Johnny Lee Schell is an American guitarist and songwriter. In the 1970s, he premiered as a prominent member of a Texas-based southern rock band, Baby

Baby (band)

-History:Baby was a southern rock band from Texas. The band was signed to Lone Starr Records in the mid 1970s. They got the attention of the executives at Mercury Records based on their regional album sales in Texas. The album was remixed and re-released in mid 1975 on Mercury...

. Since his professional debut, he has played with dozens of well known recording artists. His inclusion on ground breaking albums such as Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter and a renowned slide guitar player. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially...

's Green Light

Green Light

Green light or greenlight may refer to:*The wavelengths of light perceived as green by the human eye*The green light on a traffic light*Green-light, formal approval of finance for film or TV production*Fishing light attractor...

(1982) and smash album, Nick of Time

Nick of Time (album)

Or the American 1995 thriller film by the same name, Nick of TimeNick of Time is the tenth blues rock album by Bonnie Raitt, released on March 21, 1989....

(1989) has lent him his bearing in American Music pop culture. Yet, Johnny Lee Schell's works had already journeyed from the North American Continent to Australia when he worked with Australian soul singer Renee Geyer

Renée Geyer

Renée Rebecca Geyer is an Australian singer who has long been regarded as one of the finest exponents of jazz, soul and R&B idioms. She had commercial success as a solo artist in Australia, with "It's a Man's Man's World", "Heading in the Right Direction" and "Stares and Whispers" in the 1970s and...

 on her acclaimed album So Lucky

So Lucky

So Lucky is Renée Geyer's ninth solo album and the second to be issued in the United States where it was released on the Portrait label. Like its American predecessor on Polydor, it was retitled Renee Geyer for the international market...

(1981). As a member of Bonnie Raitt's road band, Johnny backed the Australian Geyer while recording So Lucky (re-named Renee Geyer for international market) at Shangri La studios in Malibu, CA. Other members included Ian McLagan

Ian McLagan

Ian McLagan is an English keyboard instrumentalist, best known as a member of the English rock bands Small Faces and Faces.-Small Faces and Faces:...

 (formerly of The Faces) and drummer/producer extraordinaire Ricky Fataar

Ricky Fataar

Ricky Fataar is a South African multi-instrumentalist of Malay descent, who has performed as both a drummer, and a guitarist. He gained fame as an actor in the comedic television movie, The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, a spoof on the actual history of The Beatles, and for his performance as a...

.

Some of Schell's 21st century interests have included working with Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....

 legend Barbara Blue on her latest album, Memphis 3rd and Beale (2004), and recording Eric Burdon

Eric Burdon

Eric Victor Burdon is an English singer-songwriter best known as a founding member and vocalist of rock band The Animals, and the funk rock band War and for his aggressive stage performance...

's albums My Secret Life

My Secret Life (2004 album)

My Secret Life is an album by Eric Burdon released in 2004. It was his first solo album release, which contains new titles, in nearly 16 years. It was his comeback album....

(2004) and Soul of a Man

Soul of a Man (2006 album)

Soul of a Man is a 2006 R&B album by Eric Burdon. It is dedicated to Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker and the city of New Orleans. It follows his 2004 comeback album My Secret Life and the 2005 live album & DVD Athens Traffic Live....

(2006) in his own Ultratone Studios in Studio City, CA. A collaborator with American actor/musician James Belushi

James Belushi

James Adam "Jim" Belushi is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is the younger brother of comic actor John Belushi.-Early life:Belushi was born in Chicago...

, Johnny Lee Schell worked as a music coordinator for American TV sitcom According to Jim

According to Jim

According to Jim is an American sitcom television series starring Jim Belushi in the title role as a suburban father of three children. It originally ran on ABC from October 3, 2001 to June 2, 2009.-Synopsis:Jim is an abrasive but lovable suburban father...

from 2005-2009.

External links

• Johnny Lee Schell at the Internet Movie Database
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