Jeffrey Robert Trott is an American songwriter/producer and multi-instrumentalist who has collaborated with prominent artists across genres in the United States and abroad. Trott has been named BMI Songwriter of the Year.[1]
He is known for writing many hits with Grammy winning artist Sheryl Crow, "If It Makes You Happy," "Every Day is a Winding Road," "My Favorite Mistake," "Soak Up The Sun," and "Good Is Good" as well as the Top 10 Billboard Country single "Easy" from her 2013 album Feels Like Home. He has produced tracks on her multi-platinum albums C'mon, C'mon and Wildflower, also co-writing and producing Crow's 2017 album Be Myself. Trott also appears on Crow's most recent album Threads that was released in 2019 - credited as a songwriter, producer and musician.[2]
In 2019 Trott produced, wrote and performed on the Hootie and the Blowfish album Imperfect Circle. The band's first new album in 14 years. The album was met with positive reviews.[3][4]
^Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 23, 1998.
^"Jeff Trott Interview – Hit Songwriter & Producer". Songwriter Universe | Songwriting News, Articles & Song Contest. September 29, 2005. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
^"Imperfect Circle - Hootie & the Blowfish | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
^"Hootie & the Blowfish Reveals 'Imperfect Circle' Track List, Shares 'Rollin: Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
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2017, by Wylie Songs and Warner Bros. Records. Produced by Crow and JeffTrott, who also worked with Crow on her self-titled 1996 album and 1998's The...
the general public on September 6. The band enlisted Frank Rogers and JeffTrott to record them, along with a variety of guest musicians. Individual band...
a song by American singer Sheryl Crow. She and her longtime co-writer JeffTrott wrote the song following a conversation they had during a plane flight...
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sophomore effort. Originally conceived as a country song by co-writer JeffTrott, the self-produced lead single, 'If It Makes You Happy', was a pointed...
Joni Mitchell, the nine-song LP was written by Meester and produced by JeffTrott. The music video for the eponymous title track "Heartstrings" was released...
album, Between Two Words, and Herr left during its recording, replaced by JeffTrott (ex-the Lifers). The album, produced in Vienna by Peter Maunu, was released...
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eight in the United Kingdom. In an interview with Songfacts, guitarist JeffTrott revealed "A Change Would Do You Good" was written in New Orleans during...
significant World Party contributors over the years included Guy Chambers, JeffTrott and Dave Catlin-Birch (with guest appearances including Waterboys saxophonist...
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