Engineering · Production

Joe Hardy

Joe Hardy is credited on 805 releases across 240 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1978–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

805

Credits

240

Albums

6

Decades active

394

In collections

Biography

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American producer, engineer and musician. Born July 27, 1952 in Owensboro, Kentucky. Died February 12, 2019 in Houston, Texas.
Worked with ZZ Top and Billy Gibbons, Siniestro Total, Alice Cooper, Ry Cooder, The Georgia Satellites, The Replacements, Steve Earle, Tom Cochrane, Al Green, the Jeff Healey Band, Booket T. & The MG's, Green On Red, Tommy Keene, Carl Perkins, Colin James, Kim Mitchell, Leslie Spit Treeo and others at Memphis' Ardent Studios and his own studio, Casa De Joe.
For more than 2 decades at Argent Studios, Hardy often worked with producer Jim Dickinson or John Hampton before moving to Houston in the early 2000s.

Bio from Discogs

Credited work

805 releases · 240 albums · active 1978–2025

  • Engineering · 723
  • Production · 434
  • Performance · 316
  • Mastering · 77
  • Other credits · 69

Studios: Ardent Studios · Foam Box Recordings · Casa De Joe · Ocean Way Recording

Discography

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