Recording engineer and producer for over 30 years and in Nashville, Tennessee since 1975. His discography has many highlights including Neil Young, Dolly Parton, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Alison Krauss, Johnny Cash, Doc Watson, John Prine, Bela Fleck, Natalie Cole, Sam Bush, Jerry Jeff Walker, Dave Mallet, Shel Silverstein, Iris Dement and John Hartford.
Richard currently owns and operates Sound Wave Recording in Nashville, Tennessee.
ALBUMS
Amy Gallatin And Roger Williams
Something 'Bout You
2007, CD, Album, Happy Appy Records
Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike
That's What Love Can Do
2005, CD, Album, Bell Buckle Records, 
,
, Country/Bluegrass
Becky Buller
Little Bird
2004
Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike
No Summer Storm
2002, CD, Album, Rebel Records (3)
David Mallett
Ambition
1999, CD, Album, Flying Fish (2)
Amy Gallatin
The Long Way Home
1998, CD, Album, Happy Appy Records, ,
, Bluegrass
Christina Harrison
Someday I'm Going Home
1998, CD, Album, Glenanne Productions,
Amy Gallatin
The Long Way Home
1998, CD, Album, Happy Appy Records, ,
, Bluegrass
David Mallett
Parallel Lives
1997, CD, Album, Flying Fish (2), ,
, Folk
Claire Lynch
Silver And Gold
1997, CD, ,
, Bluegrass
Chris Vallillo
Best Of All Possible Worlds
1995, CD, Album, Gin Ridge Records
Country Gazette
Bluegrass Tonight
1986
Chris Jones & The Night Drivers
Lonely Comes Easy
2013, CD, Album, Rebel Records (3), ,
, Bluegrass
Dolly Parton
All I Can Do & New Harvest ... First Gathering
2007, 
,
, Country
Crooked Still
Hop High
2004
Fragment
Meant To Be
2003, CD, Album, Velvet Music (3), 
,
, Bluegrass
Michael Gulezian
Language Of The Flame
2001, CD, Album, Timbreline Music,
Sally Jones
Love Hurts
2001, CD, Album, Pinecastle Records
Chris Jones
Just A Drifter
2000, CD, Album, Rebel Records (3), ,
, Bluegrass
Keith Little
Distant Land To Roam
2000, ,
, Bluegrass
Rob Ickes
Hard Times
1997, CD, Album, Rounder Records, ,
, Bluegrass
The Burns Sisters*
In This World
1997, 
Beth & April Stevens
Sisters
1996, CD, Album, Rounder Records
The Osborne Brothers
Class Of '96
1996
Blue Highway
Wind To The West
1996, ,
, Bluegrass
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
Live Art
1996
Gerald Evans And Joe Mullins
Just A Five-String And A Fiddle
1995, CD, Album, Rebel Records (3)
Chubby Wise
An American Original
1995, CD, Album, Pinecastle Records
David Parmley, Scott Vestal & Continental Divide
David Parmley, Scott Vestal & Continental Divide
1995, ,
, Bluegrass
Alison Krauss
Now That I've Found You: A Collection
1995, ,
, Country/Bluegrass
Blue Highway
It's A Long, Long Road
1995
Tom Paxton
Wearing The Time
1994, CD, Album, Sugar Hill Records (2),
Chubby Wise
In Nashville
1994, CD, Album, Pinecastle Records, ,
, Bluegrass
Tony Furtado
Full Circle
1994, CD, Album, Rounder Records, ,
, Country/Bluegrass
The Rarely Herd
Heartbreak City
1994, CD, Album, Pinecastle Records
Iris DeMent
My Life
1994, 
,
, Bluegrass/Folk
Roland White
Trying To Get To You
1994
Liz Meyer
Womanly Arts
1994
Iris DeMent
Infamous Angel
1993
The Cox Family
Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone
1993, ,
, Bluegrass
Barry & Holly Tashian*
Ready For Love
1993, ,
, Folk
Wild & Blue
Heirloom
1993, ,
, Bluegrass
The New Coon Creek Girls
The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore
1993, CD, ,
, Bluegrass
Dry Branch Fire Squad
Just For The Record
1993
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Every Time You Say Goodbye
1992
Dry Branch Fire Squad
Long Journey
1991
New Grass Revival
Too Late To Turn Back Now
1990
John Prine
John Prine Live
1988, ,
, Country
Sam Bush
Late As Usual
1987
John Hartford
Annual Waltz
1987
Jerry Jeff Walker
Gypsy Songman
1987
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town
1987, 
,
, Country
The Inspirations
Praise God And Country
1985, LP, Album, Canaan Records, ,
, Country/Gospel/Religious
John Hartford
Gum Tree Canoe
1985
The Dreadful Snakes
Snakes Alive!
1983
Bela Fleck*
Natural Bridge
1982, Cass, Album, Rounder Records, Rounder Records
Bela Fleck*
Natural Bridge
1982, ,
, Bluegrass
Cecil McBee
Mutima
1980, ,
, Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation
George Tidwell, Denis Solee With Earwitness
The Secret's Out
1978, LP, NJP Records, ,
, Hard Bop/Fusion
Dolly Parton
New Harvest ... First Gathering
1977
Rudy McNeely
Stars & Bars
1976, LP, Album, Confederate Sounds Of America
Willie Lamothe
30 Ans... Puis Nashville
1976, Vinyl,
Glenn Derringer
Light'n Easy
1975, Vinyl, ,
, Soul-Jazz/Easy Listening
Chris Jones & The Night Drivers
Cloud Of Dust
CD, Album, RP, GSM Records (2)
Bela Fleck*
Places
, Bluegrass
IIIrd Tyme Out
Living On The Other Side
, Bluegrass/Gospel
Lonesome Standard Time
Mighty Lonesome
APPEARANCES +
Frank Yankovic
Live In Nashville
1987, ,
, Polka
Doc Watson
Riding The Midnight Train
1986
John Hartford
Gum Tree Canoe
1984, ,
, Folk/Bluegrass
Buck White
More Pretty Girls Than One
1980, ,
, Country/Bluegrass
Nashville Super Pickers*
Live From Austin City Limits
1979, ,
, Country/Swing/Soundtrack
New Grass Revival
Too Late To Turn Back Now
1978
Inez Andrews
This Is Not The First Time I've Been Last
1975, Vinyl, ,
, Gospel
Various
Hit The Hay Vol. 13
2024, CD, Comp, Sound Asleep Records, 
,
, Vocal
John Hartford
Headin' Down Into The Mystery Below / Slumberin' On The Cumberland
2017, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + Comp, Not On Label, ,
, Bluegrass/Folk
Neil Young
Original Release Series Discs 8.5-12
2017, ,
, Acoustic/Country Rock/Folk Rock
The Osborne Brothers
Nashville
2014, CD, Album, Pinecastle Records
Natalie Cole
Inseparable / Natalie / Unpredictable
2012, 2xCD, Comp, RM, BGO Records, 
Johnny Cash
The Cash Collection
2011, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Mercury, Universal Music Group, ,
, Country/Folk/Country Blues
Alison Krauss
Essential
2009, ,
, Country
Hit & Run Bluegrass
Four Finger Music: The Bluegrass Tribute To The Music Made Famous By The Simpsons
2007, CD, Album, CMH Records, ,
, Bluegrass
Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters
Phoenix
2007, CD, Album, Happy Appy Records, ,
, Bluegrass
Wolfman Jack / Bishops Of The Holy Rollers Fallout Shelter With Curtis Colbert
Free Shots / It's Free
2006, 7", RE, Funky Delicacies, ,
, Funk/Conscious
Johnny Cash
Nashville Sessions Vol. 1: Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town & Water From The Wells Of Home
2006, CD, Comp, Mercury, ,
, Country
Stuart Rosh
Hummingbirds In Flight
2005, CD, Album, Winged Flight Records
Liz Meyer
The Storm
2005, CD, Album, Strictly Country Records, ,
, Bluegrass
The Tipton Hill Boys
Lucky
2003, CD, Album, Red Clay Records
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town / Boom Chicka Boom
2003, CD, ,
, Country Rock/Acoustic
The Rowan Brothers*
Crazy People
2002, ,
, Bluegrass/Folk/Country
Benny Martin
The Big Tiger Roars Again (Part 2)
2001, CD, Album, OMS Records (3)
Bobby Osborne
The Selfishness In Man
2000, HDCD, Album, OMS Records (3), ,
, Bluegrass/Country
Marie Burns
Free Little Bird
2000, CD, Album, Sure Thing Records (2),
Marshall Wilborn
Root 5
1999, CD, Album, Pinecastle Records, ,
, Bluegrass
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
The Original Band
1999, ,
, Bluegrass
Virginia Squires
The Best Of The Virginia Squires
1998, CD, Comp, Rebel Records (3)
Brian Wicklund
Arrival
1998, CD, Album, Openfield Music
John Cowan
Soul'd Out!
1997, CD, ,
, Soul/Rhythm & Blues
Dale Ann Bradley
East Kentucky Morning
1997, ,
, Bluegrass
Various
Bluegrass Today: The Hits
1996, CD, ,
, Bluegrass
The New Coon Creek Girls
Everything You Do
1996
Dave Mallett*
In The Falling Dark
1995
Various
Daddies Sing Goodnight
1994, CD, Album, Sugar Hill Records (2)
The Isaacs
Carry Me
1994
The Osborne Brothers
When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland
1994
Lonesome Standard Time
Mighty Lonesome
1993
Iris DeMent
Infamous Angel
1992
Alison Brown
Twilight Motel
1992
Tony Furtado
Within Reach
1992
Marty Stuart
Busy Bee Cafe
1992
The Osborne Brothers
Once More With The Osborne Brothers Volumes I & II
1991, CD, Comp, RE, Sugar Hill Records (2), ,
, Bluegrass
David Crow
Me & My Fiddle
1991, CD, Album, Pinecastle Records
Various
Sugar Plums (Holiday Treats From Sugar Hill)
1991, ,
, Bluegrass
Johnny Cash
The Mystery Of Life
1991, ,
, Country/Country Rock
David Olney
Roses
1991
Pat Alger
True Love & Other Short Stories
1991,
Evergreen
Mandolin Music For Christmas
1990, CD, Album, Cactus Records (10), ,
, Bluegrass/Holiday
Butch Baldassari
Old Town
1990, CD, Album, Rebel Records (3)
David Wilcox
How Did You Find Me Here
1989
Øystein Sunde
Kjekt Å Ha
1989, 
,
, Country Blues/Bluegrass/Folk
Bertrand Coqueugniot
Banjo Rendezvous
1987, LP, Album, Bleu Ciel Records, 
,
, Bluegrass
The Nashville Bluegrass Band
To Be His Child
1987
John Hartford
Me Oh My, How The Time Does Fly
1987, ,
, Bluegrass/Folk
Townes Van Zandt
At My Window
1987, ,
, Country/Folk
John Prine
German Afternoons
1986
Vassar Clements, John Hartford, Dave Holland
Vassar Clements, John Hartford, Dave Holland
1985, Vinyl, ,
, Country/Bluegrass
Sam Bush
Late As Usual
1984, ,
, Bluegrass
The Bluegrass Cardinals
Home Is Where The Heart Is
1984, ,
, Bluegrass
Ray Griff
You
1983, LP, Album, RCA, ,
, Country
The Bluegrass Cardinals
Cardinal Class
1983, ,
, Bluegrass
Mike Cross
Carolina Sky
1983
Country Gazette
America's Bluegrass Band
1982, LP, Album, Flying Fish (2), Flying Fish (2), ,
, Bluegrass
Jerry Douglas
Fluxedo
1982, LP, Album, Rounder Records, ,
, Bluegrass
Carl Jackson
Song Of The South
1982, ,
, Country/Bluegrass
Spectrum
It's Too Hot For Words
1982, ,
, Bluegrass
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Quicksilver Rides Again
1982, ,
, Bluegrass
John Starling
Waitin' On A Southern Train
1982
New Grass Revival
Commonwealth
1981
Dillards*
Homecoming And Family Reunion
1981
John Hartford
You And Me At Home
1980
The Doug Dillard Band Featuring Byron Berline
Jackrabbit!
1980, ,
, Country Rock/Bluegrass/Country
Shel Silverstein
The Great Conch Train Robbery And Other Songs
1980, ,
, Folk/Country
Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice
Skaggs & Rice
1980
Dennis Good & The Music City Sliphorn Society Band
D. Good & The Music City Sliphorn Society Band
1979, LP, SMR-Jazz,
Shandileer
Disco Queen
1979, LP, Album, Gat, Crazy Music
New Grass Revival
Barren County
1979, ,
, Bluegrass
John Hartford, Pat Burton & Benny Martin
Slumberin' On The Cumberland
1979, ,
, Bluegrass/Country/Folk
Ricky Skaggs
Sweet Temptation
1979, ,
, Country/Bluegrass
Various
The Festival Tapes Recorded Live In Telluride - June 25-26,1977
1978, ,
, Bluegrass/Country
Neil Young
Comes A Time
1978, ,
, Folk Rock
Ed Bruce
Cowboys & Dreamers
1978, ,
, Country
John Hartford
Headin' Down Into The Mystery Below
1978, ,
, Bluegrass/Folk
New Grass Revival
Too Late To Turn Back Now
1978, Vinyl Red/Black Labels, ,
, Bluegrass
John Hartford
All In The Name Of Love
1977, ,
, Bluegrass/Country/Folk
Willie Lamothe
30 Ans... Puis Nashville
1976
Daniel
Revelation
1975, 7", Single, Promo, United Artists Records, ,
, Religious/Poetry
E. Parker McDougal / Chicago Hard-Core Jazz*
Initial Visit
1975, LP, Grits Records,
The Fabulous Kids From Wisconsin* Directed By Mark Azzolina
At The Wisconsin State Fair
1975, LP, MCM Records (5), MCM Records (5)
Natalie Cole
Inseparable
1975, Vinyl Los Angeles Press, ,
, Soul
The Piano Choir
Handscapes 2
1975
Good News Circle*
Growing Together
1974, LP, Album, Light Records
Bishops Of The Holy Rollers Fallout Shelter / Johnnie Taylor
It's Free / Something To Remember Her By
1974, 7", Promo, Cavda Records
Sherwood Goffin
Mimkomo
1974, LP, Album, AME (3)
Southside Movement
Movin'
1974
Cecil McBee
Mutima
1974, ,
, Avant-garde Jazz/Post Bop/Free Jazz
Southside Movement
Mud Wind
1973, 7", Mono, Promo, Styrene, Wand
The South Side Movement*
The South Side Movement
1973
South Side Movement*
Can You Get To That
1973
The South Side Movement*
I' Been Watchin' You
1972
St. Luke Church Of God In Christ Youth Choir
Pentecostal Sounds
LP, Not On Label
The Mike Snider String Band
Live at the Station Inn
CD, Album, Not On Label
The Mike Snider String Band
Mike Snider String Band
CD, Album, not on label, ,
, Bluegrass
John Hartford
Headin' Down Into The Mystery Below
LP, Album, RE, PRC, Flying Fish (2), Flying Fish (2)
Bernie Faulkner
Black Diamonds / Talkin' Bout Love
7", Homestead Records (16)
The Common Ground
A Thing That Grows
LP, Not On Label
Various
In A Moonlight Mood
Neil Young
Comes A Time
1978, 
,
, Folk Rock
