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"For more than 30 years, legendary session player Louie Shelton lent his smooth guitar licks and production skills to everyone from the Monkees and Seals and Croft to the Jackson Five and Lionel Richie to Neil Diamond and Boz Scaggs. But with Urban Culture, Shelton steps out of the background and serves up a selection of songs that showcase his style and finesse as a lead voice..."
Rhonda Baraka / Creative Loafing
Louie was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on April 6,1941, and got his first guitar for his ninth birthday, a $13.00 Stella. While other young boys were out having a good time playing ball or fishing, Louie had his ear pinned to the radio for hours a day with his guitar in hand teaching himself to play. He lived and breathed music and by the age of twelve was so good he was ... More Louie Shelton Bio
Louie is currently doing production work, artist development and playing lots of golf on the sunny Gold Coast in Queensland, Au.
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Over the past several decades you would have heard Louie Shelton's signature guitar riffs and solos on more hit records than any other session guitarist in history. While there are too many to mention, some of his classics include, Boz Scaggs' "Low Down", Lionel Richie's "Hello", Neil Diamond's "Play Me", The Jackson Five's "I Want You Back", "ABC" and "I'll Be There, The Monkees' "Last Train To Clarksville" and "Valerie". Some of the other artists Louie recorded with include John Lennon, Whitney Houston, Barbra Streisand, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, The Carpenters, Joe Cocker, Kenny Rodgers, The Mamas & Papas, James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald and many others.
Not only did Louie play guitar on Seals & Crofts greatest hits, "Summer Breeze", "Diamond Girl", "We May Never Pass This Way Again" and "Get Closer", he produced their many Gold and Platinum albums. Some of Louie's other production credits include Art Garfunkle, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Dan Seals, Cory Wells (of Three Dog Night), Jane Oliver, The Southern Sons, Mother Hubbard and Nashville Guitars.
As a recording artist himself, Louie has released five albums to date. "Touch Me" , "Guitar", "Hot & Spicy", "Urban Culture" and "Nashville Guitars"
While successfully working within all facets of the music industry in Los Angeles for many years, which includes session guitarist, recording artist, record production, and composing and playing on countless movie scores and television shows, Louie had the opportunity of working closely with the great composers Henry Mancini, Dave Grusin, Quincy Jones and Lalo Schifron. Some of his film/documentaries/T.V. credits include J.W. Coope, The World Around Us, The Changing World, Crocodile Man, Traveling South.
In 1984 Louie and his family moved to Australia where he opened his recording studio in downtown Sydney. Within the first year he produced an album for the great Australian singer, Peter Couples, for Polygram Records. Was hired to compose a set of promotional jingles for the number one radio station, 2 GB. And within the year put together and developed one of Australia's most successful bands, Noiseworks, which he secured a major record contract for with Sony Records.
Over the years Louie continued to produce several bands, including Southern Sons, Mother Hubbard, The Wolverines and Bleu Tongue, and was involved with such artists as Tommy Emanuel, Rick Price and Human Nature. Louie also worked for several independent film companies scoring documentaries.
Louie and his family have since returned to Australia and have chosen to live on the Gold Coast in Queensland, where he and his wife, Donnie, share their passion for golf and life in general, he is still going strong musically. He has just put a recording studio in his home and does not intend to slow down any time soon. He recently completed another CD for The Wolverines, is working on his new CD, playing gigs, and, as always, looking for talented Australians to develop and present to both the Australian and American music market. As he continues to have professional ties and commitments in the States, Louie will continue to commute back and forth for film work and productions.
