Joey Huffman

American musician (born 1962)

Joey Huffman
Birth nameJoseph Rodney Huffman
Born (1962-08-04) August 4, 1962 (age 62)
Pikeville, Kentucky, U.S.
Occupation(s)Record producer, songwriter, Musician
Instrument(s)Keyboards, mandolin, guitar, bass
Years active1980s-present
Websitewww.joeyhuffman.net
Musical artist

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.

In 1994 Joey recorded with Mick Jagger. Mick was doing demos for The Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge record. Joey Huffman - Piano and organ, Billy Pitts - Drums, Pierre DeBeauport - Bass and Mick - Guitar and Vocals recorded twenty-five of Mick's songs in the span of three days. We were set up in a semi-circle with Mick in the middle. He would play and sing us the song a couple of times then we'd rehearse it a couple of times then print it.

Huffman has 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 2005, 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.

Huffman 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]


Joey wrote his memoirs called East of the Sun : Memoirs of and Accidental Rock Star published in April 2023 by blue room books.

Sources

  1. ^ "Joey Huffman". AllMusic. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  2. ^ "Keyboardist Joey Huffman's Tips for Surviving on the Road". Performer magazine. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-triple-in-bristol-single/1710064517 [bare URL]
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