Wes Sharon is an American

United States

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 musician, recording engineer and record producer

Record producer

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. He began his career in the Oklahoma and Texas club scene playing bass

Bass guitar

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 in alternative rock and punk bands. By his late teens he began producing sessions for other local bands and in 1994 he relocated to Cotati, CA where he was a staff engineer and producer at Prairie Sun Recording and worked with artists as diverse as Far (band)

Far (band)

Far is a band from Sacramento, USA.-Releases :After a number of local releases including their first demo tape Sweat A River, Live No Lies and two independent albums Listening Game and Quick they signed to Epic/Immortal Records and released their first major record, Tin Cans With Strings To You...

, Simon Says (band)

Simon Says (band)

Simon Says was an Alternative metal band from Sacramento, California. In 2001, they changed their name to Key to Arson, and they broke up in 2004.-History:...

, Gregg Allman

Gregg Allman

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, Remy Zero

Remy Zero

Remy Zero were a Birmingham, Alabama-based alternative rock band made up of Cinjun Tate , Shelby Tate , Cedric LeMoyne , Jeffrey Cain and Gregory Slay prior to his death in January 2010.-History:Before Remy Zero had released any full length albums, Radiohead found their demo tape and invited...

, Wayne Perkins

Wayne Perkins

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, Pat Travers

Pat Travers

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, Rick Derringer

Rick Derringer

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, Tony MacAlpine

Tony MacAlpine

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, The Doobie Brothers

The Doobie Brothers

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, and Blag Dahlia

Blag Dahlia

Paul Cafaro , better known as Blag Dahlia, is an American musician, producer, and author.-Music career:Cafaro is a native of Highland Park, Illinois, and is most well known as the front-man of Dwarves, a punk rock band. With the Dwarves he has written and produced 10 full length records over a span...

 & the Dwarves. Wes returned to Oklahoma where he built his own facility and produced and engineered albums for artists such as Traindodge, Radial Spangle

Radial Spangle

Radial Spangle was an indie rock band from Norman, Oklahoma, United States, that released two albums in the 1990s.The band was formed in 1991 by Alan Laird , April Tippens , and former Flaming Lips drummer Richard English...

, Hurricane Jane, Charm Pops, Remember August, the Roustabouts, the Martini Kings and Smarty Pants. In recent years he has produced and/or engineered releases for Camille Harp (the 2011 Oklahoma Gazette Best in Country Award winner) ,John Fullbright, Kate Leary, Turnpike Troubadours (2011 Lone Star Music New Artist of the Year and Best Album of the Year Award Winners), Jeremy Johnson & the Lonesome Few (2009 Oklahoma Gazette New Artist of the Year), Ali Harter

Ali Harter

Ali Harter is an American singer/songwriter from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She has played in several bands, but primarily as a solo musician for over twelve years...

, The Damn Quails and multiple albums with producer/singer/songwriter Mike McClure

Mike McClure

Mike McClure is a singer/songwriter/producer from Tecumseh, Oklahoma. He is currently the frontman for the Mike McClure Band. McClure is a founding member of The Great Divide, and was a member until he and the band parted ways in 2002...

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Wes Sharon owns and operates 115 Recording in Norman, Oklahoma

Norman, Oklahoma

Norman is a city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States, and is located south of downtown Oklahoma City. It is part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, Norman was to have 110,925 full-time residents, making it the third-largest city in Oklahoma and the...

, an audio recording facility that he uses as a base of operations for his various projects as well as making it available to the public as a studio for hire.

Wes Sharon was the bass player for Shoe Papa Blue, Angry Son, Burnwagon, and Puller (band)

Puller (band)

Puller was a post-grunge band formed in the mid-1990s. They released three full-length albums and one EP for Tooth & Nail Records and disbanded in 2001....

. In recent years he has been playing custom made instruments as well as an assortment of Fender bass models. He currently plays bass on numerous studio sessions and occasional dates with singer/songwriter John Fullbright.