Richard Landis

Richard Landis is an American studio musician, recording artist, singer/songwriter, and music producer. He has over 40 years of professional credits and chart success including a share of the 1994 CMA award for Album of the Year. At years end, Billboard ranked Landis 18th of the top 25 producers in country music. Landis has production tenure with several acclaimed labels including Capitol, Columbia, and RCA. In 2007 Landis opened his own studio in Nashville called Fool on the Hill and as of 2013 engineers and produces music there. His accomplishments include musical credits with acts like Van Stephenson, Poco, and Vince Gill. He has production credits from Juice Newton to Red Rider and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

History

Richard Landis attended The High School of Music & Art and is a member of the graduating class of 1962. Landis is an accomplished pianist and was called "one devil of a piano player" by Bob Glassenberg in a Billboard article.

In 1970 Richard Landis formed an acoustic blues band with Spencer Davis and Peter Jameson. They released It's Been So Long on Mediarts and the band toured with POCO in 1971.It's Been So Long was produced by Jay Sentor who spotted Landis' talent and announced his plans to produce a Landis album. He said in a Billboard article that he "planned to cut that heavy piano player in the Davis & Jameson group as a solo performer, backed by a nine-piece band."