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April 13, 2009

In 2007, producer, Alessandro Sorbello http://www.alessandrosorbel... interviewed Louie Shelton on Australias Gold Coast for New Realm Media http://ww.newrealm.com.au Louis Shelton is an America...

In 2007, producer, Alessandro Sorbello http://www.alessandrosorbello.com interviewed Louie Shelton on Australias Gold Coast for New Realm Media http://ww.newrealm.com.au

Louis Shelton is an American musician (guitarist) and music producer, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, April 6, 1941.

During the 1960s, Shelton was a session musician working in recording studios around Hollywood, and among his more notable session work was for The Monkees, including their first self-titled album, and both recordings of the Boyce and Hart song "Valleri". Shelton played the flamenco-style guitar solo on the latter, which Michael Nesmith had to mimic for the cameras on their TV series. Even after the Monkees began playing on their own records, Shelton remained a favourite among their session players.

He has also worked with Glen Campbell, Stevie Wonder, The Partridge Family, Gladys Knight and the Pips, The Jackson Five, Neil Diamond, John Lennon, Barbra Streisand, The Carpenters, Lionel Richie (it is his guitar solo on the U.S. & U.K. #1 song "Hello") , The Mamas & The Papas, Marvin Gaye, Ella Fitzgerald, Boz Scaggs, James Brown, Diana Ross, Whitney Houston, Joe Cocker, Kenny Rogers, Henry Mancini, Dave Grusin, Quincy Jones, Lalo Schifrin, Victor Wooten, and Tommy Emmanuel.

Shelton became a producer in the 1970s, working with recording artists including Seals and Crofts, Art Garfunkel, England Dan & John Ford Coley, as well as Australian acts Noiseworks, and Southern Sons (for some time he has made his home in Australia).

Louie remains active, and continues to record, produce, and perform.

His career as a session musician began with the Monkees, playing the memorable riffs on several of their recordings. (Remember the cool, rapid-fire, reverb-drenched solo in "Valerie"?) He went on to play on "I Want You Back," "ABC" and "I'll Be There" for the Jackson 5, Boz Scaggs' "Lowdown," and "Summer Breeze" and "Diamond Girl" with Seals & Crofts. He played the guitar solos on pop smashes like Lionel Richie's "Hello" and Neil Diamond's "Play Me," and recorded with artists ranging from Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight, Barbra Streisand and Whitney Houston, to the Partridge Family, Art Garfunkel and Mama Cass Elliott. He produced a number of albums as well, most notably for Seals & Crofts.

In 1995, Shelton recorded Guitar, an album showcasing his wide-ranging guitar virtuosity and versatility. Though it rocked harder than most of its peers, this recording found airplay on smooth and contemporary jazz radio when released in the United States in 1996. The follow-up, Hot & Spicy, released in April 1998, sounded like a much more calculated attempt to appeal to that market. Urban Culture followed two years later.

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louis shelton guitar solos include valleri -"the monkees", hello - "lionel ritchie" and my fav is from andrew oh's "silk"

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He has done so much work, wow!

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Larry Carlton said he was known as"sweet Louis Shelton" because of his beautiful sound and feel.When Lionel Ritchie was on the one show he didn,t name Louis as the soloist on"Hello",when asked .He just said it was some "country" guy,pity.

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Graet interview & rare photos...

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