Production Credits

(Produced or Co-Produced by Mitch)

Artist Title Label
Mitch Watkins: Dream Sailors Paradise Productions
Underneath it All Enja Records
Curves Enja Records
Strings with Wings Enja Records
Humhead Dos Records
In the Time of Long Shadows Viewpoint Records
Joe Ely: High Rez MCA Records
Christine Albert: Texafrance Gambini Global
The High Road Gambini Global
Under the Lone Star Sky Gambini Global
Erik Moll: In the Shadow Fire Ant Records
Come What May Fire Ant Records
Betty Elders: Peaceful Existence Whistling Pig Records
Crayons Flying Fish Records
Beto and the Fairlanes: Salsified Dos Records
Paul Glasse: Paul Glasse Amazing Records
The Road to Home Dos Records
One More Night Dos Records
Abra Moore Sing Bohemia Beat Records
Strangest Places Arista Records
Everything Changed Koch Records
On the Way Sarathan Records
Tina Lear Classified Ads Red Hat Records
Full Moon Big Circle Red Hat Records
The Road Home Red Hat Records
UBC All I Can Say
Robbie Seay Thoughts of You
Toni Vescoli Tegsass BMG Switzerland
George Devore Wonderland
Bob Schneider, Mitch Watkins Underneath the Onion Trees Shockarama Records
Bob Meyer, Mitch Watkins Gleaming Eyes Concept Music
David Crowder Band (2 tracks) Illuminate Sparrow Records
Performance Credits

Mitch has played with quite a few folks over the years. Here's a partial list, more or less in Chronological Order

1976-1981 Member of highly acclaimed Austin jazz group, Passenger
1982-1984 Member of Joe Ely band
1979-1980, 1985 World tours with Leonard Cohen
1986 Canadian tour with Jennifer Warnes
1987 Tours of US, Europe and Japan with jazz saxophonist Bennie Wallace
1990 Tour of UK and Europe with jazz trumpeter Jack Walrath
1989-1994 Tours of Europe with jazz organist Barbara Dennerlein
1991-1994 Tours of Europe and Japan with classical pianist Friedrich Gulda (also performing with the Munich Symphony, Vienna Radio Orchestra, and Bologna Opera Orchestra)
1990-1991 Tours of the US with country artist K. T. Oslin
1996-1998 Tours of US and Europe with Abra Moore
2000-Present Member of Lyle Lovett's touring band
2002-Present Member of Jerry Jeff Walker's touring band
2002-Present Member of the Jazz Faculty at the University of Texas
Since his return to Austin in 1990 Mitch has led his own group performing largely his own compositions, and performed with many other Austin artists, including Abra Moore, Tony Campise, Bob Meyer, John Fremgen, and Paul Glasse.
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