Michael Rhodes (musician)

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Michael Rhodes
Born (1953-09-16) September 16, 1953 (age 67)
Monroe, Louisiana
GenresRock music
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsBass
Years active1976–present
Associated actsThe Cicadas, The Notorious Cherry Bombs, Joe Bonamassa
Websitemichaelrhodesbass.com

Michael Rhodes is an American bass player, known for his session work and touring in support of other artists, and his collaborations in bands and ensembles.

Biography[]

Rhodes was born in Monroe, Louisiana, and taught himself to play the guitar by age 13 and the bass soon after. In the early '70s, Rhodes moved to Austin, Texas, where he performed with local bands. Four years later, Rhodes moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where he performed with Charlie Rich's son Alan.[1]

In 1977, Rhodes moved to Nashville, and he joined local band The Nerve with Ricky Rector and Danny Rhodes. He worked as a demo musician for Tree Publishing Company, and then as a session player.[2]

Rhodes joined Rodney Crowell, Steuart Smith, Eddie Bayers, and Vince Santoro in the Cicadas.[3] They recorded one album in 1997, but had been playing together for more than a decade.[4] Rhodes was also a member of The Notorious Cherry Bombs, with Crowell, Bayers, Vince Gill, Hank DeVito, and Richard Bennett.[5]

Rhodes has contributed to the recordings of numerous artists, including Neal McCoy, Chely Wright,[6] Pat McLaughlin[7] Doug Stone, Wynonna Judd, Steve Winwood,[8] Larry Carlton,[9] the Dixie Chicks, Reba McEntire, Tanya Tucker, Hank Williams, Jr., Rosanne Cash, Vince Gill, Dolly Parton, Randy Travis, Faith Hill, Toby Keith, and Kenny Chesney.[1][10]

He is an active sideman in recordings and touring of Joe Bonamassa.

Rhodes was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2019.

Collaborations[]

Besides session work, Rhodes is a member of several local bands who play frequently in Nashville-area venues:[11]

Awards[]

In 2016, Rhodes won Bass Player of the Year as awarded by the Academy of Country Music.[19]

Discography[]

With The Cicadas[]

  • 1997: The Cicadas (Warner Bros.)[20]

With the Vinyl Kings[]

  • 2002: A Little Trip (self-released)
  • 2005: Time Machine (self-released)[21]

With The Notorious Cherry Bombs[]

  • 2004: The Notorious Cherry Bombs (Universal South)

With The Players[]

  • 2002: The Players (Medallion)
  • 2004: Live in Nashville DVD (Image)

With the World Famous Headliners[]

  • 2011: The World Famous Headliners (Big Yellow Dog)[22]

Also appears on[]

1979 - 1989[]

1990 - 1992[]

1993 - 1995[]

1996 - 1997[]

1998 - 1999[]

  • 1998: Brooks & Dunn - If You See Her (Arista Nashville)
  • 1998: Deana Carter - Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Capitol Nashville)
  • 1998: Confederate Railroad - Keep On Rockin' (Atlantic)
  • 1998: Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces (Monument)
  • 1998: Jim Collins - The Next Step (Arista Nashville)
  • 1998: Wade Hayes - When the Wrong One Loves You Right (Columbia)
  • 1998: Sarah Masen - Carry Us Through (re:think)
  • 1998: Allison Moorer - Alabama Song (MCA Nashville)
  • 1998: Collin Raye - The Walls Came Down (Epic)
  • 1998: Tracy Nelson - I Feel So Good (Rounder)
  • 1998: Olivia Newton-John - Back with a Heart (MCA Nashville)
  • 1998: LeAnn Rimes - Sittin' on Top of the World (Curb)
  • 1998: Connie Smith - Connie Smith (Warner Bros.)
  • 1998: Hank Williams, Jr. - Lone Wolf (Warner Bros.)
  • 1998: Brian Wilson - Imagination (Giant)
  • 1999: Carolyn Arends - This Much I Understand (Reunion)
  • 1999: Mark Chesnutt - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (Decca)
  • 1999: Dixie Chicks - Fly (Monument)
  • 1999: Alan Jackson - Under the Influence (Arista Nashville)
  • 1999: Michael Bolton - Timeless: The Classics Vol. 2 (Columbia)
  • 1999: Matt King - Hard Country (Atlantic)
  • 1999: Darrell Scott - Family Tree (Sugar Hill)
  • 1999: Steve Wariner - Two Teardrops (Capitol)

2000 - 2002[]

  • 2000: Alabama - When It All Goes South (RCA)
  • 2000: Andrew Gold - The Spence Manor Suite (Dome)
  • 2000: The Kinleys - II (Epic)
  • 2000: Richard Marx - Days in Avalon (Signal 21)
  • 2000: Allison Moorer - The Hardest Part (MCA Nashville)
  • 2000: Terry Radigan - Radigan (Vanguard)
  • 2000: Eddy Raven - Living in Black and White (RMG)
  • 2000: Kenny Rogers - There You Go Again (Dreamcatcher)
  • 2000: Jill Sobule - Pink Pearl (Beyond)
  • 2000: Ilse DeLange - Livin' on Love (WEA)
  • 2000: David Wilcox - What You Whispered (Vanguard)
  • 2000: Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance (MCA Nashville)
  • 2001: Jim Brickman - Simple Things (Windham Hill)
  • 2001: Gary Allan - Alright Guy (MCA Nashville)
  • 2001: Shawn Colvin - Whole New You (Columbia)
  • 2001: Brooks & Dunn - Steers & Stripes (Arista Nashville)
  • 2001: Cindy Bullens - Neverland (Artemis)
  • 2001: Rodney Crowell - The Houston Kid (Sugar Hill)
  • 2001: Billy Gilman - Dare to Dream (Epic)
  • 2001: Hal Ketchum - Lucky Man (Curb)
  • 2001: George Strait - The Road Less Traveled (MCA Nashville)
  • 2002: Blackhawk - Spirit Dancer (Columbia)
  • 2002: Kenny Chesney - No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems (BNA]
  • 2002: Amy Grant - Legacy... Hymns and Faith (A&M)
  • 2002: Toby Keith - Unleashed (DreamWorks)
  • 2002: Aaron Lines - Living Out Loud (RCA)
  • 2002: Siobhan Maher Kennedy - Immigrant Flower (BMG)
  • 2002: Shana Morrison - 7 Wishes (Vanguard)
  • 2002: Todd Sharp - Walking All the Way (WannaPlay)

2003 - 2005[]

  • 2003: Gary Allan - See If I Care (MCA Nashville)
  • 2003: Larry Carlton - Sapphire Blue (Bluebird)
  • 2003: Rodney Crowell - Fate's Right Hand (Epic)
  • 2003: Billy Ray Cyrus - The Other Side (Word Entertainment)
  • 2003: Dixie Chicks - Top of the World Tour: Live (Columbia)
  • 2003: Willie Nelson - Live and Kickin' (Lost Highway)
  • 2003: Owsley - The Hard Way (Lakeview)
  • 2003: Blake Shelton - The Dreamer (Warner Bros. Nashville)
  • 2003: Rosanne Cash - Rules of Travel (Capitol)
  • 2003: Ian Wallace - Happiness with Minimal Side Effects (Voiceprint)
  • 2003: Anna Wilson - The Long Way (Curb)
  • 2004: Randall Bramblett - Thin Places (New West)
  • 2004: Andy Griggs - This I Gotta See (RCA)
  • 2004: Charlie Major - Inside Out (Stony Plain)
  • 2004: Montgomery Gentry - You Do Your Thing (Columbia)
  • 2004: Willie Nelson - It Always Will Be (Lost Highway)
  • 2004: Brian Wilson - Gettin' In Over My Head (Rhino)
  • 2004: Gretchen Wilson - Here for the Party (Epic)
  • 2005: Brooks & Dunn - Hillbilly Deluxe (Arista Nashville)
  • 2005: Kenny Chesney - The Road and the Radio (BNA)
  • 2005: Rodney Crowell - The Outsider (Sony)
  • 2005: Jace Everett - Jace Everett (Epic)
  • 2005: Merle Haggard - Chicago Wind (Nashville)
  • 2005: Chuck Leavell - Southscape (Evergreen Arts)
  • 2005: George Strait - Somewhere Down in Texas (MCA Nashville)
  • 2005: Van Zant - Get Right with the Man (Columbia)
  • 2005: Gretchen Wilson - All Jacked Up (Epic)

2006 - 2009[]

2010 - 2012[]

  • 2010: Gary Allan - Get Off on the Pain (MCA Nashville)
  • 2010: Buddy Guy - Living Proof (Silvertone)
  • 2010: Toby Keith - Bullets in the Gun (Show Dog-Universal Music)
  • 2010: Darius Rucker - Charleston, SC 1966 (EMI)
  • 2010: Trailer Choir - Tailgate (Show Dog-Universal)
  • 2010: Chely Wright - Lifted Off the Ground (Vanguard)
  • 2010: Amy Grant - Somewhere Down the Road (EMI)
  • 2011: Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto - Take Your Pick (335 Records)
  • 2011: Vince Gill - Guitar Slinger (MCA Nashville)
  • 2011: Toby Keith - Clancy's Tavern (Hump Head)
  • 2011: Martina McBride - Eleven (Republic Nashville)
  • 2011: Stevie Nicks - In Your Dreams (Reprise)
  • 2011: John Oates - Mississippi Mile (PS Records)
  • 2011: Joe Bonamassa - Dust Bowl (J&R)
  • 2011: Diane Schuur - The Gathering (Vanguard)
  • 2011: Joss Stone - LP1 (Stone'd)
  • 2011: Jake Owen - Barefoot Blue Jean Night (RCA Nashville)
  • 2012: The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made the Radio (Capitol)
  • 2012: Dierks Bentley - Home (Capitol Nashville)
  • 2012: Kix Brooks - New to This Town (Arista Nashville)
  • 2012: Troy Cassar-Daley - Home (Liberation Music)
  • 2012: Kenny Chesney - Welcome to the Fishbowl (Columbia Nashville)
  • 2012: Terri Clark - Classic (Hump Head)
  • 2012: Buddy Guy - Live at Legends (Silvertone)
  • 2012: Beth Hart - Bang Bang Boom Boom (Provogue)
  • 2012: Aaron Lewis - The Road (Blaster)
  • 2012: Joe Bonamassa - Driving Towards the Daylight (J&R)
  • 2012: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - The Lion the Beast the Beat (Hollywood)
  • 2012: Lionel Richie - Tuskegee (Mercury)
  • 2012: David A. Stewart - The Ringmaster General (Surfdog)

2013 - 2014[]

  • 2013: Trace Adkins - Love Will... (Show Dog Nashville)
  • 2013: Gary Allan - Set You Free (MCA Nashville)
  • 2013: Joe Bonamassa - Tour de Force: Live in London - Hammersmith Apollo (Provogue)
  • 2013: Buddy Guy - Rhythm & Blues (RCA / Silvertone)
  • 2013: Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell - Old Yellow Moon (Nonesuch)
  • 2013: Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa - Seesaw (J&R Adventures)
  • 2013: Jennifer Holliday - The Song is You (Shanachie)
  • 2013: Toby Keith - Drinks After Work (Show Dog-Universal Music)
  • 2013: Lady Antebellum - Golden (Capitol Nashville)
  • 2013: Ashley Monroe - Like a Rose (Warner Bros. Nashville)
  • 2013: Kenny Rogers - You Can't Make Old Friends (Warner Bros.)
  • 2013: David A. Stewart - Lucky Numbers (Weapons Of Mass Entertainment)
  • 2013: George Strait - Love is Everything (MCA Nashville)
  • 2014: Jimmy Barnes - 30:30 Hindsight (Mushroom / Freight Train)
  • 2014: Joe Bonamassa - Different Shades of Blue (Provogue)
  • 2014: The Common Linnets - The Common Linnets (Firefly / Universal Music)
  • 2014: Rodney Crowell - Tarpaper Sky (New West)
  • 2014: Stevie Nicks - 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault (Reprise)
  • 2014: Lady Antebellum - 747 (Capitol Nashville)
  • 2014: John Oates - Good Road to Follow (PS Records / Elektra Nashville)
  • 2014: Billy Joe Shaver - Long in the Tooth (Lightning Rod)
  • 2014: Big & Rich - Gravity (Big & Rich Records)

2015 - present[]

  • 2015: Clint Black - On Purpose (Blacktop)
  • 2015: Buddy Guy - Born to Play Guitar (Silvertone)
  • 2015: Toby Keith - 35 MPH Town (Show Dog Nashville)
  • 2015: Reba McEntire - Love Somebody (Starstruck / Nash Icon)
  • 2015: Ashley Monroe - The Blade (Warner Music Nashville)
  • 2015: Allison Moorer - Down to Believing (Proper)
  • 2015: Carrie Underwood - Storyteller (Arista Nashville / 19 Recordings)
  • 2015: Brian Wilson - No Pier Pressure (Capitol)
  • 2015: Jewel - Picking Up the Pieces (Sugar Hill)
  • 2015: Don Henley - Cass County (Past Masters Holdings, Capitol Records) "Praying for Rain" track
  • 2016: Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood - Christmas Together (Gwendolyn / Pearl)
  • 2016: Vince Gill - Down to My Last Bad Habit (MCA)
  • 2016: Charles Kelley - The Driver (Capitol Nashville)
  • 2016: Joanne Shaw Taylor - Wild (Axehouse)
  • 2017: Rodney Crowell - Close Ties (New West)
  • 2017: Michael McDonald - Wide Open (Chonin/BMG) "Free a Man" track
  • 2018: Joe Bonamassa - British Blues Explosion LIVE (J & R Adventures)
  • 2018: Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa - Black Coffee (J&R)
  • 2018: Joe Bonamassa - Redemption (J&R)
  • 2019: Rodney Crowell - Texas (RC1)

References[]

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