Jeff Trott

Jeff Trott
Trott in 2015
Background information
Birth name	Jeffrey Robert Trott
Born	San Mateo, California, U.S.
Origin	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres	Pop rock singer-songwriter indie rock country blues alternative rock indie folk
Occupations	Record producer songwriter instrumentalist
Instruments	Vocals electric guitar acoustic guitars mandolin bass keyboards lapsteel veena
Website	www.jefftrott.com

Jeffrey Robert Trott is an American songwriter and record producer from San Francisco, California. He is known for having co-written songs for American singer Sheryl Crow; these include "If It Makes You Happy," "Every Day is a Winding Road," "My Favorite Mistake," "Soak Up The Sun," "Good Is Good," and "Easy". Trott won the BMI Songwriter of the Year award in 1998.^[1]

He has produced tracks on her albums C'mon, C'mon, Wildflower, and Be Myself, and Threads (2019).^[2] In 2019, Trott produced, wrote and performed on the Hootie and the Blowfish album Imperfect Circle.^[3][4]

Trott's roots are West Coast. He got his start in San Francisco where his band was post-punk outfit The Lifers. He then went on to join 415/Columbia recording artists Wire Train and in 1990 subsequently joined the UK band cult favorite World Party playing on their critically acclaimed album Goodbye Jumbo.^[5]

Trott's songwriting collaborations including Gemma Hayes, Colbie Caillat, Jason Mraz, John Paul White of The Civil Wars, Augustana, Rob Thomas, Guster, Natasha Bedingfield, Michelle Branch, Meiko, Liz Phair, Roger Daltrey for The Who, Joe Cocker, Stevie Nicks, Counting Crows, Marc Broussard, Holly Conlan, Cider Sky and many others. Trott wrote "I'll Be Your Doctor" for Joe Cocker on his latest record Fire it Up.^[5]

In 2015, Trott produced an album with actress/singer songwriter Leighton Meester from "Gossip Girl" and the movie Country Strong. The album was named "Heartstrings". Producer credits include Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks, San Diego rock band Augustana, Joshua Radin's Wax Wings, Meiko, Griffin House, Pete Francis from Dispatch. In 2009, Trott produced the Samantha Stollenwerk record "Carefree". "Carefree" was recorded with members of Beck's band -Joey Waronker, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Brian LeBarton, Lyle Workman and Roger Manning. Trott also produced Max Gomez's latest record "Rule the World" featuring the single "Run from You" with a video directed by Keifer Sutherland. Randy Jackson chose Trott to produce his musical ensemble venture, The Canyons.^[6] Trott and Frank Rogers co-produced 2019's Imperfect Circle by Hootie & the Blowfish.

Trott produced the soundtrack for the indie movie "Janie Jones" featuring Abigail Breslin and Alessandro Nivola.^[7] He also scored the Kevin Watkins short film animation, "Hose".^[8]

Trott was nominated for an Emmy Award for writing and producing the theme song for the Katie Couric talk show The Katie Show.^[9] His songs have gotten many placements in hit television shows like Parenthood,^[10] Grey's Anatomy', as well as songs in American Idol, The Voice,^[11] and The X Factor.

In 2000, Trott recorded and produced his first solo album, Dig Up The Astroturf,^[12] with Portland electronic whiz kid Keith Schreiner. It was released on Trott's own indie label Black Apple. Trott's reason for making a solo record was to understand "every aspect of making a record, mastering, artwork, branding and PR in order to know firsthand what an artist goes through during the process of making a record."^[13]

In January 2016, Trott signed a publishing and catalogue purchase agreement with rights management company ole.^[14]

The BMI Awards are annual award ceremonies for songwriters in various genres organized by Broadcast Music, Inc. The main pop music award was founded in 1952. The 63rd Annual BMI Pop Awards were held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on May 13, 2015.^[15]

Year	Award name	Result
1998	BMI Songwriter Award	Won

The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles–based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming.^[16] Jeff Trott and Sheryl Crow have received one nomination in the category "Outstanding Original Song".^[9]

Year	Nominated work	Award name	Result
2013	"This Day"	Outstanding Original Song (shared with Sheryl Crow)	Nominated

Year	Nominated work	Award name	Result
2023	"Forever"	Best American Roots Song (shared with Sheryl Crow)	Nominated

Sheryl Crow- Sheryl Crow (album)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
2	"A Change Would Do You Good"	Crow, Jeff Trott, Brian MacLeod	3:50
4	"Sweet Rosalyn"	Crow, Trott	3:58
5	"If It Makes You Happy"	Crow, Trott	5:23
8	"Everyday Is A Winding Road"	Crow, Brian MacLeod, Trott	4:16
10	"Oh Marie"	Crow, Trott, Bill Bottrell	3:30
11	"Superstar"	Crow, Trott	4:58
12	"The Book"	Crow, Trott	4:34

Sheryl Crow- 'The Globe Sessions'

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1	"My Favorite Mistake"	Crow, Trott	4:08
2	"There Goes The Neighborhood"	Crow, Trott	5:02
4	"It Don't Hurt"	Crow, Trott	4:49
5	"Maybe That's Something"	Crow, Trott	4:17

Sheryl Crow- C'mon C'mon

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
2	"Soak Up The Sun"	Crow, Trott	4:52
3	"You're An Original"	Crow, Trott	4:18
8	"Lucky Kid"	Crow, Trott	4:02
11	"Abilene"	Crow, Trott	4:45

Sheryl Crow- Wildflower

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
3	"Good Is Good"	Crow, Trott	4:18
4	"Chances Are"	Crow, Trott	5:16
6	"Lifetimes"	Crow, Trott	4:12
7	"Letter To God"	Crow, Trott	4:04
8	"Live It Up"	Crow, Trott	3:42
9	"I Don't Wanna Know"	Crow, Trott	4:28
11	"Where Has All The Love Gone"	Crow, Trott	3:40

Sheryl Crow- Detours

No.	Title	Writers(s)	Length
4	"Peace Be Upon Us"	Crow, Trott, Bottrell, Mike Elizondo	4:22
5	"Gasoline"	Crow, Trott, Bottrell	5:07
10	"Diamond Ring"	Crow, Trott	4:10

Sheryl Crow- Feels Like Home

No	Title	Writer(s)	Length
2	"Easy"	Crow, DuBois,Trott	4:10
3	"Give It To Me"	Crow, Trott	3:57

2017

Sheryl Crow - Be Myself

No	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1	"Alone in the Dark"	Crow, Trott	3:40
2	"Halfway There"	Crow, Trott	3:59
2	"Long Way Back"	Crow, Trott	5:07
4	"Be Myself"	Crow, Trott	4:22
5	"Roller Skate"	Crow, Trott	3:19
6	"Love Will Save the Day"	Crow, Trott	4:58
7	"Strangers Again"	Crow, Trott	3:51
8	"Rest of Me"	Crow, Trott	3:52
9	"Heartbeat Away"	Crow, Trott	5:35
10	"Grow Up"	Crow, Trott	3:27
11	Woo Woo	Crow, Toby Gad, Trott	3:14

2019

Sheryl Crow- Threads

No	Title	Writer(s)	Length
2	"Live Wire"	Crow,Trott	5:09
7	"Cross Creek Road"	Crow, Trott	4:46
13	Wouldn't Want To Be Like You	Crow, Trott	3:35
15	Nobody's Perfect	Crow, Trott	4:43

Counting Crows- Hard Candy

No.	Title	Writer (s)	Length
14	"4 White Stallions"	Trott, John Vickery, Patrick Winningham	4:21

Marc Broussard – Carencro

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
2	"Rocksteady"	Broussard, Trott, Mike Elizondo and David Ryan Harris	4:03

Augustana – Augustana

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5	"Borrowed Time"	Trott, Dan Layus	3:10

Joe Cocker – Fire It Up

No	Title	Writer(s)	Length
2	"I'll Be Your Doctor"	Jeff Trott, Victoria Horn, Steve McMorran	3:30

Hootie and the Blowfish – 'Imperfect Circle'

No	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1	"New Year's Day"	(Tofer Brown, Hootie & the Blowfish, Eric Paslay, Jeff Trott)	3:32
5	"Turn It Up"	(Hootie & the Blowfish, Eric Paslay, Jeff Trott)	3:21
9	"Lonely on a Saturday Night"	(Hootie & the Blowfish, Eric Paslay, Jeff Trott)	3:10

• 1990 Goodbye Jumbo, World Party
• 2001 Trouble in Shangri-La, Stevie Nicks
• 2005 ...Something to Be, Rob Thomas
• 2005 The Forgotten Arm, Aimee Mann
• 2005 ...Something More, Rob Thomas
• 2009 Keep the Faith, Toni Childs