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John Shanks (John Matthew Shanks) was born on 18 December, 1964 in New York City, U.S., is an American record producer and songwriter. Discover John Shanks's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

Popular As John Matthew Shanks
Occupation Songwriter · record producer · musician
Age 59 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 18 December 1964
Birthday 18 December
Birthplace New York City, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Colleen Coffey (m. 1994)

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John Shanks Net Worth

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1964

John Matthew Shanks (born December 18, 1964) is an American songwriter, record producer and guitarist.

Shanks was born in New York City and moved to Los Angeles when he was 17 years old.

He was in a band called Line One with jazz saxophonist Boney James.

1988

Shanks began playing in Melissa Etheridge's band in 1988 and toured with her for several years.

1990

Shanks enjoyed his first writing success in the early 1990s with tracks for Bonnie Raitt, Joe Cocker and Tuck & Patti.

He also landed his first publishing deal.

1994

Shanks has been married to Colleen Coffey since September 1994.

1995

Shanks reunited with Etheridge in 1995 when he collaborated with her on songs for Your Little Secret.

1999

He worked with her for several years and co-produced her subsequent album, Breakdown, in 1999.

Breakdown received four Grammy nominations, including Best Rock Song and Best Rock Album.

2001

In 2001, Shanks produced several tracks for the Stevie Nicks album Trouble in Shangri-La and co-wrote the first single, "Every Day", with Damon Johnson.

In January 2001, Shanks began working with Michelle Branch.

Together, they wrote four songs for the hit album The Spirit Room, including the first single, "Everywhere".

He also produced the album.

In the fall of the same year, Shanks co-wrote Sheryl Crow's single, "Steve McQueen".

2004

He produced Ashlee Simpson's hit 2004 album Autobiography and is credited with co-writing ten of the album's 12 songs with Simpson.

On seven of those, Kara DioGuardi is also credited.

That same year, Shanks produced three songs for Kelly Clarkson's hit album Breakaway, including the title track "Breakaway", and worked with Anastacia on two songs for her self-titled album, including the single "Welcome To My Truth".

2005

Shanks started working with Take That in 2005, on their comeback album Beautiful World, and he also produced their next album The Circus in 2008.

Shanks has also produced or written for other projects with Carlos Santana, Celine Dion, Sting, The Corrs, Chris Isaak, Hilary Duff, Keith Urban, and Alanis Morissette.

Shanks won the Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical in 2005 for his work on Autobiography, the Kelly Clarkson song "Breakaway", Hilary Duff's "Fly", Robbie Robertson's "Shine Your Light" and Alanis Morissette's album So-Called Chaos.

Clive Davis described Shanks as “the father of that guitar-driven kind of pop sound”, as his work with Branch, Clarkson, Duff and Simpson employed many acoustic guitars in contrast to the synthesizer-heavy sound of the pop music of the period.

In 2005, Shanks regrouped with Ashlee Simpson, producing her second album, I Am Me, and co-writing all of its eleven songs with Simpson and DioGuardi.

Shanks also worked on two major albums of 2005, the Backstreet Boys' Never Gone and Bon Jovi's ninth album, Have a Nice Day.

2007

In 2007, Shanks also worked to produce the Bon Jovi's tenth album, Lost Highway, and in 2009 he also worked and produced on Bon Jovi's eleventh album, The Circle..

2010

In 2010 and 2011, Shanks collaborated with Irish vocal group Westlife with their albums Gravity and Greatest Hits where it charted at the top of UK and Irish Albums Charts.

He also produced (with Steve Robson), Everybody Hurts a charity single for Helping Haiti.

2011

In January 2011, Shanks stated that he began work with rock band Van Halen on its first album with original lead singer David Lee Roth since the landmark LP 1984 (1984).

2012

Released in February 2012, Van Halen's A Different Kind of Truth debuted at #2 in the United States, and in the Top 10 on five continents.

2013

In 2013, Shanks produced Bon Jovi's twelfth album, What About Now.

2014

In 2014, he produced Anthony Jasmin's EP Stick Together and also worked on Take That's album III.

2015

In 2015, Shanks with Jon Bon Jovi produced Bon Jovi's compilation album Burning Bridges and also performed as lead guitarist for the entire album.

2016

Shanks produced Bon Jovi's fourteenth album, This House Is Not for Sale, and became the touring rhythm guitarist for Bon Jovi in 2016 to support the band's This House Is Not for Sale Tour.