Shane Keister

Shane Keister is an American

Fender Rhodes

, and others.

History

Keister was born in

studio musician. His career flourished and in the late 80's, he composed and produced the musical scores for Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam and Ernest Goes to Camp.^[1]

At the request of the late

Ahmet Ertegün, Keister moved to New York in 1989 to work for him as a staff producer/arranger at Atlantic Records. Keister and Ahmet Ertegun produced the Diane Schuur Music Is My Life

album together. Keister worked extensively with Ertegun until 2000 when he decided to again pursue his career independently.

Keister continues to do studio work today, as a

arranger. He owns an extensive list of vintage synthesizers, including a Fairlight CMI 2x, a Synclavier, a PPG Wave 2.3, a Memorymoog, and an Oberheim Matrix 12

among many others. His work on records is extensive and constantly expanding.

He won a

Dove Award for "Instrumental Album of the Year" — along with Michael Omartian, Dann Huff, Tommy Sims, Tom Hemby, Terry McMillan, Chris Rodriguez, Mark Douthit, and Eric Darken — for the album The Players in 1997.^[2]

Shane co-produced and arranged Don Francisco's 1977 album "Forgiven" with John W. Thompson. In addition to working as produced and arranger, Shane also contributed acoustic piano, electric piano, and synthesizers to the album.^[3] He also produced and played keyboards and synthesizers (Prophet 5, ARP, and others) on the Don Francisco albums "Got To Tell Somebody" (1979) and "The Traveler" (1981).^[4]

He has worked with a long list of musicians over the years, including

Michael W Smith and Lou Marini.^[5]

Personal life

Shane married Alice Dawkins after meeting in Dallas TX. (1970). They moved to Nashville and had two boys. Aaron (1972) and Samuel (1982). They divorced in 1985.

References

^ James, Caryn. "Ernest Goes to Camp: A Comedy", The New York Times, 1987-05-23, p. I14.
^ Lloyd, James. "Chapman Again Dove Artist of the Year", Dayton Daily News, 1997-04-26, p. C2.
^ Found on the original vinyl album LP label and record cover. NewPax Records, 1977.
^ Original LP record jackets, NewPax Records.
^ Godbey, Matthew. "Sound & Shape", The Post and Courier, 2008-07-17, p. F4.

[1] James, Caryn. "Ernest Goes to Camp: A Comedy", The New York Times, 1987-05-23, p. I14.

[2] Lloyd, James. "Chapman Again Dove Artist of the Year", Dayton Daily News, 1997-04-26, p. C2.

[3] Found on the original vinyl album LP label and record cover. NewPax Records, 1977.

[4] Original LP record jackets, NewPax Records.

[5] Godbey, Matthew. "Sound & Shape", The Post and Courier, 2008-07-17, p. F4.

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