Frank Liddell Explained

Frank Liddell
Birth Name:	Frank Austin Liddell III
Birth Date:	13 November 1963
Birth Place:	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Origin:	Nashville, Tennessee
Genre:	Country
Occupation:	Record producer
Years Active:	1990s-present

Frank Austin Liddell III (born November 13, 1963)^[1] is an American record producer. A former artists and repertoire director at Decca Records, he founded Carnival Music in 1999.^[2] Liddell is also married to singer Lee Ann Womack,^[3] for whom he has produced.^[4] Other acts that Liddell produces include Eli Young Band, David Nail, and the first six studio albums by Miranda Lambert.^{[5] [6]}

Liddell won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album in 2015 for Lambert's Platinum. He has also won the Academy of Country Music's Album of the Year award three times: for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend in 2008,^[7] Revolution in 2010,^[8] and for Four the Record in 2012.^[9]

Production discography

Aubrie Sellers

• New City Blues (2016)
• Far From Home (2020)

David Nail

• I'm About to Come Alive (2009)
• The Sound of a Million Dreams (2011)
• I'm a Fire (2014)
• Fighter (2016)

Eli Young Band

• Life at Best (2011)
• 10,000 Towns (2014)

Kellie Pickler

• 100 Proof (2012)
• The Woman I Am (2013)

Lee Ann Womack

• I Hope You Dance (2000)
• Something Worth Leaving Behind (2002)
• The Season for Romance (2002)
• Greatest Hits (2004)
• The Way I'm Livin' (2014)
• Trouble in Mind (2015)
• The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone (2017)

Miranda Lambert

• Kerosene (2005)
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2007)
• Revolution (2009)
• Four the Record (2011)
• Platinum (2014)
• The Weight of These Wings (2016)

Pistol Annies

• Hell on Heels (2011)
• Annie Up (2013)
• Interstate Gospel (2018)

Others

• Chris Knight - Chris Knight (1998)
• Electric - Jack Ingram (2002)
• See the Light - Bo Bice (2007)
• Beginning of Things - Charlie Worsham (2017)
• Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin (2018)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frank Liddell . Rama-info.com . November 26, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120527134201/http://www.rama-info.com/home/producers/13/bio1_text.html . May 27, 2012 . dead .
2. Billboard . 145 . Frank liddell producer. . . May 13, 2000 . Nielsen Business Media . November 26, 2013.
3. Web site: Lee Ann Womack Bio . https://web.archive.org/web/20040203193739/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/womack_lee_ann/bio.jhtml . dead . February 3, 2004 . CMT . November 26, 2013.
4. Book: How They Made It: True Stories of How Music's Biggest Stars Went from Start ... - Dan Kimpel - Google Books . 9780634076428 . November 26, 2013. Kimpel . Dan . 2006 .
5. Web site: Billboard - Google Books . March 7, 2009 . November 26, 2013.
6. Web site: The Producer's Chair: Frank Liddell . RowFax . September 1, 2011 . November 26, 2013.
7. Web site: TBA . Rama-info.com . January 20, 1999 . November 26, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202230744/http://www.rama-info.com/home/producers/tenth/bio2_text.html . December 2, 2013 . dead .
8. Web site: Frank Liddell Takes Home His Second ACM Album Of The Year Award . Carnival Music . April 28, 2010 . November 26, 2013.
9. Web site: Liddell Takes Home Two ACM Awards . Carnival Music . April 17, 2012 . November 26, 2013.