solo work, in addition to some Dire Straits material.[1][2] He has 4 Grammy Awards and 5 nominations.[3]
Along with Knopfler and Bob Ludwig, in 2006 he received the Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album for the surround production of the Dire Straits album Brothers in Arms.[4][5][6]
Discography
2014 - High South - High South (Engineer, Mixing, Co-Producer)
2014	 - I'm a Fire - David Nail (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
2014	 - Platinum - Miranda Lambert (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
2014 - Songs from the Movie - Mary Chapin Carpenter (Engineer, Mixing)
2013 - Amazing Grace - George Jones (Engineer)
2013	 - Annie Up - Pistol Annies (Engineer, Mixing)
2013	 - Greatest Hits	 - Jewel (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
2013	 - Gwen Sebastian - Gwen Sebastian	 (Engineer)
2013 - Love Will... - Trace Adkins (Engineer)
2013 - Old Yellow Moon - Emmylou Harris (Engineer, Mixing)
2013 - Bobby Kendall - Bobby Kendall (Mixing)
2013 - FCA! 35 Tour: An Evening with Peter Frampton - Peter Frampton (Mixing)
2013 - Lucky Sometimes - Weston Burt (Mixing)
2013	 - Rising/Players in the Dark - Dr. Hook (Engineer)
2013	 - The Calm After... - Travis Tritt (Mixing)
2013	 - The Music of Nashville: Season 1, Vol. 2 (Additional Production, Engineer, Mixing)
2013 - The Highway	 - Holly Williams (Mixing)
2012	 - 5 Classic Albums - George Strait (Engineer, Mixing, Engineer)
2012 - Ashes and Roses - Mary Chapin Carpenter (Engineer, Mixing)
2012	 - Impressions - Chris Botti (Engineer, Producing)
2012 - Privateering - Mark Knopfler	(Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
2012	 - Tuskegee - Lionel Richie (Engineer, Mixing)
2011 - Barefoot Blue Jean Night - Jake Owen (Engineer, Mixing)
2011	 - Four the Record - Miranda Lambert (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
2011	 - Hell on Heels - Pistol Annies	(Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
2011 - Here for a Good Time - George Strait (Engineer, Mixing)
2011	 - It's About Time/Ten Rounds - Tracy Byrd (Engineer)
2011 - It's All Good - Joe Nichols (Mixing)
2011	 - Makin' Love and Music/Live in the UK - Dr. Hook (Assistant Engineer)
2011	 - Ronnie Dunn	 - Ronnie Dunn	 (Mixing)
2011 - The Sound of a Million Dreams - David Nail (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
2011 - Where Country Grows - Ashton Shepherd (Mixing)
2010 - 25	- Patty Larkin (Engineer)
2010	 - Christian Kane EP	- Christian Kane (Mixing)
2010	- Country Strong - [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
2010	 - Home for the Holidays - Point of Grace (Engineer, Mixing)
2010	 - My Country: Smash Hits (Mixing)
2010	 - Speak Now - Taylor Swift (Engineer)
2010	 - Speak Now: Taylor Swift Karaoke (Engineer)
2010	 - Sweet and Wild - Jewel (Mixing)
2010	 - The Age of Miracles - Mary Chapin Carpenter (Engineer, Mixing)
2010	 - The Band Perry - The Band Perry (Engineer)
2010	 - The House Rules - Christian Kane (Mixing)
2010	 - The Rounder Records Story (Engineer, Mixing)
2010	 - Wrapped Up Good	 - The McClymonts (Mixing)
2009	 - Get Lucky - Mark Knopfler (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
2009	 - Heart - Holly Hardin (Engineer)
2009	 - Twang - George Strait (Engineer, Mixing)
2009 - World Wide Open - Love and Theft (Mixing)
2008	 - Back in Your Arms	 - Tim Hockenberry (Mixing)
2008	 - Believe - Katie Armiger (Mixing)
2008	 - Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets - George Jones (Engineer)
2008	 - Call Me Crazy - Lee Ann Womack (Engineer, Mixing)
2008	 - Christmas Duets - Elvis Presley (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
2008	 - Classic Christmas - George Strait (Engineer, Mixing)
2008	 - From the Reach - Sonny Landreth (Engineer)
2008	 - Good Happens - Brittini Black (Engineer, Mixing)
2008	 - Live in Germany: Green Leaves & Blue Note - Chuck Leavell (Engineer, Remixing)
2008 - Lost & Found/Fervor - Jason & the Scorchers (Engineer)
2008	 - My Side of Town - Jeremy McComb (Engineer, Mixing)
2008	 - Revelations/What the World Needs Now Is Love - Wynonna Judd (Engineer, Mixing)
2008 - The EMI Years - Jason & the Scorchers (Engineer)
2008	 - Troubadour - George Strait (Engineer, Mixing)
2008	 - Wynonna Collector's Edition Tin - Wynonna Judd (Engineer, Mixing)
2007	 - Bring It On - Kevin Fowler (Mixing)
2007	 - Compadres: An Anthology of Duets - Marty Stuart (Engineer)
2007	 - Crossroads Guitar Festival: 2007 - Eric Clapton (Surround Mix)
2007	 - Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love - Trisha Yearwood (Engineer, Mixing)
2007	 - Kill to Get Crimson - Mark Knopfler (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
2007	 - Reba Duets - Reba McEntire (Engineer, Mixing)
2007	 - Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems - Emmylou Harris (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
2007 - The Calling - Mary Chapin Carpenter (Engineer, Mixing)
2007	 - The Storm - Travis Tritt (Mixing)
2007	 - The Very Best of Travis Tritt - Travis Tritt (Mixing)
2007	 - Wild Animus, Part One: The Ram - Rich Shapero (Mixing)
2006	 - All the Roadrunning - Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
2006	 - Broken Bridges (Engineer)
2006	 - Fingerprints - Peter Frampton (Engineer)
2006	 - It Just Comes Natural - George Strait (Engineer, Mixing)
2006 - Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (Mixing)
2006	 - Men & Mascara - Julie Roberts (Engineer, Mixing)
2006	 - My Best to You - Reba McEntire (Engineer)
2006	 - New Tattoo - John Cowan (Mixing)
2006	 - Rockie Lynne	 - Rockie Lynne	 (Engineer, Mixing)
2006	 - Sinners Like Me - Eric Church (Mixing)
2006	 - Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift (Engineer, Mixing)
2006 - The Ultimate Collection [Madacy 3 Disc] - George Strait (Mixing)
2006	 - Your Man - Josh Turner (Engineer)
2005	 - Anywhere But Here - Chris Cagle (Mixing)
2005	 - Chronicles - George Strait (Engineer, Mixing)
2005	 - Chronicles - Steve Earle (Engineer, Mixing)
2005	 - Country Christmas: George Strait/Reba McEntire/Kenny Rogers (Engineer, Mixing)
2005	 - Erika Jo	- Erika Jo (Engineer, Mixing)
2005	 - Gold - Peter Frampton (Mixing)
2005	 - Livin' It Up/If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')/#7 - George Strait (Engineer)
2005	 - One Take Radio Sessions - Mark Knopfler (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
2005	 - Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits (Engineer, Producer)
2005	 - Somewhere Down in Texas - George Strait (Engineer)
2005	 - Southscape - Chuck Leavell (Engineer, Mixing)
2005	 - That Was Me: The Best of Todd Snider 1994-1998 - Todd Snider	 (Engineer, Mixing)
2005 - There's More Where That Came From - Lee Ann Womack (Mixing)
2005	 - These Days - Clay Dubose (Mixing)
2005 - Whoever's in New England/Sweet Sixteen/What Am I Gonna Do About You - Reba McEntire (Engineer, Mixing)
2005	 - Wide Open Spaces - Dixie Chicks (Mixing)
2004 - Between Here and Gone - Mary Chapin Carpenter	 (Engineer, Mixing)
2004	 - Greatest Collection - Reba McEntire (Mixing)
2004	 - Greatest Collection [2004] 0 George Strait (Engineer, Mixing)
2004	 - Livin' the Dream - Ray Herndon (Engineer, Mixing)
2004	 - My Honky Tonk History - Travis Tritt (Mixing)
2004	 - Shangri-La - Mark Knopfler (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
2004	 - Twice the Speed of Life  - Sugarland (Mixing)
2003	 - For God and Country - Dolly Parton (Engineer, Mixing)
2003	 - Have You Forgotten? - Darryl Worley (Mixing)
2003	 - Honkytonkville - George Strait (Engineer, Mixing)
2003	 - I've Always Been Crazy: A Tribute to Waylon Jennings (Mixing)
2003	 - Now - Peter Frampton (Engineer, Mixing)
2003 - The Complete MCA Studio Recordings - Nanci Griffith (Engineer, Mixing)
2003	 - The Very Best of Sheryl Crow	 - Sheryl Crow (Mixing)
2002	 - Deeper Still - Beth Nielsen Chapman (Mixing)
2002	 - Electric - Jack Ingram (Mixing)
2002	 - Forgive - Rebecca Lynn Howard (Engineer)
2002	 - Lookout for Hope - Jerry Douglas (Mixing)
2002	 - Mindy McCready - Mindy McCready (Mixing)
2002	 - Pearl Snaps - Deryl Dodd (Engineer, Mixing)
2002	 - Stars & Guitars - Willie Nelson (Mixing)
2002	 - Strong Enough - Travis Tritt (Mastering, Mixing)
2002	 - The Ragpicker's Dream - Mark Knopfler (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
2002	 - Why Aye Man - Mark Knopfler (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
2001	 - Bandits [2001 Sony] (Producer)
2001	 - Dancin' with Thunder: The Official Music of the PBR (Engineer, Mixing)
2001	 - David Alan - David Alan (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
2001	 - Gravitational Forces - Robert Earl Keen Jr. (Mixing)
2001	 - Memorize This Moment - Pacific Coast Highway (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
2001	 - Nobody's Got It All - John Anderson (Engineer, Mixing)
2001	 - The Road Less Traveled	 - George Strait	 (Engineer)
2001	 - Thunder and Roses - Pam Tillis (Mixing)
2000	 - Believe: A Christmas Collection (Engineer)
2000	 - Down the Road I Go - Travis Tritt (Mixing)
2000	 - Faith in You - Steve Wariner (Mixing)
2000	 - George Strait	 - George Strait	 (Engineer)
2000	 - Hard Rain Don't Last - Darryl Worley (Mixing)
2000	 - I'm Diggin' It	- Alecia Elliott (Engineer)
2000	 - Latest Greatest Straitest Hits - George Strait (Engineer)
2000	 - Live in Detroit - Peter Frampton (Mixing)
2000	 - New Day Dawning - Wynonna Judd (Mixing)
2000	 - Real Live Woman - Trisha Yearwood (Mixing)
2000	 - Rockin' Country Party Pack - Confederate Railroad (Mixing)
2000	 - Sailing to Philadelphia - Mark Knopfler (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
2000	 - Sonya Isaacs - Sonya Isaacs (Engineer, Mixing)
2000	 - String of Pearls - Prairie Oyster (Mixing)
2000	 - String of Pearls: A Greatest Hits Collection - Prairie Oyster (Mixing)
1999	 - Always Never the Same	- George Strait (Engineer)
1999	 - Bring It On - Keith Harling (Engineer)
1999	 - Fly - Dixie Chicks (Engineer, Mixing)
1999	 - How Do You Like Me Now?! - Toby Keith (Mixing)
1999 - It's About Time - Tracy Byrd (Engineer)
1999	 - Live, Laugh, Love - Clay Walker (Mixing)
1999	 - Merry Christmas Wherever You Are - George Strait (Engineer, Mixing)
1999	 - Metroland - Mark Knopfler (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
1999	 - Onward Through It All - Jim Lauderdale (Engineer, Mixing)
1999	 - Wildest Dreams - John Berry (Engineer, Mixing)
1998	 - A Tribute to Tradition (Engineer, Mixing)
1998	 - Back with a Heart	Olivia Newton-John (Engineer, Mixing)
1998	 - Long Walk Back - Junior Brown (Engineer, Mixing)
1998	 - One Step at a Time - George Strait (Engineer, Mixing)
1998	 - Prince of Egypt [Nashville] (Engineer, Mixing)
1998	 - Ruby Lovett - Ruby Lovett (Engineer, Mixing)
1998	 - Tammy Wynette...Remembered (Mixing)
1998	 - The Horse Whisperer [Original Soundtrack] (Engineer, Mixing)
1998	 - The Key - Vince Gill (Engineer, Mixing)
1998	 - Travelin' Kind - Big House (Mixing)
1998	 - Wag the Dog	- Mark Knopfler (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
1998	 - Where Your Road Leads - Trisha Yearwood (Mixing)
1998	 - Whisper - Jim Lauderdale (Engineer)
1998	 - Wide Open Spaces - Dixie Chicks (Engineer, Mixing)
1997	 - Amazing Grace, Vol. 2: A Country Salute to Gospel (Mixing)
1997	 - Billy Yates - Billy Yates (Mixing)
1997	 - Carrying Your Love with Me - George Strait (Mixing)
1997	 - Collection - Wynonna Judd (Engineer, Mixing)
1997	 - Evolution - Martina McBride (Mixing)
1997	 - Greatest Hits - Pam Tillis (Mixing)
1997	 - Real Thing - Hank Thompson (Engineer, Mixing)
1997	 - So Much for the Afterglow - Everclear (Mixing)
1997	 - Songbook: A Collection of Hits - Trisha Yearwood (Mixing)
1997	 - The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World - Chet Atkins (Mixing)
1997	 - The Other Side - Wynonna Judd (Mixing)
1996	 - Blue Clear Sky - George Strait (Mixing)
1996	 - Everybody Knows - Trisha Yearwood (Engineer, Mixing)
1996	 - Golden Heart - Mark Knopfler (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
1996	 - Greatest Hits	 - Confederate Railroad (Mixing)
1996	 - High Lonesome Sound - Vince Gill (Audio Engineer, Engineer, Mixing)
1996	 - NFL Country [Castle] (Engineer, Mixing)
1996 - Not Fade Away (Remembering Buddy Holly) (Engineer, Mixing)
1996	 - One Ride in Vegas	 - Deryl Dodd (Engineer, Mixing)
1996	 - Revelations - Wynonna Judd (Engineer, Mixing)
1996	 - Somebody New - Rhett Akins (Mixing)
1996	 - Step Right Up - Todd Snider (Engineer, Mixing)
1996	 - The Associate (Mixing)
1996	 - The Way I Should - Iris DeMent (Engineer, Mixing)
1996	 - Twang!: A Tribute to Hank Marvin & the Shadows	(Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
1996	 - Twister [Original Soundtrack] (Engineer, Mixing, Producer)
1995	 - Boys on the Side - Melissa Etheridge (Engineer, Mixing)
1995	 - Greatest Hits [Warner Bros.] - Little Texas (Mixing)
1995	 - Hurt City - Stacy Dean Campbell (Engineer)
1995	 - Labor of Love - Radney Foster (Mixing)
1995	 - Lisa Brokop - Lisa Brokop (Engineer)
1995	 - Love Lessons - Tracy Byrd (Mixing)
1995 - NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open	(Engineer, Mixing)
1995	 - Only One Moon - Prairie Oyster (Mixing)
1995	 - The Road Goes on Forever - The Highwaymen (Mixing)
1995	 - Thinkin' About You - Trisha Yearwood (Mixing)
1994	 - Bradley Barn Sessions - George Jones (Engineer)
1994	 - Country Music Made Me Do It - Mike Henderson (Mixing)
1994	 - Fired Up - Dan Seals (Engineer, Mixing)
1994	 - Let the Picture Paint Itself - Rodney Crowell (Engineer, Mixing)
1994	 - Love and Honor - Ricky Van Shelton (Engineer, Mixing)
1994	 - Mama's Hungry Eyes: Tribute to Merle Haggard (Mixing)
1994	 - Rick Trevino	Rick Trevino (Mixing)
1994	 - Skynyrd Frynds (Engineer, Mixing)
1994	 - Sweetheart's Dance - Pam Tillis (Mixing)
1994	 - When Love Finds You - Vince Gill (Engineer, Mixing)
1994	 - Wild Love - Joy Lynn White (Engineer)
1993 - Easy Come, Easy Go - George Strait (Engineer, Mixing)
1993	 - Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 - Reba McEntire (Engineer, Mixing)
1993	 - Idle Hands - Tim Ryan (Engineer, Mixing)
1993	 - Lisa Stewart - Lisa Stewart (Engineer, Mixing)
1993	 - Red and Rio Grande - Doug Supernaw (Engineer, Mixing)
1993	 - Tell Me Why - Wynonna Judd	 (Engineer, Mixing)
1993	 - Wild Kentucky Skies - Marty Brown (Engineer)
1992	 - Between Midnight & Hindsight - Joy Lynn White (Engineer, Mixing)
1992	 - Confederate Railroad - Confederate Railroad (Mixing)
1992	 - Del Rio, Texas, 1959 - Radney Foster (Mixing)
1992	 - Essential, Vol. 1 (Are You Ready for the Country?)	- Jason & the Scorchers (Engineer)
1992	 - First Time for Everything - Little Texas (Engineer, Mixing)
1992	 - From Hell to Paradise  -The Mavericks (Engineer, Mixing)
1992	 - Live and Learn - Mac McAnally (Engineer, Mixing)
1992	 - Pure Country	 - George Strait (Engineer, Mixing)
1992	 - The Dirt Road - Sawyer Brown (Engineer, Mixing)
1992	 - Watch Me - Lorrie Morgan (Engineer, Mixing)
1992	 - Wynonna - Wynonna Judd (Engineer, Mixing)
1991	 - Alchemy Live [Video] - Dire Straits (Remixing)
1991	 - High & Dry - Marty Brown (Engineer)
1991	 - Maverick - Hank Williams Jr. (Engineer)
1991	 - On Every Street - Dire Straits	 (Engineer)
1991	 - Tempted - Marty Stuart	 (Engineer, Overdub Engineer)
1990	 - Acoustic Christmas [Columbia] (Engineer, Mixing)
1990	 - Balconies - Matt Rollings (Engineer, Mixing)
1990	 - Burnin' up the Road - McBride & the Ride (Engineer, Mixing)
1990	 - King Tears - Walter Hyatt (Engineer, Mixing)
1990	 - On Down the Line	- Patty Loveless (Engineer, Mixing)
1989	 - Hillbilly Rock - Marty Stuart (Engineer, Mixing)
1989 - House on Old Lonesome Road - Conway Twitty (Mixing)
1989	 - If Only for One Night - Lee Greenwood	(Engineer)
1989	 - Letting Go - Giles Reaves (Engineer, Mixing)
1989	 - Lyle Lovett and His Large Band - Lyle Lovett (Engineer, Mixing)
1989	 - The Telluride Sessions - Strength in Numbers (Engineer, Mixing)
1989	 - Whatever Works - John Jarvis (Engineer)
1988	 - Honky Tonk Angel - Patty Loveless (Engineer)
1988	 - Little Love Affairs - Nanci Griffith (Engineer, Mixing)
1988	 - Nothing Is Lost - Giles Reaves (Engineer, Mixing)
1988	 - Rebels Without a Clue - The Bellamy Brothers (Mixing)
1988	 - Still in Your Dreams - Conway Twitty (Mixing)
1988	 - View from the House - Kim Carnes (Mixing)
1987	 - A Man Called Hoss - Waylon Jennings (Mixing)
1987	 - Borderline - Conway Twitty (Mixing)
1987     - Crazy from the Heart - The Bellamy Brothers (Mixing)
1987	 - Country Rap - The Bellamy Brothers (Engineer)
1987	 - Exit 0 - Steve Earle (Engineer, Mixing)
1987	 - Hangin' Tough - Waylon Jennings (Mixing)
1987	 - Merry Christmas to You [1993] - Reba McEntire (Mixing)
1987	 - Ocean Front Property - George Strait (Engineer)
1987	 - The Last One to Know - Reba McEntire (Mixing)
1986	 - #7 - George Strait (Engineer)
1986	 - Guitar Town - Steve Earle (Engineer, Mixing)
1986	 - Something Constructive - John Jarvis (Engineer, Mixing)
1986	 - What Am I Gonna Do About You - Reba McEntire (Engineer)
1986	 - Wheels	Restless Heart (Engineer, Mixing)
1986	 - Whoever's in New England - Reba McEntire (Mixing)
1986	 - Wunjo - Giles Reaves (Engineer, Mixing)
1985	 - Have I Got a Deal for You - Reba McEntire (Engineer)
1985	 - Something Special	 - George Strait (Mixing)
1984     - Let Me Be the First - Deborah Allen (Engineer)[7]
References
- ↑ Yamaha Europe Chuck Ainlay Biography (in German) Archived 2007-11-07 at the Wayback Machine
 - ↑ Clark, Rick (May 1997). "Mixing Forum" (PDF). Mix: 50 – via worldradiohistory.com.
 - ↑ "Recording Academy Grammy Awards". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
 - ↑ "CNN - List of Grammy winners 2006". CNN. Archived from the original on August 19, 2007. Retrieved August 20, 2007.
 - ↑ "DVD Practitioner" (PDF). Studio Sound: 70. Sep 2000 – via WorldRadioHistory.com.
 - ↑ "Art, Science and Politics" (PDF). Studio Sound: 61. Oct 1997 – via WorldRadioHistory.com.
 - ↑ "Chuck Ainlay Credits". AllMusic. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
 
External links
- Official website
 - Chuck Ainlay's remixing work on "Brothers in Arms" album
 - Chuck Ainlay's Credits
 - Chuck Ainlay Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2019)