About Andreas

Music producer, songwriter and composer Andreas Werner was born in Switzerland and relocated to the United States to follow his love for American roots music. He since has worked with many of the South's talented and legendary artists, musicians and songwriters including the Muscle Shoals Horns, members of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (aka the Swampers), Tony Joe White, Donnie Fritts, Bettye LaVette, Clarence Carter, Mickey Buckins, Scott Boyer, Tommy Talton, Charles “Wigg” Walker, Wet Willie, Eddie Floyd, Charlie Taylor, Dan Penn, Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers), Jimmy Hall (Jeff Beck), Sherman Holmes (Holmes Brothers), Billy Swan, Blind Boys of Alabama, Doug MacLeod, Buzz Cason, Rob Galbraith, Fiddleworms, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Sam Moore (Sam & Dave), Ed King (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Donna Jean Godchaux (Grateful Dead), Martha & The Vandellas and Spooner Oldham.

Andreas produces most of his recordings at the NuttHouse Recording Studio in Muscle Shoals and Creative Workshop in Nashville with engineers Jimmy Nutt and Joe Funderburk. In addition to his production work in the recording studio, he produced Muscle Shoals themed shows at the prestigious Lincoln Center in New York (2015), Porretta Soul Festival (2014) and Vancouver Island MusicFest (2019 & 2022), the Alabama Bicentennial Concert in 2020, the Alabama Music Hall of Fame's 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2023 induction ceremonies, a Last Waltz 40th Anniversary Show featuring many collaborators of the Band (2017) and an all-star tribute to Eddie Hinton (2015). He also manages the Muscle Shoals Allstars, a collective of Muscle Shoals' legendary session players and plays guitar with Funky Chester, Sherman Holmes, Rob Galbraith, Billy Swan, Mitch Mann & The Mojo Mixers, Mark Narmore and the Alabama Bus Boys.

Over 100 of his songs have been recorded by artists like the Blind Boys of Alabama, Sherman Holmes, Donnie Fritts, Buzz Cason, Jimmy Hall, Billy Price, Willie Jones, Mark Narmore, Mitch Mann, Charlie Taylor, Jacye, Troy Turner, George Jackson, Jonell Mosser and Carla Russell & The Muscle Shoals Allstars. Ha also writes and composes for film and television.

Andreas started Crazy Chester Records in 2012 to release music that is close to his heart. He is the creator and host of the Crazy Chester Radio Hour music talk podcast where he interviews legendary musicians, songwriters and music empresarios. He is a member of the Recording Academy (Grammys), the Blues Foundation, the Americana Music Association and a friend of the Guild of Music Supervisors.