Chuck Ainlay
Chuck Ainlay is a record producer and audio engineer. He has worked with Mark Knopfler on much of Knopfler's solo work, in addition to some Dire Straits material.
Along with Knopfler and Bob Ludwig, in 2006 he collected the Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album for the surround production of the famous Dire Straits album Brothers in Arms.
Discography
Credits
2014 - High South - High South2014 - I'm a Fire - David Nail
2014 - Platinum - Miranda Lambert
2014 - Songs from the Movie - Mary Chapin Carpenter
2013 - Amazing Grace - George Jones
2013 - Annie Up - Pistol Annies
2013 - Greatest Hits - Jewel
2013 - Gwen Sebastian - Gwen Sebastian
2013 - Love Will... - Trace Adkins
2013 - Old Yellow Moon - Emmylou Harris
2013 - Bobby Kendall - Bobby Kendall
2013 - FCA! 35 Tour: An Evening with Peter Frampton - Peter Frampton
2013 - Lucky Sometimes - Weston Burt
2013 - Rising/Players in the Dark - Dr. Hook
2013 - The Calm After... - Travis Tritt
2013 - The Music of Nashville: Season 1, Vol. 2
2013 - The Highway - Holly Williams
2012 - 5 Classic Albums - George Strait
2012 - Ashes and Roses - Mary Chapin Carpenter
2012 - Impressions - Chris Botti
2012 - Privateering - Mark Knopfler
2012 - Tuskegee - Lionel Richie
2011 - Barefoot Blue Jean Night - Jake Owen
2011 - Four the Record - Miranda Lambert
2011 - Hell on Heels - Pistol Annies
2011 - Here for a Good Time - George Strait
2011 - It's About Time/Ten Rounds - Tracy Byrd
2011 - It's All Good - Joe Nichols
2011 - Makin' Love and Music/Live in the UK - Dr. Hook
2011 - Ronnie Dunn - Ronnie Dunn
2011 - The Sound of a Million Dreams - David Nail
2011 - Where Country Grows - Ashton Shepherd
2010 - 25 - Patty Larkin
2010 - Christian Kane EP - Christian Kane
2010 - Country Strong -
2010 - Home for the Holidays - Point of Grace
2010 - My Country: Smash Hits
2010 - Speak Now - Taylor Swift
2010 - Speak Now: Taylor Swift Karaoke
2010 - Sweet and Wild - Jewel
2010 - The Age of Miracles - Mary Chapin Carpenter
2010 - The Band Perry - The Band Perry
2010 - The House Rules - Christian Kane
2010 - The Rounder Records Story
2010 - Wrapped Up Good - The McClymonts
2009 - Get Lucky - Mark Knopfler
2009 - Heart - Holly Hardin
2009 - Twang - George Strait
2009 - World Wide Open - Love and Theft
2008 - Back in Your Arms - Tim Hockenberry
2008 - Believe - Katie Armiger
2008 - Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets - George Jones
2008 - Call Me Crazy - Lee Ann Womack
2008 - Christmas Duets - Elvis Presley
2008 - Classic Christmas - George Strait
2008 - From the Reach - Sonny Landreth
2008 - Good Happens - Brittini Black
2008 - Live in Germany: Green Leaves & Blue Note - Chuck Leavell
2008 - Lost & Found/Fervor - Jason & the Scorchers
2008 - My Side of Town - Jeremy McComb
2008 - Revelations/What the World Needs Now Is Love - Wynonna Judd
2008 - The EMI Years - Jason & the Scorchers
2008 - Troubadour - George Strait
2008 - Wynonna Collector's Edition Tin - Wynonna Judd
2007 - Bring It On - Kevin Fowler
2007 - Compadres: An Anthology of Duets - Marty Stuart
2007 - Crossroads Guitar Festival: 2007 - Eric Clapton
2007 - Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love - Trisha Yearwood
2007 - Kill to Get Crimson - Mark Knopfler
2007 - Reba Duets - Reba McEntire
2007 - Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems - Emmylou Harris
2007 - The Calling - Mary Chapin Carpenter
2007 - The Storm - Travis Tritt
2007 - The Very Best of Travis Tritt - Travis Tritt
2007 - Wild Animus, Part One: The Ram - Rich Shapero
2006 - All the Roadrunning - Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris
2006 - Broken Bridges
2006 - Fingerprints - Peter Frampton
2006 - It Just Comes Natural - George Strait
2006 - Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
2006 - Men & Mascara - Julie Roberts
2006 - My Best to You - Reba McEntire
2006 - New Tattoo - John Cowan
2006 - Rockie Lynne - Rockie Lynne
2006 - Sinners Like Me - Eric Church
2006 - Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
2006 - The Ultimate Collection - George Strait
2006 - Your Man - Josh Turner
2005 - Anywhere But Here - Chris Cagle
2005 - Chronicles - George Strait
2005 - Chronicles - Steve Earle
2005 - Country Christmas: George Strait/Reba McEntire/Kenny Rogers
2005 - Erika Jo - Erika Jo
2005 - Gold - Peter Frampton
2005 - Livin' It Up/If You Ain't Lovin' /#7 - George Strait
2005 - One Take Radio Sessions - Mark Knopfler
2005 - Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits
2005 - Somewhere Down in Texas - George Strait
2005 - Southscape - Chuck Leavell
2005 - That Was Me: The Best of Todd Snider 1994-1998 - Todd Snider
2005 - There's More Where That Came From - Lee Ann Womack
2005 - These Days - Clay Dubose
2005 - Whoever's in New England/Sweet Sixteen/What Am I Gonna Do About You - Reba McEntire
2005 - Wide Open Spaces - Dixie Chicks
2004 - Between Here and Gone - Mary Chapin Carpenter
2004 - Greatest Collection - Reba McEntire
2004 - Greatest Collection 0 George Strait
2004 - Livin' the Dream - Ray Herndon
2004 - My Honky Tonk History - Travis Tritt
2004 - Shangri-La - Mark Knopfler
2004 - Twice the Speed of Life - Sugarland
2003 - For God and Country - Dolly Parton
2003 - Have You Forgotten? - Darryl Worley
2003 - Honkytonkville - George Strait
2003 - I've Always Been Crazy: A Tribute to Waylon Jennings
2003 - Now - Peter Frampton
2003 - The Complete MCA Studio Recordings - Nanci Griffith
2003 - The Very Best of Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
2002 - Deeper Still - Beth Nielsen Chapman
2002 - Electric - Jack Ingram
2002 - Forgive - Rebecca Lynn Howard
2002 - Lookout for Hope - Jerry Douglas
2002 - Mindy McCready - Mindy McCready
2002 - Pearl Snaps - Deryl Dodd
2002 - Stars & Guitars - Willie Nelson
2002 - Strong Enough - Travis Tritt
2002 - The Ragpicker's Dream - Mark Knopfler
2002 - Why Aye Man - Mark Knopfler
2001 - Bandits
2001 - Dancin' with Thunder: The Official Music of the PBR
2001 - David Alan - David Alan
2001 - Gravitational Forces - Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
2001 - Memorize This Moment - Pacific Coast Highway
2001 - Nobody's Got It All - John Anderson
2001 - The Road Less Traveled - George Strait
2001 - Thunder and Roses - Pam Tillis
2000 - Believe: A Christmas Collection
2000 - Down the Road I Go - Travis Tritt
2000 - Faith in You - Steve Wariner
2000 - George Strait - George Strait
2000 - Hard Rain Don't Last - Darryl Worley
2000 - I'm Diggin' It - Alecia Elliott
2000 - Latest Greatest Straitest Hits - George Strait
2000 - Live in Detroit - Peter Frampton
2000 - New Day Dawning - Wynonna Judd
2000 - Real Live Woman - Trisha Yearwood
2000 - Rockin' Country Party Pack - Confederate Railroad
2000 - Sailing to Philadelphia - Mark Knopfler
2000 - Sonya Isaacs - Sonya Isaacs
2000 - String of Pearls - Prairie Oyster
2000 - String of Pearls: A Greatest Hits Collection - Prairie Oyster
1999 - Always Never the Same - George Strait
1999 - Bring It On - Keith Harling
1999 - Fly - Dixie Chicks
1999 - How Do You Like Me Now?! - Toby Keith
1999 - It's About Time - Tracy Byrd
1999 - Live, Laugh, Love - Clay Walker
1999 - Merry Christmas Wherever You Are - George Strait
1999 - Metroland - Mark Knopfler
1999 - Onward Through It All - Jim Lauderdale
1999 - Wildest Dreams - John Berry
1998 - A Tribute to Tradition
1998 - Back with a Heart Olivia Newton-John
1998 - Long Walk Back - Junior Brown
1998 - One Step at a Time - George Strait
1998 - Prince of Egypt
1998 - Ruby Lovett - Ruby Lovett
1998 - Tammy Wynette...Remembered
1998 - The Horse Whisperer
1998 - The Key - Vince Gill
1998 - Travelin' Kind - Big House
1998 - Wag the Dog - Mark Knopfler
1998 - Where Your Road Leads - Trisha Yearwood
1998 - Whisper - Jim Lauderdale
1998 - Wide Open Spaces - Dixie Chicks
1997 - Amazing Grace, Vol. 2: A Country Salute to Gospel
1997 - Billy Yates - Billy Yates
1997 - Carrying Your Love with Me - George Strait
1997 - Collection - Wynonna Judd
1997 - Evolution - Martina McBride
1997 - Greatest Hits - Pam Tillis
1997 - Real Thing - Hank Thompson
1997 - So Much for the Afterglow - Everclear
1997 - Songbook: A Collection of Hits - Trisha Yearwood
1997 - The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World - Chet Atkins
1997 - The Other Side - Wynonna Judd
1996 - Blue Clear Sky - George Strait
1996 - Everybody Knows - Trisha Yearwood
1996 - Golden Heart - Mark Knopfler
1996 - Greatest Hits - Confederate Railroad
1996 - High Lonesome Sound - Vince Gill
1996 - NFL Country
1996 - Not Fade Away
1996 - One Ride in Vegas - Deryl Dodd
1996 - Revelations - Wynonna Judd
1996 - Somebody New - Rhett Akins
1996 - Step Right Up - Todd Snider
1996 - The Associate
1996 - The Way I Should - Iris DeMent
1996 - Twang!: A Tribute to Hank Marvin & the Shadows
1996 - Twister
1995 - Boys on the Side - Melissa Etheridge
1995 - Greatest Hits - Little Texas
1995 - Hurt City - Stacy Dean Campbell
1995 - Labor of Love - Radney Foster
1995 - Lisa Brokop - Lisa Brokop
1995 - Love Lessons - Tracy Byrd
1995 - NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open
1995 - Only One Moon - Prairie Oyster
1995 - The Road Goes on Forever - The Highwaymen
1995 - Thinkin' About You - Trisha Yearwood
1994 - Bradley Barn Sessions - George Jones
1994 - Country Music Made Me Do It - Mike Henderson
1994 - Fired Up - Dan Seals
1994 - Let the Picture Paint Itself - Rodney Crowell
1994 - Love and Honor - Ricky Van Shelton
1994 - Mama's Hungry Eyes: Tribute to Merle Haggard
1994 - Rick Trevino Rick Trevino
1994 - Skynyrd Frynds
1994 - Sweetheart's Dance - Pam Tillis
1994 - When Love Finds You - Vince Gill
1994 - Wild Love - Joy Lynn White
1993 - Easy Come, Easy Go - George Strait
1993 - Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 - Reba McEntire
1993 - Idle Hands - Tim Ryan
1993 - Lisa Stewart - Lisa Stewart
1993 - Red and Rio Grande - Doug Supernaw
1993 - Tell Me Why - Wynonna Judd
1993 - Wild Kentucky Skies - Marty Brown
1992 - Between Midnight & Hindsight - Joy Lynn White
1992 - Confederate Railroad - Confederate Railroad
1992 - Del Rio, Texas, 1959 - Radney Foster
1992 - Essential, Vol. 1 - Jason & the Scorchers
1992 - First Time for Everything - Little Texas
1992 - From Hell to Paradise -The Mavericks
1992 - Live and Learn - Mac McAnally
1992 - Pure Country - George Strait
1992 - The Dirt Road - Sawyer Brown
1992 - Watch Me - Lorrie Morgan
1992 - Wynonna - Wynonna Judd
1991 - Alchemy Live - Dire Straits
1991 - High & Dry - Marty Brown
1991 - Maverick - Hank Williams, Jr.
1991 - On Every Street - Dire Straits
1991 - Tempted - Marty Stuart
1990 - Acoustic Christmas
1990 - Balconies - Matt Rollings
1990 - Burnin' up the Road - McBride & the Ride
1990 - King Tears - Walter Hyatt
1990 - On Down the Line - Patty Loveless
1989 - Hillbilly Rock - Marty Stuart
1989 - House on Old Lonesome Road - Conway Twitty
1989 - If Only for One Night - Lee Greenwood
1989 - Letting Go - Giles Reaves
1989 - Lyle Lovett and His Large Band - Lyle Lovett
1989 - The Telluride Sessions - Strength in Numbers
1989 - Whatever Works - John Jarvis
1988 - Honky Tonk Angel - Patty Loveless
1988 - Little Love Affairs - Nanci Griffith
1988 - Nothing Is Lost - Giles Reaves
1988 - Rebels Without a Clue - The Bellamy Brothers
1988 - Still in Your Dreams - Conway Twitty
1988 - View from the House - Kim Carnes
1987 - A Man Called Hoss - Waylon Jennings
1987 - Borderline - Conway Twitty
1987 - Crazy from the Heart - The Bellamy Brothers
1987 - Country Rap - The Bellamy Brothers
1987 - Exit 0 - Steve Earle
1987 - Hangin' Tough - Waylon Jennings
1987 - Merry Christmas to You - Reba McEntire
1987 - Ocean Front Property - George Strait
1987 - The Last One to Know - Reba McEntire
1986 - #7 - George Strait
1986 - Guitar Town - Steve Earle
1986 - Something Constructive - John Jarvis
1986 - What Am I Gonna Do About You - Reba McEntire
1986 - Wheels Restless Heart
1986 - Whoever's in New England - Reba McEntire
1986 - Wunjo - Giles Reaves
1985 - Have I Got a Deal for You - Reba McEntire
1985 - Something Special - George Strait
1984 - Let Me Be the First - Deborah Allen